Shopify IntegrationAdd Same-Day Local Delivery to Your Shopify Store
Connect UniHop to your Shopify store and route local delivery orders automatically — without switching tabs, re-entering addresses, or managing a separate fulfillment workflow for every order.
Overview
What Does the Shopify + UniHop Integration Do?
When a customer places a local delivery order in your Shopify store, the UniHop integration sends that order directly to the UniHop platform — pickup address, drop-off address, order notes, and timing all included. No manual re-entry. No copy-paste between systems. The order is dispatched, monitored, and confirmed through UniHop while your Shopify store stays the source of truth for inventory and order records.
Setup
How to Connect Shopify to UniHop
Generate Your UniHop API Credentials
Contact the UniHop team to get your API credentials. You will receive a client ID and a public/private RSA key pair for signing the JWT tokens used in every API request. Keep your private key secure — it is used to authenticate all requests from your Shopify backend.
Set Up a Shopify Webhook or App Integration
Configure a Shopify webhook to fire on the orders/fulfilled or orders/create event (depending on your fulfillment workflow). The webhook payload contains the order details you will use to build the UniHop delivery request — pickup address from your store location and drop-off from the customer's shipping address.
Submit Orders to the UniHop API
When the webhook fires, call the UniHop POST /orders endpoint with the pickup and drop-off addresses, order reference, timing preferences, and delivery style. Use your JWT token in the Authorization header. UniHop returns an order ID you can store against the Shopify order for tracking.
Handle Status Updates via Webhooks
Configure your UniHop webhook endpoint to receive delivery status events — dispatched, picked up, en route, delivered, and failed. Use these to update fulfillment status in Shopify and send tracking information to your customers.
Use Cases
What Types of Shopify Stores Use UniHop?
Local Retail Stores with Online + In-Store Sales
Shopify stores with a physical location can offer same-day local delivery as a checkout option. Orders placed before a cutoff time are dispatched from the store and delivered within the local delivery area.
Florists and Gift Shops
Time-sensitive gift deliveries — flowers, specialty items, custom orders — can be routed through UniHop automatically when a customer selects local delivery at checkout.
Food and Beverage Brands
Meal prep brands, specialty food stores, and beverage companies using Shopify for local order management can route same-day delivery orders to UniHop without managing separate fulfillment systems.
Furniture and Large Item Retailers
Shopify stores selling furniture, appliances, or oversized items can use UniHop's Oversize delivery option to dispatch large-item orders with the right vehicle automatically.
Requirements
What You Need to Get Started
- A Shopify store with developer access to configure webhooks or a custom app
- UniHop API credentials (contact the UniHop team to obtain)
- A server-side environment to handle webhook events and make API calls (Shopify Functions, a custom app backend, or a serverless function)
- Your store's pickup address configured in UniHop as the default pickup location
FAQ
Frequently Asked Questions
UniHop integrates with Shopify via API and webhooks rather than a pre-built Shopify app. This gives you full control over the integration logic — including delivery zone filtering, cutoff times, and which orders qualify for same-day local delivery. The UniHop team can help you scope the integration for your specific Shopify setup.
Yes. Shopify supports custom shipping rates through its Carrier Service API. You can build a carrier service integration that checks whether the customer's address falls within your local delivery zone and returns a UniHop delivery option at checkout. Orders that select local delivery are then submitted to UniHop automatically on fulfillment.
UniHop sends status events via webhooks as the delivery progresses — dispatched, picked up, en route, delivered. Your integration can use these events to update the Shopify order timeline and send tracking notifications to customers. The UniHop platform also provides a tracking link that can be included in your order confirmation emails.
All UniHop delivery styles are available via the API — Standard for everyday drop-offs, Hybrid for a dedicated pickup driver with courier-network last-mile delivery, Special Handling for fragile or time-sensitive orders, and Oversize for large items requiring a specific vehicle type. Specify the delivery style in the API request based on the order type.
Yes. The Shopify + UniHop integration is an API-level connection that requires server-side code to handle webhooks and make API calls. If your team does not have a developer available, the UniHop team can walk you through the integration requirements or connect you with a partner who can implement it.
Ready to add local delivery to your Shopify store?
Talk to the UniHop team about your Shopify setup and we will help you scope the integration.
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