Our integration offer with shipping companies has been extended to incorporate Royal Mail – a key carrier in the UK market. Royal Mail is a postal company operating in the UK for over 500 years.
BaseLinker offers 2 ways to integrate with the Royal Mail system: integration via API Royal Mail or by Click&Drop.
Integration via API
It is dedicated to customers who have an agreement with Royal Mail and an OBA (Online Business Account) number, while Click&Drop can be used by all users, regardless of the above-mentioned account.
The integration with Royal Mail via API is more complex than the Click&Drop version and allows you to automate the shipping process. What kind of benefits does this version of integration offer to sellers?
- Fast parcel dispatch – manually or in bulk.
- Print shipping labels (individually from the order card or in bulk from the order list).
- Generate your consignment book and manifests.
- Sending the customer the tracking number with a tracking link.
- Pass on the tracking number to the marketplace and online shop.
Click & Drop integration
The second type of integration with Royal Mail – Click & Drop – is a solution for retailers with a smaller volume of shipments who, as we mentioned earlier, do not have an OBA customer number.
Our Click&Drop integration is based on an easy exchange of files containing shipments sent on a given day – the exchange works in both directions between BaseLinker system and Royal Mail platform. The integration enables:
- send packages from BaseLinker Order Manager,
- obtaining tracking numbers for parcels.
Both versions of the integration with the British carrier are available in the BaseLinker panel in the Integrations → Couriers section.
For more information on the capabilities of both Royal Mail integrations, see our article: Royal Mail integration.
Feel invited to check the integration possibilities 🙂
