NOTE: We're launching these changes on October 5, 2022, at 10:00 am EDT.  We will notify existing customers via email once the changes are live.

Over the past year, Shopify has migrated its fulfillment process to a more modern workflow.  They will deprecate the old fulfillment process at the end of this year, and we've been working hard to update EZ Fulfill to use this new modern workflow. 

We'll walk you through what to expect with this change, as …

One of the biggest benefits of automating your fulfillment process with tools like EZ Fulfill is you can email your customers as soon as the order is fulfilled.  This is one of the easiest ways to help build trust and confidences with your customers while at the same time lowering your support costs as customers no longer need to reach out and ask if their order has shipped.

Automating Fulfillment Emails With Shopify's Email System

As a Shopify merchant one …

Managing data between two different systems is always a challenge.  The hardest part is managing the minor discrepancies between the two different systems.  We see this a lot when working with Shopify merchants who are looking to updating their tracking numbers from external systems.  Many 3PL systems don't use the same values as Shopify would expect and many times the data is incomplete which can cause even more of a headache.  

Shopify can automatically create tracking links for your orders to …

Amazon S3 is an extremely popular object storage service provided by Amazon.   We love Amazon S3 at Highview Apps and use it to securely store all kinds of files (we use encryption both in transit and at rest) for our apps and business.  It's something we rely on heavily and know many of you do as well.

Over the last few months we've been talking to customers and thinking about how we can better support them.  Automatically updating your fulfillment data is …

You're now able to add notes to your fulfilled orders using EZ Fulfill.  Adding notes allows you to add or update the notes field on your orders in Shopify.   

Adding Notes To Your Orders

Adding notes to your orders works like the rest of the fulfillment fields in the app.  Simply add the column name in your file to the Your Notes Field input on your Data Feed.

Once you've mapped your notes field, save your Data Feed.  Notes are added …