# Connect a sales channel directly
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Updated: 2026-07-20

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://support.starshipit.com/llms.txt).

> Understand how direct sales-channel integrations import orders and return fulfilment and tracking updates.

Connect a supported sales channel directly when it should send orders to Starshipit and receive fulfilment and tracking updates after you ship them.

## How the flow works

1. Shopify, WooCommerce, Amazon, or another sales channel sends eligible orders to Starshipit.
2. Your team fulfils the orders and prints shipping labels in Starshipit.
3. Starshipit sends tracking and fulfilment updates back to the connected sales channel.

This is usually the simplest option when the sales channel is the source of truth for orders and another warehouse or inventory platform does not need to control fulfilment.

## Before you connect

- Find your platform in the integration directory below.
- Read its setup guide to confirm supported order-import and writeback behaviour.
- Decide which order statuses should import.
- Connect each store as a separate integration when required by the platform.

If a warehouse or inventory platform controls allocation or despatch, use the [warehouse or inventory system workflow](/articles/360001127975-warehouse-or-inventory-management-system-workflow) instead.