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Invoice and shipping label generation

Purpose

1.1. Automate the generation of digital invoices and shipping labels for every confirmed mirror shop order.
1.2. Automate fetching order details, customer info, item SKUs, prices, and shipping preferences from the e-commerce system.
1.3. Automate merging of financial and logistics data into formatted invoice and shipping label templates.
1.4. Automate attachment and dispatch of digital documents to customers and warehouse/shipping partners for immediate fulfillment.
1.5. Enable tracking by automating invoice serials and label barcodes for logistics reconciliation.
1.6. Reduce manual errors by automating data extraction and document generation.
1.7. Streamline compliance and accounting via automated archiving and reporting of generated invoices and shipping labels.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automate on new order creation within the e-commerce platform.
2.2. Automation on payment confirmation for an order.
2.3. Automate when inventory status changes to “Ready for Fulfillment.”
2.4. Automator listens for order edit or re-shipment requests.
2.5. Automatable trigger by scheduled batch jobs or via API webhook from partner apps.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: “Order Created” Webhook; automate with “Order Printer” app for PDF invoice/label auto-generation.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: “Order Status Changed” Hook; automate using “WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips” plugin API.
3.3. Magento
• Feature/Setting: “sales_order_place_after” observer; automate leveraging "Magento Invoice API" and shipping API endpoints.
3.4. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: “Order” Webhook and “Orders API”; automate auto-email of invoices via "docgeneration" webhook.
3.5. QuickBooks Online
• Feature/Setting: “Create Invoice” API; automate with “Send Email” workflow for docs.
3.6. Xero
• Feature/Setting: “Invoices API”; automate attaching shipping details from “Xero Tracking Categories.”
3.7. Zoho Books
• Feature/Setting: “Sales Order Created” trigger and “Create Invoice” action; automate invoice dispatch.
3.8. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: “DI API” for invoice and shipping doc automation.
3.9. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: “Sales Order Approval” trigger; automate with “SuiteScript” for PDF/label generation.
3.10. FreshBooks
• Feature/Setting: “New Invoice” API endpoint; automate shipping label via integrated courier API.
3.11. Square
• Feature/Setting: “Orders API” and “Invoices API”; automate generation/attachment workflows.
3.12. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: “Order Processing Automation” via Power Automate and Invoice/Shipping Label creation plugin.
3.13. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: “Order Object” trigger; automate using “Salesforce Billing API” & label attachment.
3.14. PrintNode
• Feature/Setting: “PrintJob API” for automated shipping label printing at warehouse.
3.15. ShipStation
• Feature/Setting: “New Order” or “Order Ready to Ship” API; automate print/dispatch of label.
3.16. FedEx Web Services
• Feature/Setting: “Create Open Shipment” and “Get Label” APIs for automated label generation.
3.17. UPS Developer Kit
• Feature/Setting: “ShipConfirm” and “Label Recovery” APIs for automating shipping label retrieval.
3.18. DHL XML Services
• Feature/Setting: “ShipmentRequest” and “LabelData” for automated label generation.
3.19. Google Drive
• Feature/Setting: “Create File” API; automate storing generated PDF invoices/labels, share link via email.
3.20. DocuSign
• Feature/Setting: “Envelope API;” automate digitally signing and dispatching invoice documents.
3.21. Dropbox
• Feature/Setting: “Upload File” API to automate backup of generated invoices and shipping labels.
3.22. Slack
• Feature/Setting: “Incoming Webhook” for automated fulfillment team alerts with attached documents.
3.23. Gmail
• Feature/Setting: “Send Email” with automated PDF attachments for customers and warehouse.

Benefits

4.1. Automated invoice and label workflows save manual labor and accelerate order fulfillment.
4.2. Automation reduces billing and shipping errors by automating data population.
4.3. Automator distributes documents to stakeholders instantly, improving delivery speed.
4.4. Automated archiving supports compliance, accounting, and auditability.
4.5. Automating fulfillment enables mirror shops to scale with less overhead, improving customer satisfaction.

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