Integrating your XPS Ship account with Volusion allows your customers’ orders to be directly transferred from Volusion to XPS Ship, providing quick and easy shipping. Orders will be marked as “Shipped” in Volusion and send a tracking number once the shipping label has been generated. The steps below will guide you through the process of integrating your XPS Ship account with Volusion. **Please note, you MUST have a Volusion ‘PRO’ plan or higher in order to have API access for your store.
Note: You MUST have a Volusion ‘PRO’ plan or higher in order to have API access for your store.
Obtaining an API URL
You will need to obtain the API Key (URL) to connect your Volusion store with XPS Ship.
Log in to your Volusion dashboard.
From the menu, go to Customers, then select "Administrators".
Create a new administrator by selecting "Add".
Enter all details for the new Administrator. Set the ‘Acess Key” as “Administrator” and click "SAVE".
Note: You can also limit access to the API only in the “Customer Access Rules”.
Next, log in with your new Administrator Account.
In the navigation bar, select “Inventory” and then "Volusion API".
Click the "Run" button next to Generic/Orders.
Select the “Run” button at the top of the page. A new field containing a URL will be displayed.
Copy the URL as you will need to paste it into your Volusion Integration settings for XPS in a later step.
Add a Volusion Integration
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 Volusion
General Settings
Add an Integration name, “Volusion” will be the default, but it can be changed to anything you’d like.
Check the box if you want to have a confirmation email sent when orders are fulfilled.
By default, the Active box will be checked.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.
Volusion Settings
Paste the Volusion API URL you obtained earlier in the corresponding field.
Enter the type of Pending Order Statuses you wish to pull into your orders list in Webship. Orders with the status of “Processing” & “Ready to Ship” are the default.
If you want your order status to remain unchanged in Volusion after booking, check the box “Don't mark orders as shipped”
Additional settings are available related to the "Sender" and "Return To" address. Edit and apply as necessary to your integration.
When all the necessary info has been added, 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 Volusion supports the following as defined in the Integration Features Glossary