--- title: "Shipping Receiving Software for Shopify Warehouses" description: "Shipping receiving software for Shopify warehouses that scan-check vendor POs, put stock away, then pick, pack and label orders from the same floor system." url: https://www.skusavvy.com/shipping-receiving-software lastUpdated: 2026-11-09 --- # Shipping Receiving Software for Shopify Warehouses Shipping receiving software is the system that runs both dock doors: checking vendor purchase orders in, putting stock in a bin, then picking, packing and labeling the orders that go back out. Label printers shop rates well. They do not run receiving or put-away. SKUSavvy does that floor loop on a phone or tablet, and available stock is kept in sync with your Shopify store. [START TRIAL](https://app.skusavvy.com/register) [SEE PRICING](https://www.skusavvy.com/skusavvy-pricing) ## What Shipping Receiving Software Actually Does Most results for this keyword are shipping-label products and roundups of postage tools. Those buy a label. Warehouse shipping and receiving software is a different job. It starts when a vendor shipment hits the dock and ends when a packed carton leaves with a tracking number. In between, someone has to count what arrived against what was ordered, put units in a real bin, pick those units later without walking the long way around, pack the right items and only then buy postage. We make SKUSavvy, a mobile warehouse management system for Shopify brands, so read this with that lens. This page is about the two-door loop: inbound check-in plus outbound ship. For the broader product, see [SKUSavvy's warehouse management software](/warehouse-management-software). For a deeper look at outbound pick, pack and labels alone, see [shipping and fulfillment software](/shipping-and-fulfillment-software). If you already run ShipStation, Pirate Ship, Shippo or Easyship, you are not wrong. Those tools are built to rate-shop and print a label. They are not built to scan a purchase order against expected quantity, confirm an over-receive or walk a put-away path to a bin. Treating them as shipping receiving software leaves the inbound door on a clipboard. ## The Receiving Door: Check In, Count, Put Away Receiving is where on-hand becomes true or stays a guess. A pile on the dock is not inventory you can pick. ![SKUSavvy purchase order check-in with received quantities and destination bins](https://res.cloudinary.com/deoyetsee/image/upload/v1794190612/a5a3ed0a0fcea499f1662f72bcb19a9f.png) When a purchase order arrives, the check-in has to match what showed up to what you ordered, line by line. In SKUSavvy you open the inbound shipment and scan or enter the received quantity for each item. You pick destination bins, with putaway routing when that is set up. If you received more than you ordered, a confirmation dialog asks you to accept the over-receive instead of silently writing a higher count. Lots and expiry dates can be assigned when you receive. If a variant uses serial numbers, those can be entered at check-in too. Units become received, on-hand stock when you allocate them to a bin, including a staging bin. Complete finishes the shipment after the counted units are in bins. After check-in you can run a staged put-away batch: scan the item, scan the destination bin and confirm the quantity. The walk is the point. The next picker should find the unit where the system says it lives. The step-by-step lives in [PO receiving and check-in](/docs/guides/purchase-orders/receiving). QuickBooks Online users should know the accounting side is separate from the floor side. A new purchase order can create a draft bill, and check-in bills the received quantity. That integration is a $50 per month add-on. It syncs vendors, products, inventory adjustments and item costs. It does not create customer invoices. Item cost uses a weighted average or the last purchase-order cost. ## The Shipping Door: Pick, Pack, Label, Manifest Outbound shipping is pick, pack and a label, then a way to close the day with the carrier. ![SKUSavvy fulfill hub showing outbound shipments ready to pack and ship](https://res.cloudinary.com/deoyetsee/image/upload/v1794190612/e5ae990ba46097007712c16b20cb6b46.png) Customer orders land on the fulfill hub. You batch what should go out together and pick along a walking path planned from your bin layout. Products without lot tracking follow that travel path, not oldest stock first. With lot tracking on and earliest-expiration ordering selected, SKUSavvy can pick the lots that expire soonest first. At the pack station, packaging suggestions come from item dimensions and the boxes you have configured. The packer can clear a suggestion. With pack scans enabled, SKUSavvy flags a scanned item that does not match the order before shipping. After every box is packed, and weighed if you use a scale station, you buy a label. Labels print through ShipEngine, Shopify Shipping, Stamps.com for USPS, or a direct UPS, FedEx or USPS connection. After packing, a shipping rules engine called AutoPilot can pick the carrier and service from rules you set. It buys the label only when auto-approve is on and the rate sits inside your cost limits. Otherwise the selected rate waits for a packer. AutoPilot does not choose the box, and it is not AI. Packing slips print at 4x6 or letter. End of day, create a manifest for each carrier and ship date covering that warehouse’s purchased labels, then print it for the handoff. The outbound fulfillment deep-dive, including rates and multi-box shipments, is on [shipping and fulfillment software](/shipping-and-fulfillment-software). ## Label Tools vs Warehouse Shipping Receiving Software A fair split of the job. Label tools earn their keep on postage. A warehouse system earns it on the floor. | Job | Shipping-label tools | Spreadsheets | SKUSavvy | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Receive a vendor PO against expected quantity | Usually out of scope | Manual tallies | Scan or enter counts on the inbound shipment, with an over-receive confirm | | Put stock in a bin | No | A cell in a sheet | Check-in destinations, then optional staged put-away | | Pick a customer order | No, or an export into another app | Highlighted rows | Walking-path picks from your layout; optional expiry-first picking for tracked lots | | Verify the pack | Sometimes, if you add a step | No | With pack scans enabled, SKUSavvy flags a scanned item that does not match the order before shipping | | Buy and print a shipping label | Yes, this is their core job | No | Yes, after the shipment is packed | | Close the day with the carrier | Sometimes | Another sheet | Shipping manifests by date and carrier | | Tell Shopify what you can sell | Varies by inventory app | No | Available quantity, on-hand minus committed, is sent to Shopify | You can keep a postage tool if you want and still need a warehouse system for receiving and bins. SKUSavvy can also pack in-app and buy the label in Shopify instead, which is slower, with tracking syncing after. To keep both dock doors in one system, do the pack and the label in SKUSavvy. ## Features and Benefits How SKUSavvy runs shipping and receiving on the floor, and what that changes for a Shopify warehouse. | Feature | What it does | Why it matters | | --- | --- | --- | | PO check-in | Count received quantity, confirm an over-receive and choose destination bins | The receiving door writes truth into bins, not a pile on the dock | | Scan-based put-away | Scan the item, scan the destination bin and confirm the quantity | The next picker can find the unit where the system says it lives | | Walking-path picks | A route planned from your warehouse layout | Less walking. Non-lot items do not pick oldest-first | | Pack scans | With pack scans enabled, flags a scanned item that does not match the order | Fewer mis-ships leave the building | | Packaging suggestions | A box suggestion from item dimensions and configured boxes | A starting point the packer can clear, not a locked choice | | Shipping labels | ShipEngine, Shopify Shipping, Stamps.com, UPS, FedEx or USPS after the carton is packed | You buy postage for the box you actually built | | AutoPilot rules | After packing, picks carrier and service from your rules and cost limits | Automation, not AI. It does not choose the box | | Shipping manifests | Carrier manifests for purchased labels, by ship date and warehouse | Close the dock without exporting another spreadsheet | | Shopify available quantity | On-hand minus committed, sent to Shopify as stock updates | Shopify receives available stock quantities from SKUSavvy | ### Using Savvy Bot at the Dock Savvy Bot is the in-app AI assistant. Together with the AI Report Generator, those are the AI features in SKUSavvy. You can ask it about an inbound purchase order, a flagged receiving discrepancy or which shipments are still waiting on a packer. Suggested edits stay off until you approve them. AutoPilot is separate on purpose. It is a shipping rules engine that runs after the shipment is packed. It is not AI, and it does not pick a box for you. Keep those names straight so a dock lead knows what is a suggestion from the assistant and what is a rule you already wrote. ## A Day on Both Docks The loop is the same every day. The judgment calls stay human. Here is the floor sequence most teams actually run: 1. Open inbound orders and start check-in on the shipment that just landed. 2. Scan or count each line. Assign lots or serials when the variant needs them. Confirm any over-receive. 3. Put units in the destination bin, or run a staged put-away batch: scan item, scan bin, confirm quantity. 4. Available quantity updates. Shopify receives available stock quantities from SKUSavvy. 5. On the outbound side, batch orders on the fulfill hub and pick along the walking path. 6. Pack the shipment. Accept or clear the box suggestion. Run pack scans if you use them. 7. Buy the label, or let AutoPilot select a rate inside your rules, then print. 8. Close the day on shipping manifests so each carrier's handoff is on the record. What stays human: which shipment to receive first, whether an over-receive is acceptable, which outbound orders to prioritize and whether a rate that sits outside your limits is still worth buying. The product gathers the counts and the rates. The person on the dock decides. ## Shipping Receiving Software FAQ ### What is shipping receiving software? It is software that runs both dock doors: checking vendor shipments in against a purchase order, putting units in bins, then picking, packing and labeling the customer orders that go back out. Postage tools cover the last step. They are not the whole job. ### How is shipping receiving software different from ShipStation or Pirate Ship? ShipStation, Pirate Ship, Shippo and similar tools are built to compare carrier rates and print shipping labels. Shipping receiving software also handles inbound check-in, put-away and pick verification. You can use a label tool next to a warehouse system, but the receiving door still needs a place that writes counts into bins. ### Does receiving a purchase order update Shopify inventory? On-hand is the physical count. Available is on-hand minus quantity already committed to orders. Shopify receives available stock quantities from SKUSavvy as those numbers change. Shopify inventory edits do not flow back into SKUSavvy once you are live. ### Can I print shipping labels from a phone or tablet? Yes. SKUSavvy is a mobile warehouse system that runs in the browser on a phone or tablet, not a native App Store or Google Play app. After a shipment is packed you can buy and print a label from the same device you used to scan. ### What happens if I receive more than I ordered? SKUSavvy asks you to confirm an over-receive instead of silently raising the count. You decide whether those extra units should land in a bin. ### Does SKUSavvy automatically pick the cheapest shipping rate? After packing, AutoPilot can pick a carrier and service from rules you set and a speed-versus-cost score. It buys the label only when auto-approve is on and the rate sits inside your cost limits. Otherwise it waits for a packer. It does not choose the box, and it is not AI. ### Is this the same as shipping and fulfillment software? They overlap on the outbound door. Shipping and fulfillment software is the pick, pack and label path. This page covers that path plus inbound receiving and put-away, because teams searching for shipping receiving software are buying one system for both docks. ### Keep Reading #### Warehouse Management Software The full SKUSavvy WMS for Shopify brands: bins, receiving, picking and shipping. [EXPLORE THE WMS](https://www.skusavvy.com/warehouse-management-software) #### Shipping and Fulfillment Software Outbound pick, pack, rates and labels when you want the shipping door in more detail. [SEE SHIPPING AND FULFILLMENT](https://www.skusavvy.com/shipping-and-fulfillment-software) #### PO Receiving and Check-In Count, put away and label stock when a purchase order hits the dock. [READ THE RECEIVING GUIDE](https://www.skusavvy.com/docs/guides/purchase-orders/receiving) ## Run Both Dock Doors in One System Start a 30-day trial, check in a purchase order or pack an order from your phone.