Amazon Ship Domestic

INTEGRATION DOCUMENT

 


 

About Amazon Ship Domestic

Amazon Easy Ship is a service for sellers who stock products in their own warehouses and deliver orders through Amazon. Easy Ship allows your customers to track their orders and delivery date. When you choose Amazon Easy Ship, your orders are picked up from your location by an Amazon Logistics delivery associate and delivered to the buyers' doorstep with minimal effort from you.

Services Integrated

Below are the services of Amazon Ship which are integrated with e-Retail:

  • Forward manifest
  • Shipment tracking
  • Schedule delivery functionality


Pre-requisites

Before configuring the transporter on Vin e-Retail, the following needs to be obtained from Amazon:

  • Amazon seller central account – a consent application will be required to generate refresh token, which will be done with the help of Customer Support team.

Configuring the logistics partner

Below are the steps to configure the transporter in eRetail:

  1. Login on Vin e-Retail. Once logged in, navigate to left hand side of the screen towards the menu.

2. Hover over the Master Module and click on Transporter Master under Trading Partners.

3. In the Transporter Enquiry screen, click the Add New button that is located on the top right corner of the screen. Alternatively, use Alt+F as shortcut key to add a new transporter. This will bring up Transporter Create/Edit screen.

4. On the Transporter Create/Edit screen, select the Transporter Type as Amazon Ship Domestic from the drop-down list.


5. Fill the details as required in the below table:

Details Transporter

S.No.

Section

Field (Free Text/Checkbox/

Dropdown)

Features

Details

1.

Detail Transporter

Transporter Type

Select the dropdown to choose the transporter. It is a mandatory field.

Select Amazon Ship Domestic. Once the transporter is selected, “Configure API Details” tab will appear.

1.a. 

Transporter Code*

Unique Code is generated by the user for each Transport. Once the Transporter Code is saved, it cannot be edited. It is a mandatory field.

It helps differentiating two or more records in case these records have same Transporter Name.

1.b.

Transporter Name*

Defined by the user. It is a mandatory field.

The user can use this field to give any name for the transporter.

1.c.

Company Name

Defined by the user.

This field is used to provide an optional alternative name to the transporter.

1.d.

GL Code

General Ledger Code and it is an optional free text field.

It is used for reference to locate the transporter in the books of accounts.

1.e.

Validate Service Loc

Checkbox that allows validation of Delivery location/pin code of the transporter

It is used to check whether the delivery location is serviceable or not (i.e., reachable by the transporter.)

1.f.

Send Ship Mail ID

Checkbox that allows to send ship mail ID to your customers.

When this option is enabled, the transporter will send order tracking information to the end customer via email.

1.g.

Reverse Validate Service Loc

Checkbox will allow validation for the delivery location/pin code in case of returns

It is used to check whether the pickup location is serviceable or not.

1.h.

Delivery Mode

Dropdown to select delivery mode as Air or Surface

It is not a mandatory field. The delivery via water bodies will be part of the surface only.

1.i.

Upload AWB series

Checkbox that allows to upload AWB series if manifest generation is offline otherwise leave it blank.

Check only if manifest generation is off line. Keep this option unchecked in case of real time manifest generation. Manifest (offline/real-time) can be selected in the Configure API Details tab.

1.j.

Is Active

Check this option to mark the transporter active. It is a mandatory field.

The transporter cannot be used if it is not marked active.

1.k.

Tracking hour

Free text field used for any number of hours less than 24 hours to check the shipment with the transporter.

6 hours is the ideal time and is also the default value.

1.l

Dimensional Factor

Optional free text field used to calculate the dimensional weight of the shipment.

The volume of the shipment is divided by Dimensional Factor to determine the shipment’s dimensional weight, which is then further used to calculate the shipment rates. It is an optional field.

1.m.

Trans Type*

Dropdown to be selected either as “Courier” or “Own Fleet”. It is a mandatory field.

In B2C cases, select “Courier” as the default Trans type.

In B2B cases, this field is more relevant.

2.

(a-d)

Contact Details

Mandatory fields

a. Address 1

b. Address 2

c. Country

d. State

a & b. Free text field to update the correct address 

 

c. & d. Dropdown boxes to select the correct City & State information

Address1, Address2, Country, and State are mandatory, and must be filled before further configuration.

