Should I build a custom Shopify-WMS integration for fulfillment?

[Donald_G]

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[Elizabeth_G]

I’m trying to decide if it’s worth the effort to build a custom integration between my Shopify store and our legacy warehouse management system. The built-in apps don’t quite handle our specific picking and packing workflow, but I’m worried about the ongoing maintenance and potential downtime. Has anyone gone through a similar custom development project for their fulfillment process?

[Jacob_H]

Yep, we built a bridge between Shopify and our legacy warehouse system last year. It started as a small proof of concept and grew into a real integration with order exports, pack slips, and status updates. We kept a staging environment, a simple rollback plan, and an on call person who handled outages. It helped with picking accuracy and visibility, but ongoing maintenance still felt steady rather than glamorous.

[Jack_R]

Sometimes I wonder if the problem isn’t how we design the process rather than the tech. We spent months on data models and timing, only to see bottlenecks in the picking queue. A cleaner process first, then add tech as a fallback might have saved a lot of hair pulling.

[EleanorGW]

We did a custom build, but API changes in the old system forced hotfixes every couple weeks. It was exhausting. We pivoted to a managed integration layer and pared the custom logic down to essentials.

[Anthony.G]

Honestly, we’re still in flight. The plan looked solid, but downtime during releases surprised us. We added feature flags and a longer deploy window, but I still dread the next rollback.

[FrankLL]

I started by tallying orders per hour and mapping fields, then got stuck chasing edge cases. Way later I realized half the issues were naming mismatches in the data. Fixed once, then forgot why we worried.

[EvelynL]

Have you tested a staged cutover with a dark period, or are you counting on a seamless migration?