26 Integrate with External Shipping Calculators
You can integrate your store with external shipping calculators that return shipping methods and costs for an order.
With Oracle Commerce, three shipping method options are available:
- Internally priced shipping method - A shipping method created in the administration interface whose price and availability is determined during checkout using internal rules. Refer to Configure Shipping for information on using this method.
- Externally priced shipping method - A shipping method created in the administration interface whose price and availability are determined using a combination of internal rules and the shipping calculator service. This method is covered in the Work with externally priced shipping methods Work with external shipping methods section this chapter.
- External shipping method – A shipping method returned by the external shipping calculator service that does not have an internal representation in the administration interface.
The price and availability is determined entirely by the service. Refer to the Work with external shipping methods section of this chapter for detailed information on using this method. Refer also to Use Webhooks for additional information on using webhooks and specifically the shipping calculator service.
This chapter focuses solely on providing information related to the externally priced and external shipping methods. Externally priced shipping methods are covered in their own section in the first half of this chapter. This type of shipping method provides you with the best (and preferred) way to use the shipping calculator service and allows you to take advantage of Oracle Commerce’s shipping promotion and tax calculation features. External shipping methods are covered in the second half of this chapter. This information is provided to assist customers who may have used this as the original way to integrate with the shipping calculator service. There is finally a section on enabling fallback shipping methods, which applies to both externally priced and external shipping methods.