WooCommerce Fulfilment

Storeship handles WooCommerce fulfilment for UK sellers from our Nottingham warehouse, as part of the same pay-as-you-go 3PL model we run across every channel we support: storage, picking, packing and shipping, connected directly to your WooCommerce store. Get a free quote to see what WooCommerce fulfilment with Storeship would cost for your order volume.

Why WooCommerce sellers need a 3PL for fulfilment

WooCommerce is open-source software you install on your own WordPress hosting, not a hosted platform with a fulfilment arm of its own. WooCommerce describes its own model as giving sellers “full control: of your checkout, your data, your costs,” meaning you choose your own hosting and payment providers too. Its own plugin listing on WordPress.org confirms fulfilment comes from connected carriers and logistics providers rather than from WooCommerce itself, describing “a wide variety of delivery, inventory, and fulfillment solutions for your locale.” For UK sellers, that connection has to be to a 3PL.

That’s where Storeship’s WooCommerce integration comes in.

Storeship’s WooCommerce integration

Once your store is connected, the integration handles five things.

Order pull via API and webhooks: orders are pulled automatically through WooCommerce’s REST API and webhooks once an order is marked paid, not just placed, respecting WooCommerce’s own order-status distinction between paid and pending or on-hold orders.
One-click product import: your full WooCommerce catalogue, including variants, imports into Storeship’s system without adding products one at a time.
Stock sync: stock levels sync automatically between our warehouse and your WooCommerce store as goods arrive or ship.
Order filtering: you can filter which orders we fulfil by product or location, for example excluding a specific SKU or restricting delivery to certain countries.
Automated fulfilment write-back: once an order is dispatched, we mark it fulfilled on WooCommerce automatically with the tracking number attached, which triggers WooCommerce’s own customer notification.

None of this needs manual entry on your side once it’s set up. Get a free quote if you’d like this priced out for your own WooCommerce store.

How an order moves through the warehouse

Once an order is paid for on WooCommerce, it’s pulled into our system automatically. From there, it’s scanned with a handheld barcode scanner at pick, scanned and check-weighed at pack, then photographed before it leaves the building. That’s the same three-stage check and photographic record we use across every channel we fulfil. Where product barcodes are correct, any discrepancy at the pick stage is flagged instantly.

Here is the route an order takes from checkout to delivery:

Customer makes a purchase: your customer orders and pays on your WooCommerce store.
Storeship receives the order: the order details are sent to our warehouse automatically once the order is marked paid.
Order checked: we check the address, postcode and product details on the order before picking starts.
Products picked: our team picks the products and scans each one at pick.
Order packed: at the packing station the order is scanned again and check-weighed, and a shipping label is produced.
Final check: warehouse staff check the order a final time and photograph the labelled package.
WooCommerce updated: our system marks the order fulfilled on WooCommerce and adds the tracking number.
Customer emailed: that update triggers WooCommerce’s own notification to your customer with their shipping details.
Order collected: the carrier collects the parcel from our warehouse.
Support: you have a phone number direct to the warehouse, a live chat function in your customer control panel and email access to all of our departments.
Order delivered: the parcel is delivered using the postal service you have set for your orders. For 80% of our customers parcels are delivered next day in the UK.

For the fuller picture of how our fulfilment centre operates day to day, see our ecommerce fulfilment centre page.

Selling on more than one platform alongside WooCommerce

If you also sell on other channels, such as Amazon, Shopify, eBay or TikTok Shop, Storeship fulfils from one shared stock pool across every connected channel, so a sale on WooCommerce and a sale on Amazon draw from the same available stock rather than two separate counts you have to reconcile yourself.

See our Amazon, Shopify, eBay and TikTok Shop fulfilment pages for those channels specifically, or our fulfilment software page for the full list of platforms we integrate with.

Why sellers choose Storeship for WooCommerce fulfilment

As a WooCommerce 3PL running our own fulfilment centre in Nottingham, here’s what that means in practice:

Registered and compliant: Storeship is registered under HMRC’s Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme (FHDDS: XZFH00000100040), which you can confirm on the HMRC register.
Established: trading since 2009.
Proven at scale: we currently process stock for over 700 UK and international ecommerce sellers, having handled more than 944,000 orders across 248 countries served.
Same-day dispatch: the majority of orders received by 3pm ship the same day.
Returns handled: WooCommerce returns and refunds go through our returns service, the same process as every other channel.
Pay-as-you-go: no account fees or software fees. You pay for the storage and orders you actually use. There are low minimum order quantity: you can start from one order a month. The plans only affect the price you pay per order, and plan thresholds are counted across all of your sales channels.

Full company details are on our About Storeship page. If you’re new to outsourcing fulfilment altogether, our guide on what 3PL means and how to choose a partner covers the basics. Prefer to talk it through first? Get in touch directly.

Frequently asked questions

What does WooCommerce order fulfilment with Storeship actually involve?

Once your store’s connected, Storeship imports your product catalogue, syncs stock levels, picks and packs each order as it comes in, and updates WooCommerce automatically once it’s dispatched. You don’t need to touch it once it’s set up.

Will my existing WooCommerce products need to be added manually?

No. Your full catalogue, including variants, imports in one go when you connect your store.

Will my WooCommerce stock levels stay accurate once Storeship is fulfilling my orders?

Stock syncs automatically between our warehouse and your store as goods arrive or ship, so the stock shown on WooCommerce matches what’s actually here.

Can I control which orders Storeship fulfils for my WooCommerce store?

Yes. You can filter by product or location, and orders only pull through to us once WooCommerce marks them paid, not simply placed.

Does my WooCommerce store update automatically once an order ships?

Yes. Once an order is dispatched, we mark it fulfilled on WooCommerce with the tracking number attached, which triggers WooCommerce’s own notification to your customer.

Is it safe to share my WooCommerce order information with Storeship?

Order data moves between WooCommerce and Storeship over HTTPS and a secure API, and we only obtain the data we need to process the order.

How can I get support from Storeship if I have a question about my orders?

You have a phone number direct to the warehouse, a live chat function in your customer control panel and email access to all of our departments.

Is there a minimum order volume for WooCommerce fulfilment with Storeship?

Yes. Storeship has low minimum order quantity, and you can start from just 30 orders a month. The plans only affect the price you pay per order, and plan thresholds are counted across all of your sales channels, not just WooCommerce.

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Get a WooCommerce fulfilment quote

If you’re comparing WooCommerce shipping UK options, request a free, no-obligation quote tailored to your order volume and product size, or get in touch if you’d rather talk it through first.