Parcel Status Updates

What it does

For stores that ship with tracking numbers and want to stop checking carrier websites by hand. The add-on connects CS-Cart shipments to your own 17TRACK (API v2.2) or AfterShip (Tracking API 2024-04) account. You pay the service for its plan; the add-on adds no fee per parcel. All flows were tested against mock servers that answer like both APIs, including signed webhooks and error answers; a live account test is still open.

How it works

Choose 17TRACK or AfterShip, paste your API key, test the connection and add the webhook URL shown on the settings page to the service. New shipments with a tracking number are registered at once. Carrier scans arrive by signed webhook; an hourly cron job registers shipments made through the API, checks parcels without updates and stops old ones. Set one order status per parcel status, limited to the order statuses you allow. Vendors see the parcels of their own orders.

Features

• Works with your own 17TRACK or AfterShip account and API key
• Shipments with a tracking number are registered automatically
• Signed webhooks with a secret URL token, cron polling as fallback
• Order status rules for in transit, out for delivery, ready for pickup, failed attempt, problem and delivered
• Rules only change orders in the statuses you allow; Delivered can wait for every parcel
• Delivery status tab with progress bar, expected date and carrier events for customers
• Parcel dashboard with filters, search, refresh, parcel page and activity log
• Parcel status on the admin order and shipment pages
• Carrier codes for USPS, UPS, FedEx and DHL, other carriers detected by the service
• Multi-Vendor: vendors see and refresh the parcels of their own orders
• Hook for other add-ons on every status change

What you get

Compatibility

We list only the builds we install and test on. “Tested” means the full test plan was run on that build; “Supported” means the build is inside the supported range and uses the same hooks.

Requirements