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Post NL: Overview of the connection with Shipcloud

Integrated shipping methods and label formats

Brunhilde Krönung avatar
Written by Brunhilde Krönung
Updated over 3 months ago

Shipcloud supports you in the national shipping of your Deutsche Post letter, book and merchandise shipments via Shipcloud rates or via your own Post NL contract, which you can already integrate in Shipcloud.


In this article you will learn which services and additional services are available to you for your Post NL shipping via Shipcloud rates and via your own business rates.


In this article 👇


Integrated Post NL shipping methods*

The following services are available to you. This information applies to shipping from the Netherlands.

Services

Description

Post NL Standard

To book Post NL Standard via API request, transmit "standard" as service and "parcel" as package type.

Post NL Returns

To book Post NL Returns via API request, transmit "returns" as service and "parcel" as package type.

Additional services for Post NL

Additional Service

Description

PostNL Return When Not Home

"Return When Not Home" is a PostNL delivery service where the parcel will be returned to the sender, when the recipient is not available.

PostNL Stated Address Only

"Deliver to stated address only" is a PostNL delivery service where the parcel is only left at the recipient's address, not at a neighbor's or PostNL point, if the recipient is not home.

Signature on delivery

PostNL's "Signature on delivery" service is an option for secure package delivery that requires the recipient to sign for the parcel upon receipt.

Tracking**

Multi-carrier tracking solution including individual and multilingual tracking page and emails in your own shop design. For more information about this feature and the benefits, please visit our website. Information about individual tracking settings can be found here.

*This information applies to shipping from Austria.

**In order for you to be able to use Shipcloud tracking, it is important that you have your contract with Post NL at activated for the tracking web service. Otherwise our system will not be able to retrieve and display tracking data for your shipments.


Available label formats for Post NL

PDF

ZPL

4x6in (pdf_4x6in)

4x6 Inches, 203 DPI (zpl2_4x6in_203dpi)


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