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Technology Questions
- What is Sell Online?
- What exactly is Sell Online?
- What is the Sell Online Shipping Module?
- In order to sell online, do I have to have the Sell Online Shipping Module?
- How do I integrate the Sell Online Shipping Module on my web site?
- How do I use the Sell Online Shipping Module?
- What do I need to use the Sell Online XML Direct Connection?
- Where can I obtain the Direct Connection?
- Is the use of Sell Online free?
- Where do I get the Implementation Guide and the Architecture Document?
- Will Sell Online work if there is a firewall between Sell Online server and my eCommerce engine?
Testing Sell Online Shipping Module
- Where can I find test programs to verify the Sell Online Shipping Module?
Shipping Profile
- What is the shipping profile?
- What do I need to change my shipping profile?
- What is Sell Online?
In a nutshell, Sell Online is a trade mark name given to the Canada Post service that is specifically designed to support a merchants business on the Internet. It is what it says: selling online.
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- What exactly is Sell Online?
Sell Online is part of the Sell Online Solutions. A good explanation and a demonstration of the Sell Online Solutions and Sell Online can be found by visiting our home page.
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- What is the Sell Online Shipping Module?
The Sell Online Shipping Module is a software module designed to integrate with your website to give consumers complete control over speed and cost of delivery. In order to perform the integration, you must be able to modify the shopping cart software. This is NOT a plug-and-play application. A high level of technical knowledge is required to perform the integration
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- In order to sell online, do I have to have the Sell Online Shipping Module?
Yes, if your Shopping Cart does not currently have a Shipping Module.
No, if your Sell Online Store or Sell Online Cart already has a Shipping Module.
Check the Sell Online Partners page of the Sell Online website for a full list of Sell Online eCommerce solution providers.
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- How do I integrate the Sell Online Shipping Module on my web site?
Different options are available to you:
- You can use the services of a Sell Online Partner who provides Sell Online eCommerce solutions, or,
- Install the Sell Online Shipping Module into your shopping cart software, or,
- Install the Sell Online Shipping Module
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- How do I use the Sell Online Shipping Module?
To use the Sell Online XML Direct Connection, you need the following:
- An Internet connection from your shopping cart to communicate with the Canada Post server.
- A Shipping profile. You register your Shipping Profile account on the Sell Online server by sending an email to sellonline@canadapost.ca.
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- What do I need to use the Sell Online XML Direct Connection?
The Sell Online XML Direct Connection offers you 2 protocols to choose from:
- BASIC SOCKET:
Use this protocol only if you know how to:
- open a socket
- write to it
- read from it
- close it
- HTTP POST: This method uses a protocol that is widely used on the Internet. Also, you may find a lot of tools/components/libraries that allow you to do an HTTP POST.
Refer to http://sellonline.canadapost.ca/DevelopersResources/
protocolV3/index.html for more information on Sell Online XML direct connection.
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- Where can I obtain the Direct Connection?
It is available from our technical server. The connection is an XML version if you so desire, we can return the reply back in HTML.
The Sell Online Direct Connection to the server can be obtained by sending an email to sellonline@canadapost.ca and by asking for the "Sell Online Direct Connection".
YOU MUST provide the following information:
- Company name
- Contact name and telephone number
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- Is the use of Sell Online free?
Yes. The documentation (Implementation Guide and Customized Implementation Guide), Direct Connection and technical support are ALL FREE.
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- Where do I get the Implementation Guide and the Architecture Document?
You can download the Implementation Guide, Customized Implementation Guide, and Architecture Document off of the Sell Online website.
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- Will Sell Online work if there is a firewall between Sell Online server and my eCommerce engine?
Yes. You have to inform your system administrator that you need to perform TCP (not UDP) socket communication between your computer and the Sell Online server. They will need to reconfigure your company's firewall to allow you such operation.
The production server is at another IP address, and will be communicated to your system administrator after the testing has started.
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Testing Sell Online Shipping Module
- Where can I find test programs to verify the Sell Online Shipping Module?
The Sell Online XML Direct Connection provides an HTML Form to allow testing the Sell Online Shipping Module. The form can be found at http://sellonline.canadapost.ca/DevelopersResources/protocolV3/
HTTPInterface.html.
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Shipping Profile
- What is the shipping profile?
The Shipping Profile is automatically created when you register for an Sell Online Store, Sell Online Shopping Cart, Sell Online Shipping Module. It is set up with default values, that must be modified to match your values. You can Update Your Shipping Profile by visiting the Sell Online Shipping Module section of the Sell Online website.
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- What do I need to change my shipping profile?
- An Internet connection
- A browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer)
- Your browser must be Java Script enabled
- The retailer ID and password assigned by Canada Post
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