ShipBlink Shipping Automation

I was a long term Ship Station user, but as I switched to using Shopify as my main backend and had new issues come up it no longer did everything I needed it to do... After a long and frustrating search for an integration that DID do what I needed to do I finally found Ship Blink.

For "normal" users with normal shipping requirements it handles everything as good as any of the other services out there IMO. However where it really shines is it's owner Sameer. I have a few peculiar needs compared to many shippers, and he was AMAZING in helping me figure out how to do it.

Beyond that he had added somewhat random and arbitrary features to the app that were helpful for me personally. They may well help other customers too, but I feel like he made some of the changes just to make things better for me. THAT is amazing service.

We've also discussed a number of other changes, features, and additions to the app that would be helpful for me, and he is working on adding them. They're not bad things to have in there, but they're not things every user will need either. So it's just amazing to work with a company that actually listens and is willing to add features that will directly be useful for you, because lots of people have their own specific odd requirements that aren't common. Ship Station never in a million years would have changed any of the things that irked me about their UI, whereas Sameer has. So it's greatly appreciated.

I wouldn't hesitate to suggest using Ship Blink to anybody for shipping, but I would definitely suggest it if you have any peculiar requirements as Sameer will probably be willing to actually help you figure it out and make it work for you.

I would like to say it has been an amazing experience using this app. The live-rates and dimensional packaging has changed our shipping cost to our customers. This app has been so simple to use and don't forget the exceptional customer support team they have. Sam is the man!!

Grear app allowing me to use regional carriers. Sam is the man.

I'm not sure why more people don't know about this app. It is better than any other dimensional shipping solution on the Shopify App Store.

The other dimensional shipping apps want you to type your dimensions into their app, stored into THEIR database. In other words, if you leave, you lose all your data. They lock you in. Also, it is NOT POSSIBLE to populate those fields through the GraphiQL API, so if you are auto-loading thousands of products from another system as we are, you would find yourself doing a ton of duplicate work. Shipblink instead uses Shopify Global Metafields to store this information, so it works seamlessly with our product upload - we just had to start uploading those dimensions from our system into the global metafields for dimensions. Fully automated and updates if we make a correction on our side. I cannot imagine why anyone would want to manually enter all those dimensions, and then lose them if you change service providers for some reason. Sameer is the only author who has actually considered this issue and chosen to do the right thing for his customers. If you don't use the API to add products, no problem - you use the Shopify Bulk Editor and type these dimensions DIRECTLY INTO YOUR OWN DATABASE, where no app provider can hold your data hostage.

The app is very, very easy to set up and start using, and the support is stellar. Sam even (on his own) checked out my store and setup, emailed me personally and told me a few things I'd missed!

You have to use EasyPost as the backend for your postage and labels, and as a US shipper using primarily UPS and USPS for shipping, I have had zero concern with that. EasyPost is also quite easy to set up, and the rates are the same deeply discounted rates available with Shopify Shipping, and there are MANY shipping providers. You get the full benefit of a system that calculates how much your shipment will ACTUALLY cost based on the total product dimensions and weight.

Oh, and did I mention the best part? This app is FREE, probably because of the close tie to EasyPost. There is no crazy monthly price for the ability to properly calculate your postage (which I think we'd all agree is a feature Shopify should provide in the first place, but whatever). Learn from my experience - don't even waste your time installing the other dimensional shipping apps. Start here.

I love the ship blink app. It makes shipping a seamless process. I can create labels from the app and once i do, the order is fulfilled in shopify. No need to double back to shopify to click more buttons. Awesome.