How to Add a An Post Client (Billing) Account [Guide]

Modified on Mon, 16 Mar at 5:10 PM

This guide explains how to add and configure a An Post Client (Billing) Account.

A Client (Billing) Account assigns a carrier connection to a specific Client and defines how that carrier behaves for that Client.

For a complete overview of supported carriers and related setup guides, refer to techSHIP supported Carriers - Master List [Guides List].

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Prerequisites
Carrier-Specific Instructions
Next Steps

Prerequisites

Before adding a (Billing) Account, ensure that:

The Client Profile has been created. See: How to create a Client profile [Step-by-Step guide].
This setup uses a Baseline Account as the foundation. To create and configure one specific to this carrier, see: How to Add a An Post Baseline Account [Guide].
Follow the configuration steps as described in How to Add a Client (Billing) Account [Step-by-Step guide] using the values provided below.

Carrier-Specific Instructions

The Carrier tab contains the An Post-specific configuration used to define operational behavior for this Client (Billing) Account. Fields in this view are grouped visually to distinguish mandatory (red-highlighted items) and optional (blue-highlighted items) carrier-specific settings.

Service Code: Selects the An Post service used by this Client (Billing) Account. This field determines which carrier service is applied when shipments are processed.

Package Type: Defines the package content type used for this Client (Billing) Account. This field controls the declaration type sent for shipments.

Override WMS Service Code: Setting that allows the Billing configuration to override the service code coming from WMS. Use it only when this Billing Account must enforce its own configured Service Code instead of the service value received from the order source.

Package Description: Free-text description for the package content. Use it when this Client requires a fixed package description as part of shipment data.

Currency: Currency code used for this Billing Account. This value must be selected before shipments can be processed.

Terms of Sale: Incoterm value used for shipment declaration. Configure it when this Client requires a fixed terms-of-sale value for international processing.

Sender Name: Sender contact name used when this Billing Account provides sender address information for the shipment.

Sender Company: Sender company used when this Billing Account provides sender address information for the shipment.

Override Sender Address:Setting that allows this Billing Account to use its configured sender address instead of the default sender information inherited from the Baseline or order context.

Override Return Address: Setting that allows this Billing Account to use a return address override when return routing must differ from the default sender address.

Sender's EORI Number: Sender EORI value used for customs processing when required for international shipments.

Sender's IOSS Number: Sender IOSS value used for international shipments when applicable to the shipment flow.

Sender's GST Number: Sender GST value available for shipment declaration purposes.

Consignee's GST Number: Consignee GST value available for shipment declaration purposes.

To enable carrier-specific settings —and before continuing—, press Save.

Next Steps

You can now use this account to ship through An Post.