This document is designed to guide you through the process of integrating your XPS account with your Cin7 account. This allows your customers’ orders to be directly transferred from Cin7 to your profile, giving you quick and easy shipping.
Create a new API Integration in the Cin7 Admin
Log in to your Cin7 account. In the left-hand sidebar, select:
Settings > Integrations > API v1
Copy the API Username as you will need it to paste into your Cin7 Integration settings in XPS later.
Click “Add API Connection”.
Type "Webship" in the App Name field and then click “Save”.
Copy the API Key as you will need it to paste into your Cin7 Integration settings in XPS later.
If you lose your API key just create a new key.
Go back to the API setup page by clicking the "Back to Setup" button.
Click “Permissions”.
Select the following:
Products: Read
Sales Orders: Read & Update
Click “Save” at the bottom.
Create a new Cin7 Integration in XPS Ship
Open a new browser window and log in to your XPS Ship Account.
Click the Settings tab.
Under “eCommerce” select “eCommerce Integrations”
Select "Add eCommerce Integration"
Select Cin7
General Settings:
Add an Integration name, “Cin7” will be the default, but it can be changed to anything you like.
Check the box if you want to have a confirmation email with the tracking number of any generated shipment sent when orders are fulfilled.
By default, the Active box will be checked. If at anytime the integration is no longer being used but you don’t want to delete it, you can uncheck the box to make it inactive.
Check the box if you want to Skip address Pre-Verification on orders.
Check the box “Include Packing slips in confirmation email” if you’d like the packing slips included with the confirmation email once labels have been generated.
Cin7 Settings:
Paste the Cin7 Username and the API Key acquired earlier into the corresponding blank fields.
If you would like to "Use billing contact information as return address" check the box next to that option.
Enter in the stages of the orders you would like to pull.
For orders to appear in XPS Ship:
Order status must be "approved".
Dispatch Date must be empty.
The stage can be entered in the settings. The default is "New".
Additional settings are available related to the Sender and Return To address. Edit if necessary to your integration.
When you are finished, click "Save New Integration".
When the integration has been saved, you will see that the connection has been established at the top of the page. Orders will start syncing and will appear in the shipping area, this may take a few minutes.
Available Features
XPS Ship’s integration to Cin7 supports the following as defined in the Integration Features Glossary