Integration of online orders with courier/shipping service

Purpose

1.1. Automate transfer of online shop orders to courier/shipping providers for frictionless dispatch and accurate tracking.
1.2. Eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and accelerate the fulfillment cycle for aeromodel parts and kits.
1.3. Enable real-time shipping label creation, order status updates, and unified shipment monitoring for aeromodelling products.
1.4. Support synchronization of tracking numbers and notifications from carriers to customers without staff intervention.
1.5. Ensure compliance with shipping regulations and streamline any customs documentation required for hobbyist/export shipments.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New order placed and paid through e-commerce portal.
2.2. Manual status change (e.g., “Ready for shipment”) by staff in management system.
2.3. Batch processing: at scheduled intervals (e.g., every hour) compile new orders for automated shipping processing.
2.4. Inventory update triggers (item in stock and eligible to ship).
2.5. API webhook from payment gateway confirming cleared transaction.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• API: Orders webhook; FulfillmentService API — sample: configure webhook on “order/paid,” trigger fulfillment using “fulfillments/create.”
3.2. WooCommerce
• REST API endpoint “/orders,” trigger on status change to “processing” or “completed,” POST order data to shipping provider API.
3.3. Magento
• Event Observer “sales_order_place_after”; integration with “Shipping” module API to auto-generate shipments.
3.4. PrestaShop
• Webservice “order status” hook; auto-update via external courier API when status is set to “preparation in progress.”
3.5. ShipStation
• API: Create/Update Orders endpoint; auto-import e-commerce orders and push to carrier postage label generation.
3.6. Easyship
• API: “Create Shipment” and “Get Rates”; auto-fetch order, confirm carrier, and generate label.
3.7. FedEx Web Services
• “Ship Service” API; auto-create shipment, get label, POST tracking ID to shop backend.
3.8. UPS Shipping API
• “Create Shipment” endpoint; feed order info, retrieve shipping label, inject tracking event webhook.
3.9. DHL eCommerce API
• “Create Shipment”; process order payload, automate label and tracking insert to e-com CMS.
3.10. USPS Web Tools
• “Create Label” function; push recipient/order, receive printable label, sync tracking with shop.
3.11. Royal Mail API
• “Shipping API” — create despatches, auto-import item data and push shipment info.
3.12. Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS)
• “SubmitFeed” — push order fulfillment feed for merchant-fulfilled sales.
3.13. eBay Sell API
• “Order Fulfillment” — auto-mark order as shipped and inject tracking ID, status update.
3.14. Zapier
• “New Order” trigger, “Create Shipment” action for all major couriers via app connections.
3.15. Stripe
• “Payment Successful” webhook, custom action to fire order data transfer to fulfillment app when paid.
3.16. Google Sheets
• “New row added” (order); submit sheet data via script to carrier API for batch label generation.
3.17. Microsoft Power Automate
• Trigger: “When order created”; action: HTTP POST to courier API, return data for label/storage.
3.18. Sendcloud
• “Shipment API” — auto-imports order, returns labels and tracking in a single workflow.
3.19. AfterShip
• “Track API” — update tracking events, send customer notifications on shipment progress.
3.20. Odoo
• Sales/Inventory module automated action; run “Create shipment” function after invoice marked as paid.
3.21. Linnworks
• “Order Export” automation; direct push to courier API, single dashboard for shipping status.
3.22. Skubana
• “Ship Order” automation; connects to multiple couriers, pulls orders from e-comm, triggers fulfillment.
3.23. Lightspeed eCom
• “Order Event” webhook; sends new orders to selected carrier plugins for label/dispatch.
3.24. Ordoro
• “Orders API” — connect for real-time sync with shipping providers for fast fulfillment trigger.
3.25. Finale Inventory
• “Shipping Integration” — links inventory events to external courier APIs for automatic dispatch.

Benefits

4.1. Faster order turnaround for hobby and toy products, driving customer satisfaction.
4.2. Minimize manual input and risks of shipping errors or lost data.
4.3. Reliable, real-time tracking updates directly to customer inbox/portal.
4.4. Streamlined international shipping compliance for specialty aeromodel items.
4.5. Reduction in operational workload, allowing retail staff to focus on value-added services.
4.6. Better shipment analytics and unified reporting for business growth strategy.