2. (e-m)

Other fields like:

Address 3, Address 4, Phone, Alternate Phone, Fax, Email, Alternate Email, City & Pin code 

Optional fields to update the required information

These are optional fields to provide other contact information.

 

User Defined Fields

The user may also add up to 5 custom defined fields for their use in the User Defined Field tab. All these fields are optional.

Configure API Details

Configure the following as needed:

Field

Feature

Details

AWB Generation Type

It is a drop down list to select the type of AWB number generation.
NOTE: When selecting Off Line Manifest, the Upload AWB Series must be checked as well.

Enter the following accordingly:

1. Real Time Manifest - The AWB numbers are received from Amazon when the manifest (booking) details are sent through API. Tracking of the order status of the shipment is done through the AWB number generated by Transporter.

Country ISO Code

This text box is used to enter the country ISO code to be sent with manifest request.

These codes are the standard codes for every country defined by the International Organization for Standardization. In case of international transactions, a 2 or 3 digit code may be used for the country.

Create Return on RTO (WMS)

This option is used to create a return order for RTO (Return to Origin) made for any order created via the Warehouse Management System.

 

Create Return on RTO (SP)

This option is used to create a return order for RTO (Return to Origin) made for any order created via Seller Panel.

 

External Invoice

This option is used to generate the invoice provided by the B2B shipping partner.

This option is only relevant for B2B transporters. If left unchecked, then the system will generate the eRetail invoice. Irrelevant for this transporter.

External Shipping Label

This option is used to generate the shipping label provided by the B2B shipping partner.

This option is only relevant for B2B transporters. If left unchecked, then the system will generate the eRetail shipping label. Irrelevant for this transporter.

Applicable to B2B

This option is used to mark the shipping partner for use in B2B transactions.

This option is mandatory if the transporter must be used for B2B transactions. Irrelevant for this transporter.

 

Below screen will appear once the AWB generation type is selected with two tabs:

  1. Tracking API Details
  2. Manifest API Details

Tracking API Details

Fill the details as per the information provided in the table.

S.No.

Field

Feature

Details

3.a.i.

Tracking API Details

It is a check box that enables Tracking API details

Tracking API is used to get the various statuses of an order, e.g. In Transit, Delivered, RTO, etc. 

Once this checkbox is clicked, the subsequent tabs will be enabled for allowing input.

3.a.ii.

Refresh Token

The refresh token is a long-lived token that is used to make API calls with Ship With Amazon.

Contact Vinculum customer support team to obtain it.

 

Manifest API Details

Fill the details as per the information provided in the table.

S.No.

Field

Feature

Details

3.b.i.

Manifest API Details

It is a check box that enables Manifest API details

Manifest API is mainly used to inform the transporter of the pickup location and the delivery location.

Once this checkbox is clicked, the subsequent tabs will be enabled for allowing input.

3.b.ii.

Refresh Token 

The refresh token is a long-lived token that is used to make API calls with Ship With Amazon.

Contact Vinculum customer support team to obtain it.

3.b.iii.

Enable Lowest Rate Functionality ( Y / N )

This field is used to select the service with the lowest rate. Enter the value “Y” to use the service with the lowest rate.

By default, the value in this field is “N”. If the value in this field is “Y”, then the value in “Enable Scheduled Time Rate Functionality ( Y/ N)” field must be “N”.

3.b.iv.

Enable Scheduled Time Rate Functionality ( Y/ N)

This field is used to enable the pickup by Amazon Ship for a specified time slot. If this functionality is used, then the time slot for “Exact Start Scheduled Time” must be entered.

By default, the value in this field is “N”. 

3.b.v.

Exact Start Scheduled Time

This field is used to enter the preferred time slot, if the “Enable Lowest Time Rate Functionality (Y / N)” is enabled with “Y”. The value entered in this field should be strictly in the format HH:MM

Possible values are:

1. 04:30 – For the time slot 10:00 AM to 01:00 PM IST.

2. 07:30 – For the time slot 01:00 PM to 04:00 PM IST.

 

Important note:

  • If both “Enable Lowest Rate Functionality ( Y / N )” and “Enable Scheduled Time Rate Functionality ( Y/ N)” are enabled, then the “Enable Lowest Rate Functionality ( Y / N )” will be given priority.
  • If none of the functionalities are enabled, then a default service – the first rate provided by Amazon will be chosen.