Shippo Shipping Automation & Approvals
Run Shippo on autopilot. Keep the veto.
95 actions
A batch shipment fires before you catch the wrong carrier rate, wrong template, wrong everything. Rills proposes each Shippo action; you approve before it ships.
Interactive. No signup. 14 days free · approvals always free.
Most automation fires first, asks later. Rills shows you the change before it ships.
Every consequential e-commerce action from Shippo arrives on your phone first. Approve in seconds. Decline without explaining yourself. Workflows wait, paused at zero cost, until you decide.
Queue 3
Purchase labels for 34 orders using USPS Priority rate?
34 orders · all marked ready to ship since yesterday
Avg label cost $8.42 · total batch $286.28
Same carrier and template as last Thursday's run
Free to wait. Free to think.
Approvals and logic don't cost a credit. Pause a workflow for three hours or three weeks. The price is the same: zero. You only pay when something real happens: an AI call, an outbound action.
Approve from your phone in five seconds.
Swipe right when you're sure. Decline when you're not. Between meetings, mid-coffee, on the train. No dashboard to babysit, no inbox triage, and no surprise send you find out about after it's already out the door.
Routine cases graduate themselves.
Every approval feeds a confidence score for that exact workflow shape. The obvious cases (the ones you've green-lit fifty times) start running on their own. The judgment calls still come to you.
About Shippo automation
Batch shipments, carrier account updates, and refund requests inside Shippo can go out the moment something upstream changes, and the ones that go wrong show up as angry customers, not error logs.
When Shippo runs unsupervised
Shippo automation moves fast. A merchant transaction fires, a refund posts, a parcel template gets deleted, and by the time you see it the label is already purchased or the customer already has the wrong confirmation.
- A Create Merchant Transaction runs against a stale rate and purchases a carrier label at the wrong price before you see the quote.
- A Create Merchant Refund processes on a flagged order you were already disputing with the carrier.
- A Delete Default Parcel Template removes a template used across active listings, breaking every label that follows.
- A Create Merchant Batch queues dozens of shipments using a service group you were in the middle of changing.
- A Create Merchant Carrier Account adds credentials you haven't verified, and every subsequent rate pull routes through it silently.
What Rills does inside Shippo
Rills sits between the trigger and the Shippo action. Before a Create Merchant Transaction purchases a label, before a Create Merchant Refund posts, or before a Create Merchant Batch goes out, the proposal waits in your queue for you to approve Shippo actions on your terms.
The label still gets bought; you just see the rate, the carrier, and the template before it ships.
Why Shippo has no triggers and how Rills fills the gap
Shippo does not emit native event triggers, so nothing fires automatically to start a workflow. Rills compensates by polling, scheduling, and connecting upstream signals so e-commerce operators still get timely Shippo automation without unsupervised execution.
- Scheduled polling on List Merchant Transactions surfaces new orders on a cadence you set, then proposes a batch label run for your approval.
- Upstream order events from your store trigger a Create Merchant Shipment proposal, queued before any label is purchased.
- A scheduled check on List Merchant Carrier Accounts flags credential changes or new accounts added outside Rills so nothing routes through an unreviewed carrier.
- A Create Live Rate call runs on a schedule before your daily batch, proposing the cheapest qualifying service group and waiting for your call before committing.
What Rills can do in Shippo
4 of 95 actions across reads, writes, and updates.
- 01
Create Shippo Address
Store sender or recipient addresses in Shippo for use in shipping labels and transactions, with optional carrier validation to ensure delivery accuracy.
- 02
Create Parcel
Define package dimensions and weight in Shippo to calculate accurate shipping rates and generate labels for your orders. This creates the parcel specifications needed before you can finalize shipments.
- 03
Create Shipment
Creates a new shipment and generates shipping rates by specifying the origin and destination addresses along with package details. This helps you find the most cost-effective shipping options before sending items to customers.
- 04
Create Transaction
Purchase a shipping label for your orders by selecting a shipping rate or providing shipment details directly, enabling you to generate carrier-ready labels instantly.
Common questions about Shippo automation
How do I automate Shippo label creation without losing control?
Rills proposes the label or transaction before anything ships. You review the carrier, rate, and parcel details, then approve from your phone. Nothing goes to the carrier until you say so. Approvals and workflow logic are free; you only pay when a real action fires.
Can I get mobile approvals before Shippo batches go out?
Yes. When Rills queues a merchant batch, it lands in your mobile approval queue first. You see exactly what is being batched and which accounts are involved. Swipe to approve from your phone or reject it before a single label prints. No dashboard required.
How do I automate Shippo refunds without letting AI fire them unsupervised?
Rills can propose a merchant refund based on conditions you define, but it waits for your approval before the request goes to Shippo. If the refund looks wrong, you reject it on the spot. The AI never files a refund you have not reviewed.
Can I automate Shippo carrier account setup for new merchants?
Rills can draft a new carrier account creation for any merchant you onboard and hold it for your review. You confirm the details are correct before the account is created. Routine setups you trust can graduate to autonomous over time as Rills learns your patterns.
How do I automate Shippo customs items for international orders?
Rills can propose customs item records, including descriptions and values, and queue them for your approval before they attach to any shipment. International shipments with wrong customs data cause delays and fees, so Rills keeps you in the loop before anything goes out.
How is Rills different from Zapier for Shippo automation?
Zapier runs the action the moment the trigger fires. Rills proposes the action and waits for your approval before it executes. If AI picks the wrong rate or wrong carrier, you catch it before it ships, not after a customer complains. You keep the veto on every step.
Why use Rills instead of Make for Shippo workflows?
Make executes your scenario automatically. Rills inserts a human checkpoint so you decide what actually runs. For shipping, where a wrong label or a misrouted batch causes real customer pain, having AI propose and you approve is worth more than pure automation speed.
How much does Rills cost for Shippo automation?
Approvals and all workflow logic are free. You only pay for real actions, meaning AI calls and the actual Shippo operations Rills executes on your behalf. You can build and review your entire Shippo automation setup without paying anything until actions fire.