Configure your Canada Post billing account

To set up your Canada Post account within the Shipium platform to use Canada Post's contract shipping billing structure, you'll need to configure this carrier account for third party billing.

First, you'll log in to the Shipium Console and select Configure and then Fulfillment Contexts from the left navigation menu.

You'll select the fulfillment context for which you wish to enable billing for Canada Post. If you haven't yet established a fulfillment context, you can find details about how to do so in the Fulfillment Contexts documentation.

Prior to setting up the third party billing account, you'll need to have a carrier contract configured for Canada Post. If you don't have a Canada Post contract linked to a fulfillment context in your network, you can find directions for configuration in the Carrier Contracts documentation.

Within the selected fulfillment context, you'll select the Third Party Billing tab.

Once you select Add Third Party Billing, you'll provide a group name for the billing group. Optionally, you can also provide a description and unique identifier.

The details for your newly created third party billing group will appear on the Third Party Billing tab home screen.

Next, you'll select Add in the Accounts section on the page to create a new third party billing account for the third party billing group.

After selecting Canada Post from the dropdown Carrier menu, you'll provide the required Account Name. You also can provide an optional Description.

For Credentials, you'll provide your Canada Post Third Party Customer Number. You can log in to your Canada Post account and check the "Business details" section in Canada Post's documentation for information about your customer number.

To indicate the party responsible for payment of the shipment and taxes and duties, you'll opt for the Shipper or 3rd Party. The Shipper is the account initiating the label request. The 3rd Party is the entity for whom the package is being requested.

The Canada Post account will display in your Third Party Billing tab.

Resources

Your Shipium team member is available to help along the way. However, you might find these resources helpful: