"Auctioninc's shipping API service is very useful and robust and has exceeded my expectations. The API itself is very simple and straightforward to implement, yet the features are rich and flexible . Auctioninc's API engine is very efficient. The elapsed time of most of my requests is under 700ms and I have not experienced any downtime. This API and service have dramatically improved my customers' shopping experience and reduced my order processing time. I am completely satisfied with this service and will recommend it to others. "
-Hansen Wang, Gemmall.com
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Why Lose A Customer Over Shipping?
Paid’s Shipping API provides website and e-commerce venues the ability to integrate a shipping rating, comparison, and packaging engine into an existing website or application. We provide developers access to a pre-built software module using a well defined data structure and subroutine calls. Calls to Paid’s web service return shipping calculations based upon your business rules and shipping preferences, which can then be exposed to your shoppers. The shipping API is a way for programmers to enhance or add shipping calculation functionality into an existing product.
Common Uses:
- E-commerce venues looking to incorporate shipping calculations for their vendors.
- Programmers and developers who need to provide shipping quotes for their web store.
- Mail-order call centers that need to provide quick shipping quotes over the phone.
- Hosting companies looking to improve /add shipping calculations in to an existing shopping cart.
Benefits
- Never lose money again on shipping calculation errors
- Convert more shoppers into customers by removing concerns over shipping
- Tiered shipping promotional discounts increase conversion rates and order sizes
- Improved customer satisfaction since your shoppers now are able to have a choice as to the cost and speed of delivery of their items
- Reduce Costs - High costs are involved to internally develop and maintain APIs to multiple carrier. The Shipping API requires only one API for all carriers domestic and internationally which helps to development costs.
- Rapid Deployment - Our web service uses industry standard XML over HTTP making it simple to integrate your application regardless of software language or hardware platform. Software Development Toolkits available for various languages makes integration a snap.
Features
- One API supports ALL carriers
- Comparative shipping across multiple carriers in one API call
- Domestic Shipping Rates for DHL, FedEx, UPS and USPS
- International shipping rates for FedEx and USPS
- Calculate shipping of multiple items/packages in a single API call
- Packaging algorithm handles splitting items into multiple packages automatically
- Supports items consisting of multiple units (i.e. set of 4 wheels)
- Able to factor in weight of packaging materials
- Dimensional weight supported
- Insurance automatically calculated base on order value
- Support for 3rd party insurance (i.e. U-Pic, PIP)
- Promotional Tiered Shipping Discounts based on order value
- Unlimited drop-ship locations
- Flexible Handling Fees at the order, package, carrier service levels
- Support for USPS Pre-paid fixed rate shipping boxes
- SDK Toolkit available for PHP
- Many, many more...
Thinking about using the Carrier APIs directly?
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API Pricing
We want you to use our API, and we have priced it accordingly!
Retail Customers:
For a mere $25 monthly, you may call into our API as much as you wish (up to 10K calls monthly) and gain access to our cutting-edge shipping engine technology. Save even more with an annual payment: just $250 (in advance) for a whole year. Call us if you prefer this plan. These rates assume that you will be using our API on one site, not integrating the API into a commercial product or service, and not reselling the data from our API.
Integrators/Resellers:
We offer a variety of flexible pricing plans or even revenue shares. Please call us so we may discuss with you what method of integration will meet your needs and what pricing models are appropriate. We would be happy to set up a development account for you to get you started. Our toll-free phone: 866-323-8833.
Our Customers
Here is a small sampling of customers using our API:
Aerosmith.com
Electronics for Imaging, Inc.
PBA Galleries, Auctions & Appraisers
Shipment Solutions
Greendimes
Simmple Auctionsite.com
Andreas Cahling Enterprises, Inc.
Gemmall.com
Trophy Toolbox
Boom Design Group
Formor International
National Direct Reprographics
Total Seal
Fitec International
Kapela Auctions
Executive Graphic Systems
Ellsworth Adhesives
Liquidation Time
Big River Darts
MonsterTrade.com
Alpine Internet Solutions
ClickIncome
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