Friday 30 May 2014

UPS Access Point for the PrestaShop Online Store

PrestaShop is one of the most popular, easy to use open source eCommerce solution used for small to medium-sized online shops. It is a featured rich software which is written in PHP and based on Smarty template engine. Currently, PrestaShop powering more than 165,000 online shops worldwide. PrestaShop is the winner of the 2010 and 2011 Best Open-source Business Application awards. PrestaShop has 20,000+ modules which help to make it as more popular in the eCommerce business world. The PrestaShop eCommerce Module developed with rich features to enhance the performance of online store.


PrestaShop modules are created with unique functionalities to fulfil all unique needs of PrestaShop online store merchants. Allows merchant to choose a perfect module which will suit for his business requirements. With the help of these modules, merchant able to run a successful online store. These modules offer countless advantages to both customers and merchants. PrestaShop is a favorite choice for developers, designers, online store merchants, and online customers. Because,
  • A single online store can be translated into 41 languages to improve user experience and overall sales.
  • PrestaShop comes equipped with everything a merchant needs to be secure such as PCI, SSL, etc.
  • The advanced tracking system can detect where a customer is located and calculate taxes or promotions set by the merchant.
  • Monitoring sales, website performance, visitor interactions help merchant to understand what efforts are working to increase his business growth.
  • Ability to manage multiple stores from a single back-office.
  • Integrated with many payment gateways to make secure payment transactions in the online store.
  • Support with most popular social media sites to attract millions of social users.

PrestaShop combines with many shipping carriers such as UPS (United Parcel Service), USPS (United States Postal Service), AU Post (Australia Post), FedEx (Federal Express), Canada Post, etc. Many modules are developed with these shipping carriers to make the shipping process in PrestaShop online store more safe and fast. Each PrestaShop Shipping Module is used in different ways to ship products in a secure manner. By using this shipping module, merchants can offer the best shopping experience to his customers.



UPS Access Point for the PrestaShop Online Store

UPS (United Parcel Service) Access Point

The UPS access point feature provides the excellent shopping experience to the customers. It is one of the most popular shipping carrier which easily manages the flow of goods, funds, and information in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Most of the merchants and customers prefer this shipping carrier in their business. It provides a large number of benefits to the users such as tracking the products, delivering the product without any time delay, collecting the package in a safe and secure way, etc.

Prestashop UPS Access Point module allows users to choose the nearest delivery location based on their Zip code to receive purchased products. A CRON job is integrated into the module, which will send the customer manifest information to UPS on a daily basis through an FTP file upload. This manifest uploaded to the UPS will be used for notifying and remind the customers for picking up their delivery from the access point. The data file content will contain the UPS access point selected and the Consignee names, UPS Tracking No, Consignee Email Address, and Consignee Mobile Phone No.

User can easily find out the access point location by entering his address. It also provides an option to view the list of access point locations which is close to his postal code. Allows user to select the desired location on the Google Map by clicking a single button. The module offers an option to the merchant to enable/disable or configure the UPS access point module. By hiring PrestaShopDevelopment service provider, you can integrate this module with your PrestaShop online store. By implementing this module, you can make your customers feel very comfortable and this increases your online business sales.