This document details all the fields available to set up a Canada Post Billing account.
These are detailed below:
| FIELD | DESCRIPTION | REQUIRED | |
| DOM | INTL | ||
| Cost Centre | Use if provided to allocate costs of shipping | ||
| Customer# | Locked, customer number linked to the account setup |  |  |
| Mailed on behalf # | Indicates the account number orders are shipped on behalf of, must be same as customer # or blank | ||
| Paid by customer # | Indicates the associated customer number to the shipper customer number, which will pay for shipping | ||
| Contract ID | Contract ID associated with the shipper and payor customer numbers |  |  |
| Method of Payment | Select between Account and Credit Card (typically Account, since registrations are made on Account basis) |  |  |
| Manifest Level | Indicate if your manifest will be requested as a summary, or detailed | ||
| Contact Phone | Ship From phone that will be shown in the label |  |  |
| Default Delivery | Indicates how packages should be delivered (Regular, Card for Pickup, Do not safe drop, etc.) | ||
| CIF Shipment | If checked, indicates shipments qualify for CIF – Continuous Inbound Freight tax exemption | ||
| Proof of Age/X | If enabled, the delivery will require an adult of a specific age to sign upon delivery | ||
| Notify Recipient by E-mail | If checked, requests the carrier to send e-mail notifications to the ship-to e-mail provided as part of the order | ||
| Non-Delivery Handling | Indicate what the carrier should do when packages cannot be delivered | ||
| Reason for export | Indicate the reason for export (sale, sample, etc.) |  | |
| Currency Code | Indicate the currency code that you intend to use for declaring the customs value of individual line items |  | |
| Use CAD exchange rate for customs if not specified in order | If this option is selected, and the currency specified at the order or client level differs from CAD (Canadian Dollar), and no conversion rate is specified within the order, the currency will be automatically converted to CAD using the exchange rate on the current date | ||
| Correct International declared value | If this option is enabled, the customs declared value is recalculated as the sum of line item prices multiplied by the quantity, instead of retrieving the value from the package declared value field | ||
| Province of Origin | Indicate the province of origin for international shipments when country of origin of line item is CA |  | |
| Quick ship labels | Use this checkbox if you already have a domestic parcel with the recipient’s name and address on it, but you want to create an additional label to affix to the parcel for tracking purposes; Set this element to true, and, for billing purposes, provide the country code (must be CA) and the postal code, in the destination structure. A label that contains a tracking barcode and the words “Quick Ship – Refer to Address Label/Expéditionrapide – Reportez-vous à l’étiquetted’adresse” will be created. | ||
| Show packing instructions | If checked, packing instructions will be printed on the label | ||
| Show postage rate | If checked, postage rate will be printed in the label | ||
| Show insured value | If checked, insured value will be printed on the label | ||
| Substitute missing ship-to-phone | If checked, enables a new field to enter a phone number that will automatically fill ship-to phone, if ship-to phone specified on order is empty | ||
| Label from name | Ship-From name that will be shown in the label |  |  |
| Label from company | Company name that will be shown in the label |  |  |
| Override label from address | If checked, enables fields to override the label from address (does not change the induction address) | ||
| Return notification e-mail | Shipper contact e-mail | ||
| Generate return labels | If checked, prints return labels for every order | ||
| Skip return labels printing | If checked, skips return labels printing (labels will be generated and saved on order for further download, but will not be printed immediately) | ||
| Override Return address | If checked, enables fields to override the address for return labels | ||
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