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Warehouse and Outlets Stock Transfers

Hi,does anyone have a good workflow for ShipStation when fulfilment occurs from a warehouse but stocks is managed from not just the warehouse, remote outlet stores too?essentially I want the easiest solution that will manage inventory (we don’t use i...

am2 by Occasional Contributor
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ShipStation Reference Numbers on UPS Invoices

Is their a way to add a reference number to a ShipStation order that will end up appearing on the UPS Invoice. We are trying to list job #s in ShipStation so we can easily locate what job the charges goto when we review our UPS bill. You would think ...

Custom Package Types Don't work with Automation Rules

I have tried working with support to get our automation rules to apply custom package types to our imported orders to no avail. We specify a service such as USPS Ground Advantage, a package dimension and the custom package type that was already set u...

don9 by New Contributor
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Create Multi-Package Labels Automation

We do "large" small parcel shipping, we cannot combine orders at all, so if someone orders two+ items from us we have to split the order out to get two+ shipping labels to get the entire order out to the customer. Some partners are fine with the quic...

fgunn by First-timer
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Downloading individual packing slips in bulk

TL;DR: I want to highlight the checkbox for multiple orders at once to download packing slips as individual files--one per order.Our shop works in batches of 30 orders. I would love the option to bulk download packing slips, not as a multi-page PDF o...

jaimes57 by Contributor
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packing slips

Thank you for taking my question and letting me post. I'm very frustrated with the packing slip. I find it hard to read and we make mistakes when they look at it. The pick list is better, but there is no name on it so it's easy to get it confused as ...

Scales - Mac Compatible.

Can someone please recommend a high capacity scale that can handle light weight 4oz packages top to a 150lbs. I currently use a Fairbanks but it's a pain because it's hooked to an old pc and use ship station connect so I can use Mac. I want to purcha...

Buttons by First-timer
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YOU DELETED OUR FIELD MAPPING TEMPLATES?!

It was bad enough when you changed all the colors recently and now there's no (VERY USEFUL) visual difference between things like Awaiting Shipment and the stores within that category, but now you've changed the import process and deleted all our sav...

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Package Type Default - Multiple Carriers

Wondering if anyone has tried to or found a way to set an automation of package type, without forcing a service type. We offer 2 different carrier services that we allow our customers to choose from, but the packaging type for some of our items are t...

tcoyne39 by Occasional Contributor
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Zebra Auto-Cutter for Packing Slips & Labels

Anyone have experience using an auto-cutter for 4x6 labels when printing batches? We have 2 or sometimes 3 total labels printed (Packing Slip(s) and Shipping Label) and are trying to save time tearing labels by using the auto-cut functionality. Zebra...

Ohaus | A Scale That Works!

I wanted to post this as I had not found any help from posts in finding a scale that would work with ShipStation. Or from ShipStation themselves frankly.After much searching, we found and are using the Ohaus Courier 7000 i-C71M15R 15kg scale. And it ...

david31 by New Contributor
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Barcode on Pick List

As a company that is growing, using pick lists as a tool is very useful. However, not being able to scan a master barcode on the pick list that corresponds to a batch is stunting our growth, frankly. We would like to be able to scan a barcode at the ...

info1092 by New Contributor
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API: Set label on multiple orders

We have a custom print business, with many store fronts and many print styles/lines. ShipStation is being used as our single hub for all of those store fronts, but (understandably) doesn't know anything about what print line each order should be sent...

BrettHuff by New Contributor
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How do we improve our scan to verify workflow?

Good Afternoon,I'm wondering if anyone has some suggestions on improving our workflow. Several months ago, we made it mandatory that orders be scanned with the "scan to verify" feature. At this point, though, it feels very clunky and time consuming. ...

josh1995 by New Contributor
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Add Scan to Verify to mobile app

I'm absolutely astounded that this isn't already a feature; it feels like such a cornerstone features, that I had just assumed it had been implemented years and years ago.Feature request is to be able to Scan to View an order, then enter the Scan-to-...

Automation Rules to Batch Orders

My company would greatly benefit from automating batch creation through automation rules. There are standard criteria for creating a batch that could be automated using simple if-then logic. Please look into this!

jade by Occasional Contributor
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Zapier get tracking number

Is there a way to schedule a zap to 1x a day to look for orders based on specific criteria to use in another action? I have the zap scheduler as the trigger and I am having some difficulty setting the API request. I have tried https://ssapi.shipstati...

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TL-11 by New Contributor
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Shopify & Shipstation Order Routing Automation

I have taken on a customer who has used shopify routing to seperte her inventory/orders.On shopify we can see the orders splitvia location, those we will be resposible for and those which sit with themI need advise on what automation rules to build s...

BenH by New Contributor
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Combined Shipments Packing Slip

It would be great for the packing slips to include multiple order numbers as oppose to just one when orders are combined. This could also work in the sense of including line items underneath the items similar to how it says “from order #…” on the ord...

shopkhoi by Occasional Contributor
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Automation Rules based on line items in orders

I am looking to create automation rules for orders that contain particular product SKU's and quantities but currently the automation rules only apply to the order as a whole. Example, when a new customer orders a product they automatically get a prom...

trisha-e2e by Occasional Contributor
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