Shipping
Sendcloud
Sendcloud reaches many carriers through one account. One mapping turns an order into a shipment in the Shipping Bundle; which carrier creates the label is decided by the last building block.
A shipment that has already been created is not bought a second time. For parcels leaving the EU, the customs documents Sendcloud creates (commercial invoice, CN23) come back together with the label.
If Sendcloud accepts only some of the packages of a shipment, the shipment is cancelled again rather than half sent.
- SendcloudShipping
- ConFlowIOintegration platformRun active
- Shopware 6
- Kaufland
- JTL-Wawi
- 8ready-made building blocks
- 7data models in the Shipping Bundle
Building blocks
Eight building blocks for Sendcloud
- Create shipmentsWrite
Creates shipments with labels, several packages with one parcel and label each. A shipment already created is not bought a second time; for parcels leaving the EU, the commercial invoice and CN23 come back with it.
- Shipping optionsRead
Reads the shipping options your Sendcloud account offers.
- Find service pointsRead
Finds parcel shops and pick-up points near an address as uniform records — to offer them at checkout, for instance. A shipment can be addressed there; if the details do not match, it is rejected rather than sent to the home address.
- TrackingRead
Reads the state of a shipment at Sendcloud, with the delivery forecast and the time of delivery where Sendcloud provides them.
- CancelWrite
Cancels a created shipment.
- Book pickupWrite
Books a pickup with Sendcloud; one already booked for that day and address is recognised.
- Create returnsWrite
Creates a return with a standalone return label, without an outbound shipment.
- Free request
For anything without a ready-made building block: a request to the API, using the stored credentials.
In practice
Two workflows with Sendcloud
Shipping label for an order
One mapping for every carrier, instead of one per carrier.
- Readorders from shop, marketplace or ERP
- Maporder onto a shipment with its packages in the Shipping Bundle
- Createone parcel with label per package at Sendcloud
- Storethe labels as files
If Sendcloud accepts only some of the parcels, the shipment is cancelled again rather than half sent.
Delivery to a service point
Your customers choose a parcel shop or pick-up point at checkout instead of their home address.
- Findparcel shops and pick-up points near the delivery address, as uniform records
- Offerthe service points at checkout
- Createshipment to the chosen service point, with label at Sendcloud
If the details do not match, the shipment is rejected rather than sent to the home address.
Good to know
What to know about Sendcloud
- PrerequisiteOne account, many carriers.
- An account with Sendcloud
- The credentials are stored encrypted in ConFlowIO
- Shipping BundleA Shipping Bundle of its own describes shipments, packages, parcels, service points, shipping rates and pickups uniformly, the same for every carrier.
- One mapping turns an order into a shipment
- Which carrier creates the label is decided by the last building block
- Several packages are created with one parcel and label per package
- Changing carrier leaves the mapping untouched
- DurabilityApplies to this integration as to every workflow in ConFlowIO.
- Failed steps retry themselves
- Large reads are processed page by page, each page a step of its own
- A failed run is continued rather than started over
- Live logs per step, with credentials removed
Works well with
What works with Sendcloud
Where the orders come from
One mapping for the shipment, whichever carrier.
Contact
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