This article guides you through the steps to connect your Shopify store with Postal - admin access in Shopify is required. This 12-step process can be completed in under 15 minutes!
Start in Shopify
Step 1: Go to your Home Page in Shopify.
Step 2: Click ‘Apps’ in the left-hand menu, then select ‘App and sales channel settings’. Step 3: Click ‘Develop apps’.
Step 4: Click ‘Create an app’.
Step 5: Type ‘Postal’ under ‘App name’. Next, select your name from the drop-down list under ‘App developer’. Click 'Create app'.
Step 6: Click on the ‘Configuration’ tab and then select ‘Configure’ under ‘Admin API Integration’.
Step 7: Select the necessary permissions in the Admin API (scrolling will help you locate each section), then click 'Save' once you're done.
Under each section, select the following boxes:
- Fulfillment services: write_fulfillments and read_fulfillments
- Orders: write_orders and read_orders
- Product listings: read_product_listings
- Products: read_products
- Shipping: read_shipping
Step 8: Click into the 'API credentials’ tab and select ‘Install app’ in the top right corner.
Step 9: Click 'Install'.
Step 10: Under ‘API Credentials’, click ‘Reveal token once’. Copy the Admin API Access Token and securely store it, as it will be required in the last step.
Step 11: Log in to your Postal Vendor Dashboard account, navigate to the ‘Account’ tab, and click ‘Connect’ in the Integrations box.
Step 12: Copy your Store URL and paste it into the designated URL field. Then, enter the Access Token into the Access Token field.
*For the URL field, if your site is hosted on Shopify, please enter your company's website link (ex: https://sofiastshirts.com). If your website isn’t hosted on Shopify, try using your .myshopify.com URL, which can be found in the Home or URL section of your Shopify account (ex: https://sofiastshirts.myshopify.com)
Once you've completed Steps 1-12, you're all set :)
For additional assistance please contact your Marketplace contact at Postal.