NOW Couriers

NOW Couriers is a Freightways Express Limited company providing domestic shipping services to all of New Zealand.

Interested in a NOW Couriers account? Submit an inquiry to their sales team to get started!

NOW Couriers Integration Requirements

Connection Requirements:

  • An active account with NOW Couriers.

  • Your Carrier Name, Customer ID, Client ID, and Client Secret.

Shipping Requirements

  • Dimensions must be entered to create a label.

Connect NOW Couriers to ShipEngine

To connect your NOW Couriers account in the ShipEngine dashboard:

  1. Select the NOW Couriers tile from the Available Carriers pop-up window.

    Freightways: Now Couriers logo. Connect button links to connection popup
  2. Enter the Carrier Name, Customer ID, Client ID, and Client Secret for your NOW Couriers account into the corresponding fields.

  3. Click the Connect button.

Available Features for NOW Couriers Integration

The ShipEngine integration with NOW Couriers supports the following standard features and services:

Additional Features for NOW Couriers

The ShipEngine integration with NOW Couriers allows for the following additional features:

Feature

Description

Label charged to your account when you create it

You are charged for your label upon its creation. You can void the label to get a refund.

Labels are active for 12 months

A Label can be used within 12 months or until voided.

Multi-Package labels

NOW Couriers supports multi-package shipments. The main label that prints for a multi-package shipment will list all the included pieces.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic shipping labels.

The carrier integration can be used to create international shipping labels.

ShipEngine will submit international customs information electronically to the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic return labels.

When an API call is made to the Rates endpoint, ShipEngine will return estimated shipping rates for the carrier based on the connected account information and shipment details.

Additional carrier insurance can be purchased through ShipEngine.

Shipping labels created for this carrier will include a tracking number that can be used to view the shipment status on the carrier's tracking website. Tracking may not be available for all shipping services.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are submitted electronically to the carrier by ShipEngine.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are generated as PDF files that can be printed along with shipping labels. Because these documents are not electronically submitted, physical copies must be provided to the carrier.

ShipEngine can print your brand logo on shipping labels from carriers that support this feature. Add your logo in the ShipEngine Dashboard.

ShipEngine can include additional information on a shipping label that is specified in the label request, if supported by the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create multi-package shipments, where multiple individual packages are linked together into a single shipment record with a master tracking number.

You can connect this carrier integration to ShipEngine multiple times using different account information, and choose which account will be used to create each shipment.

Additional Details About the NOW Couriers Integration

  • The ShipEngine integration with NOW Couriers does not support third-party billing.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic shipping labels.

The carrier integration can be used to create international shipping labels.

ShipEngine will submit international customs information electronically to the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create domestic return labels.

When an API call is made to the Rates endpoint, ShipEngine will return estimated shipping rates for the carrier based on the connected account information and shipment details.

Additional carrier insurance can be purchased through ShipEngine.

Shipping labels created for this carrier will include a tracking number that can be used to view the shipment status on the carrier's tracking website. Tracking may not be available for all shipping services.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are submitted electronically to the carrier by ShipEngine.

Shipment manifests and End of Day documents are generated as PDF files that can be printed along with shipping labels. Because these documents are not electronically submitted, physical copies must be provided to the carrier.

ShipEngine can print your brand logo on shipping labels from carriers that support this feature. Add your logo in the ShipEngine Dashboard.

ShipEngine can include additional information on a shipping label that is specified in the label request, if supported by the carrier.

The carrier integration can be used to create multi-package shipments, where multiple individual packages are linked together into a single shipment record with a master tracking number.

You can connect this carrier integration to ShipEngine multiple times using different account information, and choose which account will be used to create each shipment.