What's New in Rules Engine? (Nov 2023)

We've added new functionalities to make it easier to create your rules.  Multi-value input Need to create a rule for hundreds of new SKUs? Or do you want to specify a carrier for a specific set of suburbs?  We've added a new pair of operators - 'any one of' and its inverse, 'n...

We've added new functionalities to make it easier to create your rules.  Multi-value input Need to create a rule for hundreds of new SKUs? Or do you want to specify a carrier for a specific set of suburbs?  We've adde...

We've added new functionalities to make it easier to create your rules.  Multi-value input Need to create a rule for hundreds of new SKUs? Or do yo...

Overview of the Rules Engine

Overview Shippit's Rules Engine lets you build business rules that modify how Shippit allocates orders to carriers. The Rules Engine helps you easily automate repetitive allocation decisions that are unique to your business, directly in Shippit.  With the Rules Engine, merchan...

Overview Shippit's Rules Engine lets you build business rules that modify how Shippit allocates orders to carriers. The Rules Engine helps you easily automate repetitive allocation decisions that are unique to your bu...

Overview Shippit's Rules Engine lets you build business rules that modify how Shippit allocates orders to carriers. The Rules Engine helps you easi...

Get Started with the Rules Engine

  Getting started with Store Rules  Store rules are rules that apply on a single store. Both store administrators and head office administrators are permitted to view and edit these rules. These rules are useful if you’re trying to set fine-tuned or bespoke allocation preferen...

  Getting started with Store Rules  Store rules are rules that apply on a single store. Both store administrators and head office administrators are permitted to view and edit these rules. These rules are useful if yo...

  Getting started with Store Rules  Store rules are rules that apply on a single store. Both store administrators and head office administrators ar...

How to Create Rules

Creating a Rule  Rules undertake Actions if a new or updated order or quote meets the set Conditions. For example, a Rule can remove a courier (the Action) if an order exceeds a certain deadweight (the Condition). The Rules Engine has a plethora of Conditions, Actions and Acce...

Creating a Rule  Rules undertake Actions if a new or updated order or quote meets the set Conditions. For example, a Rule can remove a courier (the Action) if an order exceeds a certain deadweight (the Condition). The...

Creating a Rule  Rules undertake Actions if a new or updated order or quote meets the set Conditions. For example, a Rule can remove a courier (the...

How Rules Engine affects Quoting and Ordering workflows

How the Rules Engine interacts with the Quoting workflow Rules CAN remove one or many carriers from the list of quotes returned. If the conditions passed in the quoting request matches a rule (eg. a location was entered that matches a rule that removes a carrier based on that ...

How the Rules Engine interacts with the Quoting workflow Rules CAN remove one or many carriers from the list of quotes returned. If the conditions passed in the quoting request matches a rule (eg. a location was enter...

How the Rules Engine interacts with the Quoting workflow Rules CAN remove one or many carriers from the list of quotes returned. If the conditions ...

Rules for Delivery Destinations

With the Rules Engine, you can select Conditions based on: a range of postcodes (e.g. 2000-2500) a list of postcodes (e.g. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003...) suburb-postcodes (e.g. Surry Hills, 2015) countries Rules will be automatically applied when a new order is created or synced...

With the Rules Engine, you can select Conditions based on: a range of postcodes (e.g. 2000-2500) a list of postcodes (e.g. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003...) suburb-postcodes (e.g. Surry Hills, 2015) countries Rules will be...

With the Rules Engine, you can select Conditions based on: a range of postcodes (e.g. 2000-2500) a list of postcodes (e.g. 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003....

Rules for Weights and Dimensions

With the Rules Engine, you can select conditions based on Weight (deadweight or volumetric weight) Dimension (minimum, maximum or median) Rules will be automatically applied when a new order is created or synced to Shippit and when an order's details are updated. Dimension e...

With the Rules Engine, you can select conditions based on Weight (deadweight or volumetric weight) Dimension (minimum, maximum or median) Rules will be automatically applied when a new order is created or synced to ...

