Scan and Verify Product UPC to make sure to Ship right product and Quantity
Ability to Scan and Verify the UPC code of the product get shipped for the individual order.So, this will eliminate the WRONG item being shipped and Wrong Quantity being shipped. Also "Ship Order" button activates only when the right product(s) is scanned and right quantity is scanned for the order.Products that does not come with UPC may be shipped by manually entering item SKU in the barcode scan field.
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The first phase of our Scan to Verify feature is complete and includes the ability to scan either SKU or UPC barcodes.
We’ll continue to improve our Scan functionality in the near future!
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ConaldinhoFC
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A feature that allows you to scan and check every item that is packed for the specific order to ensure accuracy.
Essentially bringing the functionality of GroovePacker without the huge add on monthly fee that groovepacker carries. As well as the speed / simplicity of using only the one interface (shipstation).
1. Select order (Scan packing slip or otherwise)
2. Scan the barcode of the product, if the correct product has been scanned, the packer gets confirmation. This continues until all products + quantities are matched in the order. If not, the order rejects the product.This feature would save quite a bit of money with incorrect product fulfilment and also a terrific point of difference for ShipStation. Would virtually eliminate fulfilment errors.
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Clint Hadfield RC Planet
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Please, please, please integrate scan verification by UPC on your order page. Seems very easy to me, the info is already there. Just include a little button and scan popup to verify the contents. I would pay much more per month for my 2 accounts. Please! I don't want to integrate a 3rd party. Clumsy band-aids are no good.
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Nicholas Lattner High Speed Productions
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We are also in desperate need of this feature being implemented.
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MrFent37
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Any updates?
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Alecia Breeggemann Premier Pool & Spa
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This is literally the component that is preventing us from using Shipstation. We have been trying to switch to Shipstation in conjunction with Linnworks and away from Solid Commerce but cannot give up this feature. Once we have seen the quality control it has improved in our shipping it has become a necessity for us.
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Izabela Baldyga SoClean, Inc.
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absolutely need this feature. come on Shipstation!
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chrissun
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YFinder is right.
I think i made this comment before, but feel like i should "bump" it:
I was asking for this feature from ship station years ago. However, after implementing SKUvault (and looking in-depth at other options) I realized the following:If you are doing enough volume that just doing manual checks on your shipments is no longer viable, you prob need a real inventory management system.
All good inventory management systems include this requested scanning feature.
If for some reason you are too big for manual checks but too small for inventory management, groove packer is your solution.
Lastly, remember that scanning might seem great on the surface... but the truth is that it adds a level of complexity to shipping that really isnt worth it unless you have a bazillion errors and/or cant do manual checks. First, things can have incorrect barcodes. Second, you need to barcode everything. Third, Scanners **** out/dont work. Forth, you need to input into your system all the barcodes and what they correspond to (big place for errors). Fifth, you system needs to match products to barcodes without errors. Sixth, the system needs to deal with internal and external codes (do you use SKUs? do you use UPCs? What about for your own products? What about for the various manufacturers you use?).
Overall, adding codes has been more trouble than its worth on the shipping side. However, we had no choice because we needed to implement inventory management.
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YFinder
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GroovePacker and SKUVault are probably the most common two used. Of those, GroovePacker is probably the most used due to pricing and ease of use.
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hales
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Does anyone know what third party extensions exist that will do this in ShipStation?
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MrFent37
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There have been many cases where a a feature gets added to the core of a service, causing a 3rd party extension to become obsolete. A company isn't going to NOT implement something just because a 3rd party created an extension. Especially when it's the MOST REQUESTED feature. (Has more votes than anything else)
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YFinder
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Hey Nicholas... you have a point but it could also generate revenue lost for SS by having us use those 3rd party vendors. if they integrate it, then they could certainly sell it as an activated add on. Pick your service level, do you want barcode scanning? Yes, 10.00 more a month please. I don't know if this is going to happen or not but it would be more valuable as an added expense than integrating with the other vendors fees.
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Hey @all. Thanks for your continued support and feedback on this idea. When it comes to more precise order fulfillment, ShipStation definitely wants any and all user insight. While this particular UPC-based scan feature has not been implemented, our product team takes all use cases and issues into consideration, even when a related feature goes live. We thank you for your patience as we test ideas like this and as other, newer features get rolled out. Keep letting us know how adding this feature will help your business needs and continue letting us how what this feature’s absence impacts your workflow.
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Nicholas Murdock L9 Sports, LLC.
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I would like to add an opinion here about this feature and why it isn't going to ever be built. If ShipStation adds this feature, and other features like it. They will be directly competing against their partner companies that sell products to offset features like this. Hate to say it, but this could have been done a year ago if they wanted to actually build this.
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MrFent37
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This is the #1 feature that I wish shipstation would add. Any updates?
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CCPrep
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We are currently in the process of moving to barcodes on all of our products, so this feature would be extremely useful for accuracy.
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Debra Mitcham Joseph Sorce
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This is a major feature that warehouses big and small would benefit from. We ended up moving our whole shipping operation to Skulabs since they offer barcode scanning, shipping, and multi channel inventory in one place. It makes a huge difference.
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Ajmal Munir Crorama
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Our warehouse manager is keep asking me about this, we need this asap. Thanks
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LJCOTERMINAL1
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This would be a major step in making Shipstation a fully capable Warehouse Management System for small businesses - in an arena where companies are paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for the same features.
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evavaknin
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This is a must have feature for professional shipping. It's almost impossible to ship 50+ packages every day without making mistakes in the products shipped (unless if you have just a few products). This feature is pending for more than 4 years, and it got over 400 votes. How can we make it happen? Please upgrade ShipStation to support this required feature.
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brian
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When all products, I assume 300 items, were picked and left next to label printer. Someone has to either print all the labels out and find the matching item or use the scanning feature in ShipStation to scan order # and print out label one by one.
If possible, label will be print out automatically after scanning the order barcode would help too. Or this UPC verification would help too.