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| | | Author: | Nikilyn  | | Posted: | May 24, 2017 20:39 | | Subject: | Tracking Number Link | | Viewed: | 105 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | | Status: | Open | | Vote: | [Yes|No] | |
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| A lot of sites let you click on a tracking number and it takes you right to that
carriers tracking page and shows where your item is. Maybe bricklink could have
sellers "choose a carrier" and then put in the tracking number. Bricklink could
turn that tracking number into a link on the order page. Not sure how all the
fancy stuff works but I didn't see this suggested and it would be really
nice to not have to open a new window all the time.
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| | | | | Author: | tEoS | | Posted: | May 24, 2017 21:44 | | Subject: | Re: Tracking Number Link | | Viewed: | 37 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| It's a nice feature on other websites and I don't recall it ever being
suggested here. Maybe it will come with the new selling features they've
mentioned some time ago.
In Suggestions, Nikilyn writes:
| | A lot of sites let you click on a tracking number and it takes you right to that
carriers tracking page and shows where your item is. Maybe bricklink could have
sellers "choose a carrier" and then put in the tracking number. Bricklink could
turn that tracking number into a link on the order page. Not sure how all the
fancy stuff works but I didn't see this suggested and it would be really
nice to not have to open a new window all the time.
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| | | | | Author: | Leftoverbricks | | Posted: | May 25, 2017 11:02 | | Subject: | Re: Tracking Number Link | | Viewed: | 44 times | | Topic: | Suggestions | |
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| In Suggestions, Nikilyn writes:
| | A lot of sites let you click on a tracking number and it takes you right to that
carriers tracking page and shows where your item is. Maybe bricklink could have
sellers "choose a carrier" and then put in the tracking number. Bricklink could
turn that tracking number into a link on the order page. Not sure how all the
fancy stuff works but I didn't see this suggested and it would be really
nice to not have to open a new window all the time.
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Although this idea sounds great, in practice is not do-able. There are way too
many shipping companies and too many tracking url's to make this work. Postal
services also frequently change url's, that's another problem to solve.
Speaking for my own country (Netherlands, Potnl), a registered parcel requires
a different url than a not registered parcel, unless it is international. How
does BL know all these details?
BrickOwl tried to do this but it fails.
The way I do it: I enter the tracking number on my carrier's website and
let it search. Then I copy the url which includes buyer's details like postal
code and mail the link to the buyer. It takes one or two minutes to do this and
my buyers are satisfied 
Martin
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USA, Minnesota
Netherlands, Overijssel