Magento

Hi all,

We are in need of negotiated rates to be applied via our UPS XML Shipping configuration. As far as we can see, this is not natively built into Magento.

We are currently using the UPS XML basic setup, though are still receiving UPS Standard Rates for our shipping prices. Thus, I am preparing to customize Magento to include the necessary info in order to receive negotiated rates.

But before I jump in, I wanted to know if anyone has already made progress on this? If so, would they be willing to share it with the community? If there’s not much response, I’ll move forward and share our findings with the community.

My planned outline of steps are the following (as a result of discussion with @bott and research into the Magento code):

1. Get UPS XML configured correctly (via registering with our UPS account, login, and request access to the Rate XML service using our developer key.)
2. Create a new local module, overload the UPS model object, activate the module in local.xml, and then add a <rewrite> into the config.xml for the new module
3. Then in UPS.php (the model file) just check out where the XML is generated for a rate call and add what is needed for negotiated rates to be applied. (via my findings within the Developer’s Guide)

Any community input on this is welcomed!

Cheers,
- Lee

Here are my follow-up questions:

Would anyone else benefit from this kind of integration?

Has anyone dealt with this issue anytime previously?

Thanks,
- Lee