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ShipStation channel

Go to the Channel Catalog to learn more about what plans have access to this channel. Sign into Quickbase, and then go to Pipelines > Channels.

ShipStation is a web-based, multi-carrier shipping solution for ecommerce retailers with integrations that allow you to synchronize with sales channels, shopping carts, payment gateways, and mail carriers.

Please note that terms used in the ShipStation channel categories are ShipStation specific terminology.

How to connect

  1. On the My pipelines page, select Create Pipeline.
  2. Search for or select a step, and then select it to add it to the pipeline.
    When you add a step to a pipeline, it is added to the canvas of the pipeline designer.
  3.  Expand the Connection section of the step, and add the required information.

Connect to ShipStation

  1. Expand ShipStation in the list of channels on the right side of the page and click Connect to ShipStation.
  2. In the pop-up window, enter both your API Key and API Secret. When the keys are entered, click Connect to ShipStation. If you do not know these items do the following:
    1. Go to ShipStation.com, click Login and enter your credentials.
    2. Once signed in, go to your profile and select API Settings.

How to reconnect

You may need to reconnect your account to a channel. Reasons may be (but not limited to):

  • If you need to connect a different account.
  • Authorization updates, such as a changed password.
  • Editing the access rights that Pipelines has to the channel.

To reconnect:

  1. Select a pipeline that already has this channel in it.
  2. Open a step that contains this channel.
  3. Under account, select Connect (or reconnect) and follow the process above, How to connect.

Steps

The steps you can use with ShipStation are grouped into five categories:

  • Products
  • Carriers
  • Orders
  • Rates
  • Shipments
Type Name Description
Products
Query Search Products Searches products in account based on specific criteria and returns a list.
Action Look Up Product Looks up a specific product.
Carriers
Query Search Carriers Searches carriers in account and returns a list.
Action Look Up Carrier Looks up specific carriers and returns a single record.
Orders
Query Search Orders Searches orders in account based on specific criteria.
Action Look Up Order Looks up a specific order.
Rates
Query Search Rates Searches account for rates based on specific criteria.
Shipments
Query Search Shipments Searches shipments made from account.

Use Cases

Here are some use case examples to help you understand how to use the ShipStation channel.

In this case we are using ShipStation to update a Quickbase record when a shipment status has changed for shipments between yesterday and today.

  1. Add a ShipStation query step to find shipments who's shipment status has changed between yesterday and today.
  2. Add a Quickbase Look Up Record action to find the record we want to update.
  3. Add a Quickbase Updte Record action to update the record with the new ShipStation data.

 

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