How to add an AmeriCommerce store to ShipStation, what features are available, and other need-to-know details.
AmeriCommerce offers a complete ecommerce package to grow and scale your business. Link AmeriCommerce to ShipStation and quickly fulfill your orders using our automation features and integrations with all the major shipping carriers. Start importing AmeriCommerce orders into ShipStation in just a few steps!
Sign up for a free 14-day trial on the AmeriCommerce website to create your online store!
Connection Requirements:
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An active AmeriCommerce account.
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Username and password
Order Import Requirements:
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Have a Ship To address.
To connect your AmeriCommerce store to ShipStation:
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Login to your Americommerce online store.
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Click Settings, then Security, then Users.
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Click New (top right) and create a new user with a role set to administrator.
This will allow ShipStation to access and update orders.
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Go to
Tools > Apps & Addons > ShipStationand configure the setting for Order Status for Shipped orders.This will allow ShipStation to update orders in Americommerce to a shipped status once they have shipped in ShipStation.
If you have multiple stores, set the desired order status for each store.
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Select the AmeriCommerce tile.
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Enter the credentials created in Step 3 into the Username and Password fields, along with the Store URL for your store.
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Modify your custom orders statuses in the corresponding fields if you have any custom order statuses other than the default AmeriCommerce statuses.
These are not case sensitive, but must be separated by commas. Statuses using commas in AmeriCommerce must be entered without the comma.
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Example: If the AmeriCommerce status is Approved, Pending Shipping, the ShipStation status should be Approved Pending Shipping
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After you've completed the above steps, your AmeriCommerce store will be connected to ShipStation. You'll be taken to the store's Settings page to adjust the store-specific settings like Branding, Notifications, and Product handling.
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ShipStation will import all products from AmeriCommerce, included eProducts and products which are marked as This item is not shipped.
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When ShipStation sends a shipment update to AmeriCommerce, AmeriCommerce will update the order's status based on the status which is selected in the ShipStation setting within AmeriCommerce. To locate this setting, log in to AmeriCommerce then go to
Tools > Apps & Addons > ShipStation. -
In order for ShipStation to receive the Item Warehouse Location, you must create a custom product field in AmeriCommerce named ShipStationShipStationWarehouseLocation. ShipStation will receive whatever value is entered in that custom product field.