Within your Shopify integration settings in XPS Ship, you have the option to “Sync commodities with products from this store”. Selecting this option will upload all of the products listed in your Shopify store to the Commodities setting in XPS. Commodity mapping can be used to associate an item by their assigned SKU or product ID with an HTS#/B#, which is usually required on a commercial invoice for international shipping. Then, whenever an order is pulled in, the program will match the SKU/Product ID to the HTS#/B# you entered for that product in Shopify and input the information into the commercial invoice.
First, you will want to ensure that your products within Shopify have an HTS#/B# code associated with them.
You can view the details by selecting “Products” in the Shopify menu:
Select the title of the product you would like to view:
Scroll down to the “Shipping” section and ensure there is a HS code associated.
If there is not an HS code listed, you can enter one or enter a keyword in the “Search” field for HS lookup. If you make any changes, make sure to select the option to save at the top.
Next, log in to your XPS Ship account.
Select the Settings tab.
Under “eCommerce” select “eCommerce Integrations”.
A list of your current integrations will appear, select your Shopify integration.
Under “Shopify Settings” select the option for “Sync commodities with products from this store” and “Redownload all products on next sync”. Then, click “Save Changes” at the bottom.
Give the system a few minutes to resync the products from your Shopify store.
You will now be able to view the products that have populated into the Commodities settings.
Select the Settings tab.
Under “Admin Settings” select “Commodities”.
In the list of commodities, you will see the products that have populated in from your Shopify store.
Then, the next time you have an international Shopify order that contains a product(s) within the commodities setting, it will populate the HTS code and Country of Origin in the commercial invoice section.