VibeFox Cargoson for OpenCart

Overview

VibeFox Cargoson adds a Cargoson shipping method to OpenCart 3 and OpenCart 4. Cargoson is a European transport management platform that connects a shipper with its carriers. Customers see one price at the delivery method step of checkout: a fixed price per country and package size, or the cheapest live price of the carriers connected to your Cargoson account.

It suits stores that already work with Cargoson, or want simple fixed prices by country and weight. The extension calculates shipping rates at checkout. It does not create bookings in Cargoson, print labels, track parcels or offer parcel machine selection, and it shows one price, not a list of carriers.

Key features

Three pricing modes: fixed prices (no Cargoson account needed), live Cargoson prices, or live prices that fall back to fixed prices when Cargoson does not answer.

Cheapest carrier or one carrier: the cheapest price Cargoson returns, or only prices from DPD, Omniva, Smartpost / Posti, Venipak, UPS, FedEx, DHL or GLS.

Booking details on the order page: the quoted carrier, service, Cargoson service ID, price source and calculated price are shown in a Cargoson shipping panel in Sales > Orders, so you know what to book in Cargoson.

Fixed price table: prices per country by cart weight (XS up to 1 kg to XL above 5 kg) plus a base price and a row for all other countries, per order or per item.

Safe currency handling: set the currency of your Cargoson prices. A price in another currency is converted with your rate, or rejected if no rate is set. The price is then shown in the customer's currency.

Fast checkout: prices are cached for 1 hour and failed requests for 10 minutes. The API timeout is 10 seconds. API errors never reach the customer.

Shipping rules: geo zone or a list of countries, minimum and maximum cart weight, minimum order amount, free shipping from an order amount, tax class.

Clear settings page: sections for the API, collection address, fixed prices, conditions and availability, one Save button without page reload, JSON import and export, and a debug log you can view and clear on the page. The API key and customer postcodes are never logged.

Requirements

OpenCart 3.0.x (tested on 3.0.5.0) or OpenCart 4.0.2 and later (tested on 4.1.0.3), PHP 8.0 or later. One download has the packages for both versions. Live prices need a paid Cargoson plan with API access and an API key from your Cargoson account. Fixed prices work without one. A VibeFox license key from vibefox.net (one key per domain).