Jan-Willem

Bob Group

uAfrica.com

Smart shipping solution
Orders are automatically synchronised from your WooCommerce store, making it easy to generate electronic shipping labels with one click. Receive quotes and ship with multiple delivery partners, whilst managing everything – including billing – within a single interface.
Once products are shipped, customers will automatically be kept up to date with Bob Go customer tracking notification emails.
Delivery partners include The Courier Guy, Internet Express, SkyNet, RAM, Fastway, Pargo and Bob Box, Bob Group’s very own locker and counter pickup solution.
Streamline your order processes
Easily integrate Bob Go with your ecommerce stores, sync with your sales channels and automatically pull orders from your store. Use features like the address book and rule engine to customise your shipping processes to best suit your requirements. Bulk fulfillments, manifests and downloadable packing slips are also available for your convenience.
Other features include:
<ul>
<li>Multiple user roles, including a shipping agent user role linked to shipping classes or vendors (Dokan plugin)</li>
<li>Creating manual orders and/or shipments</li>
<li>Rates at checkout</li>
<li>Rule engine automations</li>
<li>VAT-inclusive shipping rates</li>
<li>Custom-branded tracking notification emails (from Starter plan)</li>
<li>Promotions in tracking notifications (Advanced and Premium plans only)</li>
<li>Zebra sticker waybill integrations (Advanced and Premium plans only)</li>
<li>Open API</li>
</ul>
Manage the shipping rates you charge your customers at checkout
Rates at checkout is a Bob Go service that allows accounts to set up shipping rates that will be charged to their buyers at checkout. These rates will be configured based on certain criteria and can be set up for different service levels with other specific requirements. As an additional option, you can allow customers to select a collection locker or counter which will automatically be presented when a pickup location is available within their address radius.
<h3>Support</h3>
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<a href="https://help.bobgo.co.za/portal/en/home" rel="nofollow ugc">Help centre</a> 
<a href="https://www.bobgo.co.za/contact" rel="nofollow ugc">Contact us</a>

Bob Go smart shipping solution for WooCommerce

Smart shipping and order management solution in South Africa

Vimalnath Ravichandran

Uber Direct Integration enables real-time delivery via Uber Direct directly from your WooCommerce store. Offer customers instant or scheduled delivery options with dynamic quotes, delivery tracking, and automated dispatching.
Built and maintained by a team at Uber.
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>🔄 Fetch real-time delivery quotes from Uber Direct at checkout.</li>
<li>🏬 Let customers select a nearby store based on their shipping address.</li>
<li>🚚 Automatically create Uber Direct deliveries when orders are placed.</li>
<li>🕐 Supports both ASAP and Scheduled delivery options.</li>
<li>🧾 Automatically calculate and display delivery fees in the cart/checkout.</li>
<li>🔒 Enable PIN or picture verification for dropoff or pickup.</li>
<li>📍 Display live delivery tracking status to customers post-purchase.</li>
<li>🌐 Webhook support to keep order status and ETA in sync in real-time.</li>
<li>📦 Supports centralized multi-store models.</li>
<li>🚶 Additionally Supports pickup option.</li>
<li>🕐 Ability to configure store hours</li>
</ul>
<h3>External Services</h3>
This plugin connects to the Uber Direct API in order to provide real-time delivery capabilities for WooCommerce orders.
The following external API endpoints are accessed:
<ul>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/customers/{org_id}/delivery_quotes</code> – fetches delivery quotes based on address and store.</li>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/customers/{org_id}/deliveries</code> – creates delivery orders with Uber Direct.</li>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/direct/organizations</code> – retrieves configured Uber organizations.</li>
<li><code>https://api.uber.com/v1/direct/organizations/{org_id}/stores?address=...</code> – fetches nearby store locations for a given customer address.</li>
</ul>
These requests are made securely using WordPress’s native HTTP functions.
<h3>Data Sent to Uber</h3>
The plugin transmits only the information required to fulfill delivery operations, including:
<ul>
<li>Customer billing/shipping address</li>
<li>Order contents and metadata</li>
<li>Contact phone number (used for delivery coordination)</li>
<li>Delivery type (ASAP or scheduled), and scheduled date/time</li>
<li>Store and organization identifiers</li>
<li>WooCommerce order ID (used for webhook mapping and tracking)</li>
</ul>
No payment or sensitive account information is transmitted beyond what’s necessary for delivery dispatch.
<h3>Webhooks & Delivery Status</h3>
This plugin also uses Uber’s webhook system to receive live updates on delivery status and estimated arrival time.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/daas/references/api/webhooks/delivery-status-webhook" rel="nofollow ugc">Uber Delivery Status Webhook Reference</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Uber Direct API Documentation</h3>
To learn more about the API endpoints used by this plugin:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/overview" rel="nofollow ugc">Uber Direct Overview</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/daas#tag/Delivery/paths/~1customers~1%7Bcustomer_id%7D~1deliveries/post" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Delivery</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/daas#tag/Quotes" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Quote</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/org#tag/Organizations/operation/CreateOrg" rel="nofollow ugc">Create Organization</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developer.uber.com/docs/deliveries/api-reference/org#tag/Organizations/operation/GetOrg" rel="nofollow ugc">Get Organization</a></li>
</ul>
<h3>Service Provider</h3>
All external delivery services are provided by:
<ul>
<li>Uber Technologies, Inc.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=general-terms-of-use" rel="nofollow ugc">Terms of Use</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.uber.com/legal/en/document/?name=privacy-notice" rel="nofollow ugc">Privacy Policy</a></li>
</ul>

Uber Direct Integration

Offer instant or scheduled delivery from your WooCommerce store with real-time quotes and Uber Direct integration

Bob Go smart shipping solution for WooCommerce vs Uber Direct Integration