Rakuten - Configure for Automated Fulfillment

This article outlines the steps required for configuring your Rakuten integration.

1. Configure product SKUs
2. Gather shipping methods
3. Gather API credentials
4. Enable API access
5. Enabling inventory tracking

Configure SKUs

Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) are merchant-defined codes that uniquely identify products in a warehouse. It is critical that the SKUs defined in Rakuten are identical to the SKUs loaded into your fulfillment provider's warehouse management system.

Configure SKUs in Rakuten.

Gather shipping methods

As part of the third-party fulfillment setup, a mapping must be created from each unique shipping method option to the corresponding code used by your fulfillment provider.

Gather shipping methods from Rakuten.

Gather API credentials

The API (Application Programming Interface) provides automated communication between connected systems. In order to enable API access, the required credentials must be gathered from Rakuten.

Gather API credentials from Rakuten.

Enable API access

Enter the API credentials in PackageBee to enable automated fulfillment.

Enable API access in PackageBee.

Enable inventory tracking

The integration supports inventory tracking and management.

Enable inventory tracking for Rakuten.