The online platform of Same Day Courier Network allows you to exchange transport orders with other transport companies. With the connection between EasyTrans and Same Day Courier Network you can easily place a job on the platform. After placing the order, other transport companies will immediately be able to respond to your offer.
Preparation for use
1. Fill in your credentials
Before you can post jobs to SDCN, you need to fill in your SDCN username and password.:
- In the menu go to Settings->General->Subscription.
- Fill in the username and password under ‘Connection with Same Day Courier Network’. These are the same username and password you use to log in to the SDCN platform.
2. Connect your vehicles
In order to be able to use the connection, your vehicle types must be linked to a Same Day Courier Network vehicle type:
- In the main menu, go to ‘Vehicle types’.
- Open the vehicle type by clicking on the corresponding row or by clicking on the edit-icon
in the ‘Operations’ column.
- Under ‘Same Day Courier Network vehicle size’ select the correct vehicle type.
Tip: You can view the Same Day Courier Network vehicle types in your SDCN account via: Profile > Vehicles.
- Click ‘Save & Close’ to return to the overview.
- Repeat these steps for all vehicle types.
3. Setup the retrieval of POD info
Next, login to SDCN to register the API callback. This is used to retrieve the POD info upon delivery of the job:
- In SDCN, go to Settings->API callback.
- Activate the toggle button for ‘POD Created’.
- In the field ‘URL for POD Created’, fill in the following URL:
https://www.mytransport.co.uk/YOUR_USERNAME/sdcn_webhook.php
Replace YOUR_USERNAME with the name of your environment (same URL that you use to login to EasyTrans).
4. Link carriers / drivers to SDCN
As soon as you have argreed a price with a driver, you can assign the job to the carrier from within EasyTrans. You can also book jobs directly on an external driver or one of your own drivers. This way, the orders will not first be offered on the platform but assigned directly to the driver.
To assign jobs/orders to drivers you must activate the carrier in the connection:
- From the main menu, go to ‘Carriers’ > ‘Carrier overview’.
- Open the carrier on which you want to book orders or add the carrier if it is a driver you use for the first time.
- Enter the ID at ‘Other data’ > ‘SDCN member ID’
You can find this member ID in SDCN at ‘Directory’ > ‘Primary Contact User ID’
- Click on ‘Save & Close’ to save your settings.
Repeat the above steps for all the carriers you would like to directly book orders for.
