Transdirect Shipping Plugin for Woocommerce

by transdirect

Description

The Transdirect Shipping Plugin for WooCommerce connects your store with Australia’s largest courier and freight providers. It enables your customers to receive real-time shipping quotes and choose from multiple delivery options directly at checkout.

The main features of this plugin are:
– Free to use.
– Easy to configure and manage.
– Great shipping rates from Toll Ipec, Fastway, Couriers Please, Toll Priority, Northline and more.
– Seamless quote integration in the cart and checkout.
– Multiple delivery options.
– Optional insurance support.
– Automatic order sync (if enabled).

To learn more or request an API key, please contact sales@transdirect.com.au.
Transdirect — Delivering Solutions.

Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

Automatic installation

Log in to your WordPress admin panel.
Go to Plugins Add New.
Search for “Transdirect Shipping”.
Click Install Now, then Activate.

Manual installation

Download the plugin ZIP from the source.
Unzip it and upload the folder to /wp-content/plugins/ via FTP.
Log in to your WordPress admin, go to Plugins, and click Activate.

For detailed instructions, visit the WordPress plugin installation guide.

Updating

Updates are automatic. As always, back up your site before applying updates.

Plugin Setup

In your WordPress admin, go to WooCommerce Settings Shipping.
If there is no shipping zone for Australia, the plugin will create one automatically.
Inside the Australia zone, click “Add Shipping Method”, and select “Transdirect Shipping”.
Click “Edit” next to the Transdirect method to configure it:
- Enter your API Key (provided by Transdirect).
- For access, email sales@transdirect.com.au.
Optional Settings:
- Enable delivery time display by checking the corresponding box.
- Set the Quote API Timeout to define the wait time for quote responses.
- Enable Debug Mode to log Quotes, Orders syncs, and Product syncs.
Click Save Changes.
To test shipping quotes:
- Add a product to the cart.
- Use the built-in WooCommerce Shipping Calculator.
- Enter Country, Suburb, and Postcode, then click Calculate Shipping.
- Transdirect quotes will be displayed; select one to proceed.
- On the Checkout page, quotes will appear once a valid address is entered.
If Order Sync is enabled in your Transdirect account, new orders will be automatically synced.
For full setup instructions and advanced configuration, visit: https://www.transdirect.com.au/members/api/apimodules

Screenshots

How to navigate to Transdirect Shipping option under Shipping settings.
Example screenshot of Transdirect Shipping settings.

Reviews

Unusable and unsupported

By djpipe83 on January 27, 2022

This plugin has too many bugs to list. It simply doesn't calculate correctly, it you refresh or change anything it behaves odd, such as giving away free shipping. Support is worse than terrible. At first they asked for all of my passwords to my entire domain and website because they are too lazy to remote with me to work through the issues then they basically said that they know it is useless, but it is free. After asking me for lots of info and screenshots they stopped replying and despite multiple attempts to get in contact they won't respond. After two weeks with shipping that doesn't work and no response from their support I've removed the plugin and am using a real shipping plugin that works.

Great tool for shipping integration

By Ajay Trada (ajaytrada) on November 6, 2020

This is exactly what i'm looking for my E-Commerce application. Easy to integration with great features and also support team response is too good.

Could do better

By Pewit on October 30, 2020

The integration with WordPress and Woocommerce is superficial at best. Woocommerce has shipping zones and classes which can be applied to categories and products but these are totally ignored in the Trans Direct plugin which requires you to create rules via their website for each product using the SKU. Which then presents a maintenance issue for new products which will have to be manually added to the list of rules. The manual online rule creation process doesn't allow you to edit a rule once created - even though there is an edit button which allows you to make changes, there's no way to save your edit. OK you can import those rules from a CSV file but the process is clunky and the sample CSV file contains column headings but no sample data. The CSV file also uses a + sign to indicate an amount should be added to the shipping cost. In a spreadsheet + is used to start the entry of a formula so the only workaround is to enter '+ which may mean the import fails. OK you can export the spreadsheet file to CSV and then search and replace but someone should have picked it up in testing. Judging by the number of unanswered comments in the WP support forum I'd suggest that support is patchy.

love it!

By completegraphics on October 27, 2020

Plugin does exactly what i need it to do perfect for those who ship larger items that standard postage cannot handle. Support has been excellent.

Not working and support terrible

By kytsym on January 27, 2020

I would really like to give more stars for this review, however their support for this plugin really sucks. We've been trying to get assistance for over a month now with sporadic email contact and no real way forward to resolve. Hard to recommend in light of this issue with support.

Working cool

By parthkotadia on October 25, 2017

Nice

Not working on wordpress Version 4.7.3

By terrybakshi on April 19, 2017

Plugin Not working on wordpress Version 4.7.3. I asked for the fix from support 2 weeks ago but still no reply so far.

Amazing!

By govno on September 3, 2016

Works straight out of the box, couldn't get any better. I've tried multiple Australian shipping calculators and so far, this is the best one, we're sticking with it.

Just one thing, the ability to charge an additional amount for tailgated shipping would be great. I see some kind of tail gate option in the backend, just not sure how it works.