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Return Shipment API

We would like a more robust return system. One of the issues that we have is that when a return is received physically that receipt isnt communicated digitally to our customer support team. Having a Returns included in the API would allow us to take ...

info565 by First-timer
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Provide Item Details or product variations in the order grid

When I import orders from tiktok or etsy they show the type of product in the item name but it doesn't show me which cover choice or color was ordered. It would be incredibly helpful for me to see that in the grid and not have to click through to eac...

lzawie by New Contributor
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Packaging Type "Defaulting"

I was hesitant to post this in "shipstation features" because i don't see a world where this is useful to anyone, but here it goes:For orders in my batch, I frequently compare prices between the following Shipping SERVICES: "USPS Priority" and "UPS G...

UPC Codes Disappearing From Product Records

Hello,We have several different Shipstation accounts. One of our accounts that processes about 200-300 shipments per month has chronic issues with product records changing. For instance, saved image URLs and UPC codes will vanish from the product rec...

JG95 by Occasional Contributor
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Payment methods needs to be a field

Original post by user Jesse Delo How do I map the payment type from my x-cart store? I need to know if it was a paypal payment or credit card payment. I have added the html to my fsd x-cart store but what is the map field name i need to use to pull i...

SarahATX by Moderator
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Top banner disappeared after website update (Firefox)

**Using Firefox**About a week and a half ago, the 5 buttons at the top of the page no longer populate, including the Login button. This coincides with the webpage updates.I now have to log in with a cached page or do a Google search for the login pag...

"Today's Date" in Automation Settings

It would be fantastic if Automation triggers and actions could use "Today's Date" as an input/output.IE, a customer order has next-day shipping. Set an automation to the mapped service to set the Ship By Date as "Today's Date".You can manually set th...

Hack to change Ship Date

Currently my ecommerce site lists a future ship date for some orders (imported from Amazon), and so the ship date in Shipstation is incorrect. I'm trying to find a hack to automatically change the ship date to "Today" - there is no attribute in Autom...

birdsafe by Occasional Contributor
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Custom Labels for BPM Permits

We are a large publishing house and use a Bound Printed Matter permit with USPS. In the past we have created a custom label in wordpress to do this. It would populate the customers address and our return address and our BPM permit number would appear...

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Pick List - Option to Hide Descriptions

Option to hide product descriptions in the pick list settings ("Personalisation" text in italics in screenshot below). Currently, products with the same name and SKUs are being listed individually if they have different descriptions, making the effic...

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BBS by First-timer
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Add UPC field to Product API

In the Products API the UPC field is missing. This is an essential field to be able to scan items in most shipping systems and we need to be able to track and update it.Please add the UPC field to Product Get and Update API actions.

Customer Notes showing up on future orders for that customer

We would like the ability to add notes in a customers account that show up on future orders for that customer. For example, our product requires documentation in certain states, we would like to be able to enter the expiration date of their documents...

kread by First-timer
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View history of fill time SLA

We would like the ability to run a report, or have some way of viewing the history of the fill time SLA. These metrics would be helpful to give us a better overview on how often our company is meeting the goal (or not) of fulfilling orders in a 72 ho...

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Store Specific Carrier Settings

Dear ShipStation Community,I write today to petition an imperative improvement applicable to sellers and/or distributors that are active in various e-commerce platforms. As many of you may know, recently Amazon re-launched their carrier services, Ama...

Ship station 4x6 packing slip resolution is unreadable

I used the Nelko thermal printer with Pirate Ship for the packing slip and it comes out absolutely crisp and wonderful. With ship station even at 300 DPI in the settings, the quality is very poor.How do i get it to print a sharper label. I tried cust...

redcactus by Occasional Contributor
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Auto-Split Bundled Products

Allow Bundled products to split into multiple shipments. Some bundled products are cheaper to ship separately in 2 shipments than together in 1 shipment.

Jace by New Contributor
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Product List API should contain Product UPC

Currently the Product List API doesn't include the UPC in the response. This restricts the use cases of the product list API since I need the UPCs when requesting product information. I have to manually export this data now to get the data I'm lookin...

Inquiry About Email Notifications for Failed Deliveries

Hello, I would like to know if it’s possible for ShipStation to send email notifications to our customers when a failed delivery occurs. This feature would greatly help customers be informed that a delivery attempt was made and that they need to cont...

Fix Etsy Connectivity Issues

Shipstation integrates with Etsy. However, there are intermittent connection issues. This is a problem because when we mark orders are shipped, if the connection fails, those orders are not marked as shipped in Etsy. So we need to monitor daily for a...