Receiving Email Notifications of Orders

Introduction

There are users and other certain people that need to receive Order Information via email.  These emails are referred to as "Email Notifications" and they basically provide critical information to help users efficiently process their orders. there are two categories; Shippers and Users.

This tutorial will show you the proper way to configure these two different categories of Email Notifications.

Shipping

There are several different methods for Shippers to receive order information from Merchants. Sending notifications via email is typically used by merchants that handling shipping "in house" and/or your fulfillment center has reasons to prefer them that way.  UltraCart allows you to configure it either way and some merchants configure both.  

Our use of "in house" doesn't necessarily mean your shipper is in the same building although that is often the case. Even if they are in the room next to they are your Distribution Center and they may require order information transmitted to them via email.  This type of email notification of orders is configured in the Shipping Section under Transmission Mechanism.

it's important to setup your system properly so that orders are transmitted on a scheduled basis so not to build up within the UltraCart system. Lets take a look at where and how to configure your Transmission Mechanism.

Transmission Mechanism

First you'll need to login to your account and navigate to:

At this location you'll  see a Distribution Center already listed for you with "default" as the code.  Click the Edit Button so you can enter your DC information.

Your screen will now look like the following.  

Edit your Distribution Center information.   The Latitude and Longitude coordinates will fill in (later) automatically based on your edits.  

While still on the same screen, click on "Transmission Mechanism" tab.  If you clicked on Save after completing the above, you'll need to click on the Edit button again and then click the "Transmission Mechanism" tab. The screen should now list all Transmission Mechanism's. The list is very, very long so we removed the middle section in the following screen shot to save space. Click on the Radio Button for Email (SMTP), complete the fields and click SAVE.

Below is a description of all the fields on this transmission mechanism that you may want to configure.

Transmission Schedule(s)

After you have configured the transmission mechanism it is a good idea to configure a time schedule for the email batches to transmit. To do this navigate:

Next click on the "Transmission Schedules" tab. Then in the next screen click the "New Schedule" button.

You can choose the time of day (EST time zone) and the days of the week to send the transmissions. In this example we are sending a batch at 8AM EST, Monday through Friday.  Click the SAVE button when finished.

Users

You can configure Email Notifications to be sent to any of the users on your account.  The proper way to configure this is at each individual users profile :

Once you are on the Users screen you'll see two columns divided by sections.  Scroll down the right column to the "Email Notifications" section. The following screen shot highlights the settings involving order notification. In addition to receiving an email notification, there are check boxes to include a copy of the order.

Below is a description of the most typical usage.

Frequently Asked Questions

Question:
I did not receive email notifications from UltraCart. Why?

Answer: 
Your email client may be capturing the email notification as spam. (And, in some instances, your ISP mail have spam folder at the server level that you may need to check).