What is AfterShip?
AfterShip is the complete post-purchase solution. Choose from a suite of tools that enhance the journey from shipment tracking to returns and all though points in between. AfterShip Protection is a shipping protection software that drives customer satisfaction through world-class protection, effortless management of claims, and giving customers peace of mind.
Why AfterShip + Tapcart?
The AfterShip + Tapcart Integration allows you to offer brands every opportunity to protect their order with ease of purchase and affordable rates. Brands can protect their order by enabling single-click protection at either cart or checkout.
How to Connect AfterShip + Tapcart?
Here’s how to set up this integration:
The integration is available to all Tapcart Enterprise customers (through Custom Blocks) and all AfterShip customers. For more information on Aftership plans, check out their pricing page.
Steps
Important Note: The integration will use the Block editor to Custom Block with SDK Version 1.5 for AfterShip Protection.
Prepare a Custom Block for the Cart page by navigating to the Tapcart dashboard
Select 'App Studio'
Choose 'Cart' and tap 'Blocks Editor'
Update the 'Custom Block' name to 'AfterShip Protection'
Empty default HTML, CSS, JS
Set Custom Block SDK Version to v1.5
Next, integrate AfterShip Protection by updating the following
Update HTML:
<script async type="text/javascript"src="https://widgets.automizely.com/protection/tapcart/index.min.js?appKey=***shopify_store_id***"></script> <aftership-protection></aftership-protection>
Replace ***shopify_store_id*** with your Shopify store ID
Update CSS:
* {
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
font-family: inherit;
}
Once those steps are completed, 'Save' your Custom Block
To insert your Custom Block simply drag & drop the 'AfterShip Protection' block into the header section
Then 'Save & Update' the app and that's it! The block will be pushed live.
How Does a User Interact with AfterShip In-App?
AfterShip Protection Block has 2 interaction methods...
Toggle Button
When a customer switches on the button, an 'AfterShip Protection' product with a matched price will be added to the cart.
When the button is off, the 'AfterShip Protection' product will be removed from the cart.
Learn More Link
When the link is clicked, a web screen with details of AfterShip Protection will be open within the app.
Considerations
The 'AfterShip Protection' product will need to be added to the Tapcart sales channel within your Shopify dashboard.
More Questions
If you have any questions about enabling the Aftership custom block, you should contact your in-house developer or agency partner.
If your developer or agency partner needs further guidance, information, or resources, please contact our team at [email protected].