WooCommerce - Configure for Automated Fulfillment

This article outlines the steps required to configure your WooCommerce integration.

1. Plugin requirements
2. Configure product SKUs
3. Assign SKUs to product variants
4. Gather shipping methods
5. Gather API credentials
6. Enable API access
7. Enable shipment tracking
8. Review order status

Plugin requirements

Before you begin, check that your WooCommerce store is compatible with DropStream.

Verify plugin requirements.

Configure product SKUs

Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) are merchant-defined codes that uniquely identify products in a warehouse. It is critical that the SKUs defined in WooCommerce are identical to the SKUs loaded into your warehouse management system.

Configure SKUs in WooCommerce.

Assign SKUs to product variants

If your store sells product variants (such as size or color), it's important that you assign a unique SKU to each variant.

Assign SKUs to product variants in WooCommerce.

Gather shipping methods

As part of the third-party fulfillment setup, a mapping must be created from each shipping method offered in the eCommerce system to the unique shipping code used by the fulfillment center.

Gather shipping methods from WooCommerce.

Gather API credentials

Gather the information required to access the WooCommerce API.

Gather API credentials in WooCommerce.

Enable API access

Enter the API credentials in your DropStream store to enable API access.

Enable API access in DropStream.

Enable Shipment Tracking

A Shipment Tracking extension is required to enable tracking numbers for WooCommerce orders. After you install the extension, DropStream will populate tracking numbers in the order when they become available.

Enable Shipment Tracking in WooCommerce.

Review order status

When you set the connection to Enabled, DropStream automatically sends orders from WooCommerce to your warehouse management system.

Review order status for WooCommerce.