The Registered Billing Postcode field is optional, with its value automatically included in the activation email when provided. Posting Location Postcode is recorded upon customer selection of the shipping location for linking to the shipping account. Activation emails are dispatched to both the OBA team and the activating user. This enhancement aims to improve the onboarding process and reduce activation errors.

The create shipment API request has been modified to accommodate a non-GB Return to Sender address. This adjustment aligns with the support for new ETOE services, allowing shipments to feature a US shipper address while facilitating the use of a return to sender address located outside of the UK.

The OBA Sales Order Create Request sent to Royal Mail for untracked shipments has been updated to include the Container ID instead of the Manifest Number when shipments allocated to a container are manifested. This helps in reflecting the actual containerisation of the shipments and improves tracking and billing accuracy.

The Royal Mail tracking events EVKLS and EVKLC pertain to delivery to a collection point for collection, not to the final delivery. To accurately reflect this, the tracking events EVKLS and EVKLC have been remapped to indicate "Ready for Collection," rather than treating them as "Delivered" events. This ensures that the correct tracking information is sent to customers.

The maximum number of records accepted in the Add/Remove Shipments request under the Containers API has been increased from 99 to 10,000. This means customers can add a maximum of 10,000 shipments to a container or remove a maximum of 10,000 shipments from a container in a single request. This gives greater flexibility for customers using the container functionality and helps in reducing the number of API calls needed to Pro Shipping v2.

Parcel Collect Service has been added to Royal Mail Integration. This service enables customers to have their parcels collected from any specified address at their preferred timeslot. It is applicable to Royal Mail shipments that have already been created. Should customers omit selecting a preferred timeslot, the first available collection date will be chosen automatically. Please note, the Parcel Collection service does not cover pick-ups from Safeplace locations or areas with animal warnings

Registered billing postcode field has been added to the Shipping Account API and UI. The field is optional and accepts a GB postcode only. Addition of this field will help in automating the generation of new OBA Access Code API.

Customers can now utilize the addresses stored in their Address Book when creating a Royal Mail shipment. When customers provide the AddressId in the create shipment request as a Destination/Shipper/Return To Sender address, then the correspondent address in the Address Book will be used and the address will be filled as per the details stored in Address Book.

The Royal Mail integration has been updated to allow shipments to be created containing Limited Quantity Dangerous Goods. LQDG is currently available with Tracked 48 services only and for shipments with a maximum weight of 10kg or less.

The Add Product endpoint and Royal Mail Create Shipment endpoint have both been updated to include a Hazmat endpoint which can be used for providing LQDG information, and Hazmat fields have also been added to the Product UI.

When a Royal Mail shipment is created with either hazmat information provided in the Create Shipment request or using a stored product with hazmat information provided for the product, it will be validated as an LQDG shipment. Providing the shipment is using a valid service, has a total weight of 10kg or less, and the hazardous UN Class and destination postcode are supported by Royal Mail for LQDG shipments, then the shipment will be successfully created as an LQDG shipment and the label will contain a “Do not fly” statement.

LQDG can also be used with offline barcodes and pre-allocated tracking numbers.

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See the API Reference page for more information on the updates to the Add Product and Royal Mail Create Shipment endpoints.

A new API has been added that allows customers to specify a location to pick up or drop off their shipments. The PUDO location is likely to be a Post Office, Local Shop, Retail Outlet etc. For more information on this API, please refer to the API Reference Page and the Royal Mail section.