GLS integration
With the GLS integration, you create shipping labels in Picqer using your own GLS contract. The integration was built by GLS. For questions, contact GLS: helpdesk@gls-netherlands.com for Dutch customers and e-tools@gls-belgium.com for customers in Belgium and Luxembourg.
Preparation
You need a GLS contract and an account for the GLS Shipping Portal. Not a customer yet? Contact GLS Netherlands or GLS Belgium.
If you have a contract but no access to the Shipping Portal yet, request it at helpdesk@gls-netherlands.com or e-tools@gls-belgium.com.
Picqer connects using your username and an API key, which you create in the Shipping Portal:
Log in to the GLS Shipping Portal and go to Settings > Integrations > Key management.
Click 'Create new keys'.
Turn on the new key and copy the public key. You'll enter it in Picqer in a moment.
Connect the shipping provider
In Picqer, go to Settings > Shipping providers > Add new shipping provider and choose the integration that matches your contract:
- Dutch contract: GLS (NL)
- Belgian or Luxembourg contract: GLS (BE/LU)
Give the integration a name and enter your username and the public key.
Click 'Save'.
Set up a shipping profile
After connecting, you create a shipping profile. You don't choose the GLS service in Picqer but in the Rulebook of your GLS account. Picqer sends a 'Shipping Method Name' with each shipping profile, and in the Rulebook you set which service and extra options GLS uses for that name.
So give each shipping profile its own 'Shipping Method Name' in the 'Configuration' section. Add more profiles with 'Add shipping profile' and let a rule pick the right one.
The GLS installation guide explains how to set up the Rulebook: see the Dutch guide or the Belgian guide.
Pickup points
To ship to pickup points, install the GLS plugin in your store. You can find which stores support this in shipping options per store.
Your customer chooses the pickup point at checkout in your store, and the plugin passes that point on to GLS. So the pickup point details don't need to be in Picqer: when you create the label in Picqer, GLS turns it into a pickup point label itself.
