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Connect ShipStation With AfterShip Tracking

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Overview



ShipStation is a shipping solution for eCommerce platforms that allows you to manage all your small parcel and LTL shipping needs in one place. By integrating ShipStation with AfterShip Tracking orders can be automatically imported to AfterShip's centralised Shipments dashboard and tracked across 1100+ couriers.

What you’ll learn



In this article, we will show you:

Locate API key
Locate API Secret
Get the Store Name
Connect ShipStation with AfterShip Tracking
Complete AfterShip store connection actions

Locate API key





Log in to ShipStation > Settings > Account > API Settings > Generate API Key > Copy the API key

Locate API Secret



Log in to ShipStation > Settings > Account > API Settings > Copy the API Secret



Get the Store Name



Log in to ShipStation > Settings > Selling Channels > Store Setup > Edit store > Rename the store > Save
Copy the Store name



If you yet to connect your store to ShipStation, click Connect a Store or Marketplace and add your store.



Connect ShipStation with AfterShip Tracking



You can access ShipStation integration page in two ways

Go to Apps in the AfterShip Tracking admin
Click View more apps in the upper right-hand corner
Search ShipStation for AfterShip Tracking. Click on it and you will land on the ShipStation integration page

or,

Navigate to the ShipStation integration page on AfterShip website directly and click Install app



Select the right organization (online store) if you have multiple organizations configured in AfterShip Tracking (Optional) for which you are establishing this integration
Add the required details and Install app



You can check the connection under Apps dashboard in your AfterShip Tracking account



Once the connection is established, AfterShip Tracking will automatically import shipments created at ShipStation every 3 hours.


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Complete AfterShip store connection actions



Once your ShipStation is connected to AfterShip Tracking, there is one action that we recommend setting up.

Go to your Apps section > Click Store connections > Actions
You will see two settings on the dropdown, out of which you need to take care of one



Import settings


Import settings allow you to automate the shipments import process. Checkout this article to set up your app import settings.



In case you are facing any issue with the installation process or any of the aforementioned settings, let our support team know.

Updated on: 19/03/2024

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