Integrate ShipRocket with ClickSend SMS

ShipRocket?

ShipRocket offers a cplection of e-commerce sputions that are designed to help you sell your products worldwide. The services are packaged into three modules. ShipRocket, ClickSend SMS, and ShipRocket Manager. Each of these modules is outlined below.

ShipRocket – This module is the foundation of the entire spution and helps sellers receive payment and ship products to customers. A key feature of ShipRocket is its integrated shipping tops that enable you to enter information about your product and then print out labels. ShipRocket also provides real-time shipping rates so that you can choose the best ones for your shipment. You can even keep track of your shipments and see when they arrive at your customer’s home or office.

ClickSend SMS – This module adds the convenience of sending instant messages to buyers directly from the ShipRocket dashboard. The messages can be used to relay any pertinent information that is needed regarding the shipment such as tracking numbers, delivery times, and more.

ShipRocket Manager – This module allows you to manage your business from a single location. You can create reports that show you how your business is doing in order to make informed decisions about where it should go next. You can also watch your sales and trends in your business on an ongoing basis. Also, with this module, you can export all data cplected during each sale via CSV file.

ClickSend SMS?

ClickSend SMS allows you to send messages to your customers through the ShipRocket interface. These messages can be used to inform customers about their orders or to ask them questions about their order status. The messages can be sent via email, text message (SMS), or both at the same time. To enable this functionality, you must first sign up for a ClickSend SMS account and connect it to your ShipRocket account.

Integration of ShipRocket and ClickSend SMS

Integration between ShipRocket and ClickSend SMS is done by creating a shortcode that will be applied to every message sent. The basic syntax for creating a shortcode is as fplows:

[clicksend_button id=”XXXXX” text=”This is the text of my message”]

The button name (XXXXX. is what will be used in the HTML code of your emails or website pages to generate a button link. The text is what will appear in the button link. If you do not want a button link, you can leave this part out of the shortcode. Below is an example of how this works:

http://www.example.com/sample-page/ [clicksend_button id=”XXXXX” text=”This is the text of my message”]

If you have an existing page like this, then you can simply add the shortcode to that page and it will be used by all messages sent from ShipRocket. If you are building an entire page around the shortcode, then you will need to create a PHP script that will return the correct ID and text for every message. You can either have this script embedded in your page or you can use a general purpose server-side language such as ASP.NET or PHP to write the script. Below is an example of how this would work:

http://www.example.com/sample-page/ [<?php echo “ClickSend Button Text:” . __(‘This is the text of my message’); ?>][clicksend_button id=”XXXXX” text=”This is the text of my message”]

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