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ELS Logistic is a leading courier company for courier services that has all the required licenses to deliver your orders both on the territory of Macedonia (with over 50 offices) and even internationally. The activation of ELS Logistics in your CloudCart store is easy and can save you a lot of time, funds, and effort.

Activation

1. To activate ELS Logistic services in your store you need to log into your admin panel, go to App section > All apps, and install the ELS Logistic application.

2. Once you've installed the app, you will be directed to a page where you have to enter your credentials from your contract with ELS Logistic. When you sign the contract, you will receive the required credentials that enable you to activate and configure the module in your store (Username for accessing shipping provider service and Password for accessing delivery service). 


Don't forget to enable the app from the ON/OFF button in the upper right corner of the screen.

Settings

1. In the first section, you can change the name and the logo of the shipping provider by selecting another file to upload from your computer.

2. In the second section you have to enter the Sender data - Sender name, Sender's phone number, Enter an address, Select a shipping method, and Choose a Location. Fill in all of the information required.  


For the "Select a shipping method" you can choose from "address" and "office".

3. Choose the type of service - "Service type to address"

Don't forget to enable the app from the ON/OFF button in the upper right corner of the screen. 

In this section, you need to select a type for the "Delivery pricing to address" for "Service type to address" from the drop-down menu.


You can pick from the following options:

  • Els Logistic Calculator
  • Els Logistic Calculator + processing fee
  • Els Logistic Calculator + free shipping
  • Fixed value at price without Els Logistic calculator
  • Fixed value by weight  without Els Logistic calculator
  • Fixed value for price and weight without Els Logistic calculator

For each of the options that allow, you can add the desired value or a range of values. 


4. Choose the type of service - "Service type to office"

Don't forget to enable the app from the ON/OFF button in the upper right corner of the screen. 

In this section, you need to select a type for the "Delivery pricing to office" for "Service type to office" from the drop-down menu. 


You can pick from the following options:

  • Els Logistic Calculator
  • Els Logistic Calculator + processing fee
  • Els Logistic Calculator + free shipping
  • Fixed value at price without Els Logistic calculator
  • Fixed value by weight  without Els Logistic calculator
  • Fixed value for price and weight without Els Logistic calculator

For each of the options that allow, you can add the desired value or a range of values.


The options described below are the same for both types of shipping:

  • ELS Logistic calculator - will automatically calculate each delivery according to the pricing conditions of ELS Logistic 
  • ELS Logistic calculator + processing fee - will automatically calculate each delivery according to the pricing conditions of ELS Logistic and will add the processing fee that you have entered in the appropriate field
  • ELS Logistic calculator + Free Shipping- will automatically calculate each delivery according to the pricing conditions of ELS Logistic and will automatically set a free delivery above the amount of the order specified in the empty field.

When choosing to give customers free delivery, keep in mind that the shipping cost to ELS Logistic is always at the expense of the sender (merchant). 

Fallback price

We advise you to activate Fallback price. Тhis is the "backup" shipping price. With Fallback price the orders in your store will be able to be fulfilled, even if the supplier's calculator does not work properly or the connection to the system cannot be established.
When you enable this functionality, you have to set a backup shipping price that will be activated as needed.


  • Fixed value by price without ELS Logistic calculator - choosing this type of service, you must manually fill in the value of the shipping according to the final price of the order.

You also have the option to set different price conditions for different product categories. To do this, enable the option from the button ON/OFF.

  • Fixed value by weight without ELS Logistic calculator- When choosing this type of service, you must manually fill in the value of the shipping according to the weight of the products. Here you can also set different price conditions for different product categories by activating the ON/OFF button.   

  • Fixed value by price and weight without ELS Logistic calculator - this type of service is a combination of the previous two:  


When choosing a Fixed Value without an ELS Logistic calculator, keep in mind that the shipping cost that have to be paid to ELS Logistic is always at the expense of the sender (merchant). If you choose the formation of the price to be done with ELS Logistic calculator, you can choose which - the sender or the recipient to take delivery. 

Shipping regions

In the next section, you can set the regions to which this shipping method applies or choose to apply it globally from the ON / OFF button. If you turn off the button, from the drop-down menu you should select specific shipping regions that you have created in advance (in our help articles you can find out what Geo zones and Geo polygons are for and how to apply them correctly).


This shipping method will be valid and will be visible to customers only for the specific region (s) for which you have chosen to apply. For customers who ordered from other regions, this shipping method will not be visible in the checkout.


Please, keep in mind that if the "Make it Global" switch is to "ON" position, you won't be able to add your predefined shipping regions.


Payment provider

In this section, you can choose whether this shipping method is applied globally as it applies to all payment methods you have activated in your store (ON/OFF button) or to be applied only to certain payment methods from the ones you have configured in your store (you can select them from the drop-down menu).  

Settings for receiving the shipment

In this section, you can easily enter default values for weight and "Who pay the shipping cost" (the sender or the receiver).

From the Additional Settings you can add the following:

  • Consignment type - choose between Package or Envelope.
  • Enable cash on delivery - you can enable this option if you want your customers to be able to use this payment method as well.
  • Back documents - enable this option if you require any reverse documents for your deliveries.
  • Insurance - enable this option especially if you sell expensive or fragile products. Adding insurance can increase the shipping cost.


With these final settings your integration with Els Logistic is ready to be used and will be visible to your store's clients.