Shipcloud supports a variety of shipping journeys for your multi-channel distribution. These shipping journeys allow you to support different shipping use cases.
Shipping process
The shipping journeys include 2 main processes that are supported by the platform:
Process | Description |
Checkout | Enable customers to select their preferred shipping option in your shop system. |
Ship | Generate the shipping label in your backend system. |
Shipping journeys
Shipcloud supports 2 common shipping journeys that can be used with our API:
Shipping journey | Type | Process start | Process end | Description |
Checkout to Ship | API | Checkout | Ship | Allow customers to select their preferred carrier service in the checkout of your shop system and create the shipping label for the order in your backend system. |
Ship | API | Ship | Ship | Create the shipping label for the order in your backend system. |
You can use any of these shipping journeys for specific use cases, giving you maximum flexibility for multi-channel distribution. Depending on your subscription, you can set up one or multiple shipping journeys in your Shipcloud account.
Integration
Each shipping journey requires integration with the platform.