Carrier for Craft CMS
Collections
Carrier → Collections is for the two things that happen at the end of a packing day: asking a courier to come and collect, and closing the day with carriers that want a manifest. It only shows connections whose carrier can do one or the other through its API.
| Carrier | Book a collection | Close the day |
|---|---|---|
| UPS | yes — on-call pickup, the PRN is the reference | — |
| FedEx | yes — Ground or Express, a connection setting chooses | — |
| USPS | yes — carrier pickup | — |
| TForce Freight, Old Dominion | yes | — |
| DPD EasyShip | yes — at least 30 minutes' notice | yes — manifest PDF |
| Magyar Posta | — | required — returns the posting list PDF |
Many carriers do neither, because the collection is part of your contract: GLS and BOX NOW pick up on a schedule, and the national posts collect or take drop-offs at the counter.
The screen also shows, per connection, how many labelled parcels are waiting — labels bought but not yet scanned by the carrier.
Booking a collection
Choose the connection, then:
| Field | |
|---|---|
| Date | Defaults to tomorrow |
| Ready from | When the parcels are ready, default 09:00 |
| Closes at | When the premises close, default 17:00 |
| Note for the driver | Which door, which bell |
Book collection sends the request with the parcel count, total weight and tracking numbers of every labelled, not-yet-scanned parcel on that connection from the last seven days. The carrier's confirmation number is shown and kept in the list under Recent.
The collection address is the connection's Ship from address, or, when that is blank, the address the parcels were shipped from. Set a ship-from address on any connection you book collections for; carriers are particular about collection addresses. See Connections.
A refused booking is shown in the carrier's words and recorded in Recent as failed.
Closing the day
Close the day sends every open labelled shipment on the connection from the last seven days to the carrier as the day's consignment, and marks them closed so they are not sent again tomorrow.
If the carrier issues a manifest — a document the driver signs — it downloads straight away. When it issues more than one (DPD adds a separate cash-on-delivery manifest), they download together as a ZIP.
Closing is not optional for Magyar Posta: MPL dispatches nothing until the day's shipments are closed, and once closed they can no longer be voided or reprinted. Close the day after the last label, before the collection.
Once closed, a shipment is not included in the next close, but it is still tracked as normal.
Permissions
Both need the Request collections and close the day permission.