About this plugin
Colisly turns a WooCommerce store into a working package forwarding platform. Each client gets a reference and an address to shop with. Parcels arriving at your warehouse are logged, held, charged for storage past the free period, grouped on request and reshipped as a single shipment, paid through your own checkout.
It runs on your hosting, with your carrier contracts and your prices. Nothing leaves your database.
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Who it is for
- Anyone starting a package forwarding or reshipping service and looking for the software side of it
- Existing forwarders still running the warehouse on a spreadsheet and an inbox
- Freight forwarders and consolidators who need a customer-facing portal rather than an ERP
- Shops that receive, hold and reship parcels for customers living abroad
Commercial package forwarding software in this category is sold as one-time licences running into four figures, or as monthly SaaS holding your client data. Colisly is free and GPL.
Operations
- Client records with unique references (CL000001), multi-criteria search, a filter on the clients who owe storage fees, and a CSV export of the list
- A free storage period set per your policy (15 days by default)
- Parcel intake with generated numbers (COL000001), weight, dimensions, photos, internal notes and per-parcel carrier restrictions
- Duties and taxes paid to take delivery of a parcel recorded on it and billed back at cost on the shipment order
- Storage fees calculated automatically once the free period ends
- Discounts on your own fees only, handling or storage: a personal rate per client, a promotion for all clients between two dates with an optional code, and a loyalty discount after a number of shipments; transport, duties and insurance always billed in full
- Consolidation: several parcels held in stock grouped into one outgoing shipment, which is what the trade rests on
- Weight-based pricing tiers and carrier tariffs you define yourself, so any carrier or negotiated contract can be used
Client side
- A dedicated area in the WooCommerce My Account page listing parcels, shipments and documents
- The client’s delivery address, name plus reference plus your warehouse, ready to copy into any shop’s checkout, in the account and through a shortcode
- Internal fields stay internal: your notes, your dimensions and your cost prices are never exposed
- A shipment request becomes a native WooCommerce order with itemised handling, storage and carrier lines, paid at your usual checkout with your usual gateways
- Private document storage with authenticated downloads, for customs declarations, commercial invoices and proof of delivery
Practical points
- Complete French translation included
- Personal data export and erasure through the native WordPress privacy tools
- Hooks and filters throughout, so the workflow can be extended
- Automatic data migration between versions, and optional data removal on uninstall
A typical use is a service reshipping from mainland France towards the French overseas territories, but nothing in the plugin is tied to a country, a currency or a carrier.