Shipping label generation

Purpose

1.1. Automate the generation of shipping labels for orders, eliminating manual entry and reducing errors in the shipping & fulfillment process.
1.2. Supports rapid processing, automated assignment of courier, and automated emailing/printing of shipping labels for mailing service providers.
1.3. Centralizes shipping data, automates label creation, tracks fulfillment status, and synchronizes logistics information with other business systems.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. New order created in an e-commerce, ERP, or CRM platform.
2.2. Manual shipment request submitted by staff or client via form or portal.
2.3. Inventory item flagged as ready-to-ship.
2.4. Bulk shipment batch upload detected.
2.5. API call received from warehouse, indicating pick-pack completion.
2.6. Payment confirmation for order triggers automated label creation.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Use Order Webhook/Shopify Admin API to automate trigger when new order is marked paid.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Automate via WooCommerce REST API (Order Created & Paid event).
3.3. Magento
• Feature/Setting: Configure Webhooks/API Integrations to automate on shipment creation event.
3.4. ShipStation
• Feature/Setting: Use ShipStation API’s createLabel endpoint for automated label creation and retrieval.
3.5. EasyPost
• Feature/Setting: Automate through EasyPost’s Create Shipment and Buy Label API calls.
3.6. FedEx Web Services
• Feature/Setting: Automate shipment and label generation using FedEx Ship Service (ShipService_vXX.wsdl).
3.7. UPS API
• Feature/Setting: Use Shipping API, specifically CreateShipment and LabelRecovery endpoints for automation.
3.8. USPS Web Tools
• Feature/Setting: Automate delivery of labels via the eVS or Shipping LABEL API.
3.9. Stamps.com
• Feature/Setting: Automate shipping label creation using the Stamps.com SOAP/REST API (CreateIndicium endpoint).
3.10. DHL XML Services
• Feature/Setting: Use DHL Express XML API—BookShipment request for automated label retrieval.
3.11. Sendcloud
• Feature/Setting: Automate via Sendcloud API; Shipments endpoint for autogenerating printable labels.
3.12. Ordoro
• Feature/Setting: Automate label generation using Ordoro API—Create Shipping Label action on new order event.
3.13. Amazon Seller Central
• Feature/Setting: Automate FBA/FBM label creation via Selling Partner API (createShipment/label).
3.14. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Automate shipment and label event using Zoho Inventory API (Create Shipment endpoint).
3.15. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Automate label requests using Dynamics API with Power Automate flows on sales order fulfillment.
3.16. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Automate via SAP Service Layer/API for automated shipping document and label printing on SO delivery.
3.17. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: Automate label generation using SuiteScript/RESTlet triggered by Item Fulfillment record creation.
3.18. Square Online
• Feature/Setting: Automate via Square Orders API on Paid event to call shipping partner API for label automation.
3.19. Linnworks
• Feature/Setting: Automate shipment labeling through Linnworks API—CreateShipment action.
3.20. ClickPost
• Feature/Setting: Automate carrier label allocation via ClickPost API, Create Label endpoint for automated fulfillment.

Benefits

4.1. Automates repetitive manual entry, eradicating human errors in label information.
4.2. Streamlines fulfillment; automatedly keeps shipping timelines tight and reliable.
4.3. Automating label generation improves throughput, enabling scalable volume increases.
4.4. Provides a fully automatable workflow, from order to shipping-hand-off, boosting satisfaction.
4.5. Automator increases operational visibility by automated tracking of labels and shipments.
4.6. Automation connects disparate order and shipping data, automating compliance and recordkeeping.
4.7. Adds flexibility to mailing service businesses, making custom shipping automation rules possible.