Shipping and Fulfillment AutomationsPurpose
1.2. Ensure error-free, rapid order fulfillment, reduce labor, and support seamless shipping management end-to-end, from purchase to dispatch.
1.3. Sync with order entry points (web store, marketplace, POS) to fetch new orders and trigger real-time label creation using up-to-date customer and item data.
1.4. Preserve compliance (e.g., international customs), tracking number issuance, and link shipping documentation directly to each order for customer notifications and archival.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Status change to “ready for shipment” in order management system.
2.3. API webhook notification from eCommerce or POS platform on confirmed sale.
2.4. Daily scheduled job polling for unprocessed orders requiring shipment labels.
Platform Variants
• API/Feature: Order Webhook, Shipping Labels API; configure webhook for order/paid event, label auto-generation with recipient info.
3.2. WooCommerce
• API/Feature: REST API – Orders endpoint, Shipment Tracking extension; set to trigger on completed payment, automatic label via REST POST.
3.3. eBay
• API/Feature: Sell Fulfillment API; poll for new sales, call CreateShippingLabel with order/shipment details.
3.4. Etsy
• API/Feature: Open API v3 – Orders endpoint; trigger upon purchase receipt, auto-POST to carrier label service.
3.5. Amazon Seller Central
• API/Feature: Orders API (ListOrders), Merchant Fulfillment API; fetch new orders then create shipment, purchase label.
3.6. Squarespace Commerce
• API/Feature: Orders API, Webhooks; subscribe to 'order.confirmed', push address to shipping provider endpoint for label creation.
3.7. EasyPost
• API/Feature: Shipping API – Purchase Label; send address and parcel specs to /labels endpoint, get PDF label.
3.8. Shippo
• API/Feature: /shipments & /labels endpoints; POST shipment data, auto-retrieve label for printing.
3.9. Stamps.com
• API/Feature: SOAP API – CreateIndicium method; submit order and recipient info, receive label pdf.
3.10. FedEx Web Services
• API/Feature: CreateShipment service; POST full shipment details, retrieve label binary.
3.11. UPS Developer Kit
• API/Feature: Ship API – ProcessShipment; push shipment request, get label image/tracking.
3.12. USPS Web Tools
• API/Feature: eVS or Shipping Label API; submit XML order data, receive printable label file.
3.13. ShipStation
• API/Feature: Orders and Shipments API; push new orders, trigger label generation on status change.
3.14. ShippingEasy
• API/Feature: Orders API, Label Printing API; inject order, auto-print label on paid.
3.15. BigCommerce
• API/Feature: Webhooks, Orders API; new order triggers webhook, label service endpoint called.
3.16. Magento
• API/Feature: Sales API, Shipping label module; listen for order_created event, auto-generate shipment label.
3.17. PrestaShop
• API/Feature: Orders Webservice, Shipping modules; hook into order payment, request label via integration service.
3.18. Sendcloud
• API/Feature: Shipping API - Create Label; push order, item, choose courier, receive printable label.
3.19. Ordoro
• API/Feature: Orders API, Shipping API; new order pushes to label creation API for instant PDF label.
3.20. Linnworks
• API/Feature: Processed Orders API, Shipping Integration; trigger label generation workflow upon order ready.
Benefits
4.2. Speeds order fulfillment, accelerating delivery and customer satisfaction.
4.3. Enables one-click shipment processing for large antique inventories.
4.4. Supports auditing, traceability, and regulatory compliance by linking label/document to original order in records.
4.5. Reduces operational costs associated with manual label preparation and staff workload.
4.6. Unlocks batch automation for high-volume sales events or recurring shipments.