How to set up Mainfreight 2Home

Overview

Starshipit is now integrated with Mainfreight 2Home in New Zealand. With Mainfreight 2Home, you can deliver directly to your customer’s door. This service is the ideal solution for delivering medium to large items to homes or businesses. It’s perfect for:

• Retail businesses delivering to homes
• Online retailers shipping from their warehouse
• Distributors
• Individuals with one-off goods to move

Mainfreight 2Home is available as a domestic courier option when shipping from New Zealand.

Before you begin

To integrate Mainfreight 2Home with your Starshipit account, you’ll need a Mainfreight account. If you don’t have one, please contact your Mainfreight account manager.

To complete the setup, you will need the following:

• Your Mainfreight Account Code
• Your Housebill issued by Mainfreight

Important to note

Housebill Format
The Housebill requires an alpha prefix followed by numeric characters. The alpha prefix must be between 2 to 4 characters, and the numerical section must be at least 4 and no more than 12 characters. The total length of the Housebill, including the prefix, must not exceed 14 characters.

Prefix Registration
The alpha prefix must be registered with Mainfreight in advance. If you did not receive it during your onboarding with Mainfreight, please contact your Mainfreight account manager to obtain your registered prefix.

Examples of valid and invalid Housebill formats

• Valid
  • ABC1234
  • AB1729900
• Invalid
  • A2B389939
  • 1272829BC
  • ABC000001 (The numeric section following the prefix should not start with zero for a valid format)

If you do not have these details, you can:

• Contact nzit.integrations@mainfreight.com 
• Reach out to your Mainfreight account manager
• Contact our support team

Setting up your Mainfreight 2Home account in Starshipit

1. In Starshipit, navigate to Settings > Couriers > Add a new courier.
2. Set the shipping country as New Zealand.
3. Select Mainfreight.
4. Tick Enable Mainfreight.
5. Enter your Mainfreight Account Code.
6. Enter the Housebill.
7. Click Save.

Add your product codes

Finally, add the product codes you’d like to use for Mainfreight:

1. Navigate to the Add product codes section.
2. Select a product code (e.g. M2H) from the Add New Product Code list.
3. Click Add to save.
4. To designate a product code as your default, tick the Default checkbox.

Other relevant information

You can learn more about Mainfreight2Home shipping services here.