| iPaaS & Custom Builds | Legacy OMS | Pipe17 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commerce Connectivity | ✅ | ❌ | ✅ |
| Order Orchestration & Management | ❌ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Time to Implement & Go-Live | 4+ Months | 8+ Months | 1 Month |
| Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) | 💲💲💲 | 💲💲💲 | 💲 |
Routing checks stock, destination, and your rules on each order, then picks Flexport, another warehouse, or a split, with no one deciding by hand.
Your routing rules send every Fast Tag order to the Flexport network that backs the badge's delivery promise.
Your inbound stock reaches a Flexport warehouse as a shipping plan, and receipts raise the count every channel sells from.
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Yes, the Pipe17 Flexport integration is the connector first built for Deliverr, now Flexport's ecommerce fulfillment business, and it runs on Flexport's current Logistics API. The same connector carries products, shipping requests, fulfillments, inventory, arrivals, and receipts between Flexport and your channels, such as Shopify, and your ERP, such as NetSuite.
Pipe17 connects Shopify to Flexport fulfillment by pulling each Shopify order, routing it to Flexport when your rules say so, and posting tracking back as each order ships. Inventory held at Flexport updates the Shopify storefront, and one Flexport connection serves BigCommerce, marketplaces, and every other channel you sell through in Pipe17.
Yes, Flexport fulfillment integrates with NetSuite through Pipe17. Orders raised in NetSuite route to Flexport, shipments post back as item fulfillments, and Flexport inventory updates NetSuite's counts. When an enterprise prospect would only sign with a NetSuite-connected fulfillment partner, Deliverr connected NetSuite through Pipe17 days after the contract was signed.
Pipe17 pulls on-hand, available, and committed units from the Flexport network and holds them in one inventory count with your other warehouses and 3PLs. Each channel, from Shopify to Amazon, sells against that count, and a sale on one channel lowers availability on the rest. Flexport's Reserve Storage inventory stays out of the sellable number until you choose to include it.
Yes, Flexport Fast Tags work with orders that come through Pipe17. Routing rules send every Fast Tag order to Flexport, and each one arrives with the source channel and order ID that Fast Tags require. That holds for an order placed on Shopify or on any other channel you connect to Flexport's Fast Tag program, with no change to how the rest of your orders route.
Yes, you can run Flexport alongside another 3PL or your own warehouse, because Pipe17 treats Flexport as one location in a fulfillment network. Order routing sends each order to Flexport, another 3PL such as ShipBob or Amazon MCF, or your own warehouse, and can split one order across locations. When you set stockouts to re-route, an order Flexport cannot fill goes to the next location your rules allow.
An inbound shipment created in Pipe17 becomes a Flexport shipping plan with its items and packing details, the same job an advance ship notice does for a warehouse, so your stock is expected when it reaches the Flexport warehouse. Receipts then post against each arrival, and the checked-in units become sellable on every channel. The Flexport setup guide covers the Logistics API key the inbound flows use.
The shipping request in Pipe17 takes the status you set for each case, such as review required or canceled with the stock released, and the order's activity records what Flexport reported. When the status you set re-routes the order, routing sends it to another location and the channel order stays open until it ships. Anything that needs a person triggers an exception with its history attached.
Pipe17, an order management system (OMS), connects to Flexport and runs the order operations around it: order capture from every channel, routing to Flexport and other locations, one inventory count, returns, and sync to your ERP. Flexport picks, packs, and ships. A legacy OMS can send orders to Flexport too, but needs an iPaaS beside it to carry the data. Pipe17 does both jobs.
You connect Flexport to Pipe17 with one account sign-in, then switch on products and locations, inventory, and shipping requests once a test order has shipped. Pipe17 maintains the connector through Flexport API changes as part of its managed connectivity network, and the connection carries a 99.9% uptime SLA (Trust Center). Flexport then runs as one more location your routing rules can choose.