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I finally got around to upgrading my site to v6.2 and applying patches 9 and 10. Last year, the Canada Post module stopped working and I was relieved to find out that it was because they made some minor changes to their site rather than a major change in code.

Anyway, I gave the Fedex and UPS modules another try after upgrading to v6.2 and discovered that neither works yet. Further research into the problem with Fedex seems indicate that the Fedex shipping module needs to have secure cURL on my server. Now that my web host installed it for me, I see that it has made absolutely no difference. It's probably because it's unsecure cURL.

I noticed that the debug information generated by the module seems to indicate that the module is trying to tell the Fedex server that the transaction is in US$, even though my default currency is C$. When I first tried getting this module to work, the problem that caused checkout to crash was this clash of currencies. Since my store is located in Canada, the Fedex server was expecting the cost of goods to be in C$ (which they were).

As for UPS, I fully expected v6.2 to incorporate the UPS XML shipping module. After some emails to UPS tech support, I see that this is still not done. I see that it remains beta code so I'm not in a rush to add this code to my store yet.

What experiences do other Canadians have with shipping modules in their stores?

Can't offer much Frank..sorry. I use the Canada Post Mod w/ Dimensions exclusively and for the most part am satisfied. Large orders seem to time out however and do not display rates.

For Canadians having problems getting Port 30000 opened on their web host for the Canada Post shipping module, the following new osCommerce contribution may help you:



Make sure you have curl enabled on your web host.

I couldn't get it to work. Checkout_shipping.php is left hanging so if anybody can get it to work with CRE, please share.

Using CRELOADED B2B, UPS Shipping modules only generate rates if you set your store origin as US (configuration / shipping/packaging)! but will not work with store origin CAN that's a problem but the rates are similar to what they should be. Temporary solution. However if you want to us Canada Post and UPS only one will work because Canada Post functions from CA origin and not US. This is a problem. I'm still trying to get FedEx to work without success as yet.

You need cUrl SSL installed on your server for UPS module to generate rates..

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MVS (Multi Vendor Shipping)

UPS module works from Canada, I haven't finished testing it all but so far so good. Way to go Jason! Thank-you!

has anyone been able to get ups canada and canada post to work together on the same site yet?

Canada Post works fine for me. I can't get UPS or FedEx to work. I'd rather use DHL or Purolator, though.

Im new to all this, do you fill out your canada post shipping info on there site?
If so do you print your shipping slip on sticky slip from canada post or regular paper and use clear sticky envolope?

Oh i see your from stevensville, 1.2 minute drive from me actually. Im in ridgeway. Anyway I can contact you for some help? Ill try private messaging you..

Samuel Aderogba the man that has made Canada Post, UPS, Fedex, Canpar all work together on the same site in the multi-vendor shipping module. He's a good mannered professional programming engineer working equally on his spare time fixing CRE Loaded projets. He is located in the USA but has clients like myself in Canada and he gets the issues resolved...naturally for a price. His contact info is saderogba@gmail.com. He is working on my test site right now soon to go on my live site with added goodies.

Canada Post works in Kg, and UPS and Fedex are in lbs, therefore, a programmer needs to convert data sent to Canada Post in kg to generate delivery rates when your site uses pounds and still have UPS and FEDEX working at the same time as optional delivery courriers for all your products or use a multi-vendor shipping to generate rates from different courriers for different products from different vendors (suppliers).

bump - I'm interested in this MVS module, but the link above didn't work. Any help?

For the shipping module MVS with Canada Post, Fedex, UPS, USPS, CANPAR, and purolator when it will be available in FEB 2009 will also be included afterwards.

The email to reach this fantastic programmer by the name of Samuel is saderogba@gmail.com His website is http://www.aderogba.com/

He is also working on software to populate your product line on our CRE Loaded websites via a supplier's catalog to upload instant products to your website in record of time instead of one at a time. It's called Easy Populate (EP) Wizard. He is still working on it. Hopefully it will be ready in the coming months.

You will be estatic dealing with this programmer, an excellent choice. The man that gets the job done!

I feel like some people here may be interested in purolator. You can read about their web services at purolator.com/eship. I'd also be happy to answer any questions you may have.

luckystrike... good call on the purolator module as well. I've read on other forums some people having issues with other shipping modules, will definitely check out the Purolator one