This article builds on the steps outlined in the Connecting Your Auto Integration guide and focuses on adding Meyer Distributing accpunt credentials to your X-Cart Automotive store and completing the basic setup.
Meyer Distributing account and credentials
Open a Dealer Account with Meyer Distributing.
Obtain your Meyer Distributing API key.
Contact the X-Cart support team at support@x-cart.com to request your hosting server's FTP credentials.
Once you have the FTP credentials, send them to your personal account manager at Meyer Distributing so they can upload the necessary feeds to the server.
Connect X-Cart to Meyer Distributing
To start selling products with Meyer Distributing, you first need to connect your X-Cart store to your Meyer Distributing account. Simply add your Meyer Distributing credentials in the Meyer Distributing integration connection settings (Catalog › Catalog Import › Settings › Meyer) to complete the setup. The settings you need are located in the Connection section.
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Your Meyer Distributing credentials need to be entered into the appropriate fields:
API key: Enter your Meyer Distributing API key.
Optional: Enable the Test Mode
toggle to explore how Meyer Distributing integration works without processing real orders or spending money.
Click Save Changes.
Configure shipping for Meyer Distributing
After connecting to Meyer Distributing you need to configure shipping for Meyer Distributing orders.
X-Cart 5.6.x:
The auto integration settings page for Meyer Distributing (Catalog › Catalog Import › Settings › Meyer) no longer includes the Shipping Settings section that was available in X-Cart 5.5.1.x. All shipping-related settings are managed through shipping profiles. See Shipping profiles in X-Cart 5.6.x for more information.
You can create a shipping profile for products sold through Meyer Distributing and define the rules that should be used for shipping calculation. The integration can retrieve shipping rates from Meyer Distributing via API, or you can choose to use flat shipping rates instead. The settings allow you to specify which type of rates should be displayed to customers at checkout. If necessary, you can also configure a handling fee to be added on top of the shipping rates.
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X-Cart 5.5.1.x:
Shipping settings can be found under Catalog › Catalog Import › Settings › Meyer in the Shipping Settings section.
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The Meyer Distributing integration supports two different approaches to shipping rate calculation:
retrieving real-time shipping rates from the supplier via API
using configured flat shipping rates
"Shipping rates from supplier" setting (5.5.1.x)
The Shipping rates from supplier setting determines whether shipping rates received from Meyer Distributing via API are displayed to customers at checkout.
Important: Disabling this setting does not stop the store from requesting shipping rates from the supplier. It only controls whether the received rates are shown to customers.
The integration always sends a request to Meyer Distributing for shipping rates as part of the shipment creation process. However, whether rates are actually returned depends on several factors, including:
the terms of your agreement with Meyer Distributing (not all account types may provide rates via API)
the availability of the supplier’s API
possible technical issues affecting the response
Flat shipping rates configuration (5.5.1.x)
Under Catalog › Catalog Import › Settings › Meyer, scroll down to the Shipping Settings section. In this section, click the Manage link near the Flat shipping rates setting.
On the next page, choose to configure a new shipping rate for Meyer or select an existing one.
Enter the required details.
In the Apply to Stock selector, choose
Meyer.Save the changes.
How shipping rates affect checkout
Shipping rates in X-Cart are tied to shipment creation.
A shipment is created only after the store successfully receives a response from the supplier.
If the shipment cannot be created (for example, due to missing or failed API response), no shipping rates will be available at checkout.
In this case, no rates will be displayed at all—neither supplier rates nor flat rates.
This behavior ensures that shipping options shown to customers always reflect actual fulfillment capabilities confirmed by the supplier.
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