Parcel / Shipping
Total Shipping Insurance - Offered to Merchants or Consumers
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Total Shipping Insurance - Offered to Merchants or Consumers
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Shipping services and platforms offering parcel shipping, or marketplaces connected to 3rd party logistics services (3PL's) can enable the offer and or attachment of parcel insurance policies in the purchase path. Commonly, partners will integrate XCover using two key purchase process API calls: and . See a collection of common requests for this integration type. Many integrations follow the below high level flow of events:
1. User creates a shipment order 3. Partner platform sends a to the create quote endpoint 4. User selects insurance option/s 5. User pays for shipment and insurance - this is often a debit of merchants shipping account wallet 6. Partner sends a to the create booking endpoint 7. Confirmation of the coverage is presented to the user
In the event that a shipment label is not collected, and rendered void by the platform (within appropriate timeframes) the policy booking may be cancelled.