With the Rules Engine, you can select conditions based on Weight (deadweight or volumetric weight) Dimension (minimum, maximum or median) Rules w...

Rule for Product Information

If you'd like to ensure the most suitable courier is allocated to your fragile, bulky or even expensive orders, creating rules using product-based conditions is a great way to do this. Product SKU Product Line ID Product Title Example To demonstrate how to do this, in this e...

If you'd like to ensure the most suitable courier is allocated to your fragile, bulky or even expensive orders, creating rules using product-based conditions is a great way to do this. Product SKU Product Line ID Pro...

If you'd like to ensure the most suitable courier is allocated to your fragile, bulky or even expensive orders, creating rules using product-based ...

Rules for Packaging Presets

With the Rules Engine, you can create rules to allocate different couriers based on your custom Package Types. Example To demonstrate how to do this, in our example we'll show you how to ensure a custom 'Large Box' is allocated to Allied Express.  Step 1 If you haven't set up ...

With the Rules Engine, you can create rules to allocate different couriers based on your custom Package Types. Example To demonstrate how to do this, in our example we'll show you how to ensure a custom 'Large Box' is...

With the Rules Engine, you can create rules to allocate different couriers based on your custom Package Types. Example To demonstrate how to do thi...

Rule to Allocate a Courier for Metro and Regional Destinations

Couriers can specialise in certain destinations, weights and dimensions. This often means that some couriers may offer more competitive rates and transit times in metro areas whilst other carriers may have extensive regional networks and faster transit times for regional areas...

Couriers can specialise in certain destinations, weights and dimensions. This often means that some couriers may offer more competitive rates and transit times in metro areas whilst other carriers may have extensive r...

Couriers can specialise in certain destinations, weights and dimensions. This often means that some couriers may offer more competitive rates and t...

Rule to Allocate a Courier for Heavy Products

If you ship a combination of smaller and bulky/heavy products, you can create rules to allocate a certain courier to orders with bulky or heavy products.  Example In this example, we'll create a rule to ensure Allied Express is allocated to orders with a deadweight greater tha...

If you ship a combination of smaller and bulky/heavy products, you can create rules to allocate a certain courier to orders with bulky or heavy products.  Example In this example, we'll create a rule to ensure Allied ...

If you ship a combination of smaller and bulky/heavy products, you can create rules to allocate a certain courier to orders with bulky or heavy pro...

Rules Applied to Multiple Stores

With the Rules Engine, you can create Company Rules that apply to multiple stores. Note that Company Rules are only available if your user have access to the Head Office view. To learn more about Company Rules, click here. Example Say you want to prevent allocation to any ePar...

With the Rules Engine, you can create Company Rules that apply to multiple stores. Note that Company Rules are only available if your user have access to the Head Office view. To learn more about Company Rules, click ...

With the Rules Engine, you can create Company Rules that apply to multiple stores. Note that Company Rules are only available if your user have acc...

⚙️ Introducing the Rules Engine

Define how Shippit allocates carriers with the new Rules Engine Tired of manually updating carriers on orders? The Rules Engine gives you greater control and flexibility on how Shippit allocates orders to carriers - beyond the cheapest or fastest option. ​​​​​​Create simple or...

Define how Shippit allocates carriers with the new Rules Engine Tired of manually updating carriers on orders? The Rules Engine gives you greater control and flexibility on how Shippit allocates orders to carriers - b...

Define how Shippit allocates carriers with the new Rules Engine Tired of manually updating carriers on orders? The Rules Engine gives you greater c...

What's New in Rules Engine? (Oct 2021)

To give you more control over how couriers are allocated to orders, we've added a new set of conditions across order, product and packaging details. You can now create rules to define how couriers are allocated based on: Product Product SKU: Also known as Stock Keeping Unit....

To give you more control over how couriers are allocated to orders, we've added a new set of conditions across order, product and packaging details. You can now create rules to define how couriers are allocated based...

To give you more control over how couriers are allocated to orders, we've added a new set of conditions across order, product and packaging details...