As you may have already seen in our roadmap, the time has finally come: The GLS integration in PlentyONE is now available in Open Beta – and accessible in all PlentyONE systems from 14th of May at the latest!

Overview of new functionalities

With this new module, you’ll gain access to a wide range of powerful features based on the latest GLS APIs:

  National & international shipment registration for:

• Business- / EuroBusinessParcel

• Express- / EuroExpress- / GlobalExpressParcel

• 12:00 Service & Saturday 12:00 Service

• FlexDeliveryService, LetterBoxService, Guaranteed24Service and more

  Automatic transmission of customs data to GLS
  Support for hazardous goods shipping
  Return processes directly from PlentyONE – also enables multiple return addresses
  End-of-day report and on-demand pickup request

  More features coming soon:

• ShopDeliveryService & simple way to offer delivery to GLS Parcelshops and -stations in the PlentyShop LTS

  • Saves shipping costs compared to home delivery

  • Appeal to new customers through additional delivery option

  • Happy customers through delivery as requested

  • Smooth delivery

• Return labels & QR codes to choose from

• Automatic provision of returns requests via email variables directly from PlentyONE

• LimitedQuantitiesService

  • Shipping of small quantities of hazardous goods

Requesting GLS access

Please register with a team e-mail address in the GLS developer portal.

GLS Developer Portal

After registering, open the menu item ‘{your email address}/Apps’. There you click on ‘+ NEW APP’, define an app name and click on ‘Enable’ or “Request” for ‘Authentication API v2’, ‘Customs API v3’ and ‘Shop Returns Customer Plus API v3’ and click on ‘SAVE’.

Then please contact your GLS contact person and tell them that you want to use GLS via PlentyONE and need access authorisations for the GLS ShipIT Farm API, CustomsAPI and the Shop Returns Customer Plus API. When writing GLS, please state your team email address and the App ID generated in the developer portal.

GLS is working on making access easier and faster in the future. Until then, please be patient during the approval process. The Customs API and the Shop Returns API only need to be requested if customs or returns parcels are being sent.

Test it now and share your feedback!

Take advantage of early access to the new integration, share your insights, and help us make the final release even better!