Step 1: Connect QuickBooks Commerce to CartRover as Cart
Step 2: Connect 3PL Central to CartRover as WMS
Supported Workflows
- CartRover retrieves new sales orders from QuickBooks Commerce
- CartRover delivers the sales orders to 3PL Central
- CartRover retrieves shipment tracking and inventory levels from 3PL Central
- CartRover delivers shipment tracking and inventory levels to QuickBooks Commerce
Required Parameters
Credentials from 3PL Central that are needed to set up this connection in CartRover. The setup guide will explain further instructions.
WMS Parameters:
- Warehouse Name
- 3PL Key/GUID (sometimes referred to as TPL)
- 3PL Facility ID
Merchant Parameters:
- Customer ID
- API Client ID
- API Client Secret
- 3PL User Name
- 3PL Password
Note: CartRover uses the new 3PL Central REST API. You must first contact support@3plcentral.com and request access to their REST API.
Step-by-step guide
1. If the warehouse has not already done so, they must first contact support@3plcentral.com and request access to their REST API with the following permissions.
2. For each client/merchant, you must contact 3PL Central support (support@3plcentral.com) and ask for the following information (can take 1-2 business days):
Can you please provide us REST API credentials for the following client(s):
<Customer Name>
API credentials needed:
- Customer ID
- Client ID
- Client Secret
- TPL
Permissions required:
- orders - read/write
- items - read
- inventory - read
- customers - read
3. The credentials guide below explains how to find the remaining credentials and where to enter them in CartRover.
Credentials Guide:
|
Credential
|
Where to find it
|
Example
|
Where to Enter in CartRover
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Customer ID
|
Request from support@3plcentral.com |
85 | Under the Merchant > Edit Setup |
|
API Client ID |
Request from support@3plcentral.com | 3ccf3f9b-5d4b-5ffb-a5f7-d5e14954b631 | Under the Merchant > Edit Setup |
|
API Client Secret |
Request from support@3plcentral.com | ZPIztBTgtN0nBSTp4wTEPGQQ9GtRYUlK | Under the Merchant > Edit Setup |
| Warehouse Name | Once logged in to 3PL Central, the Warehouse Name will be in the top right corner next to the current customer | WMS Setup tab | |
| 3PL Key/GUID "TPL" |
This is the long string in brackets that is at the end of your 3PL Central login URL. For example: http://secure-wms.com/PresentationTier/LoginForm.aspx?3pl={d5d508df-0dcb-4724-b65e-5895b224cfe4} |
289amd0b-oe37-7987-b5ad-f0a5eb3a1b41 | WMS Setup tab |
| 3PL Facility ID | Found in 3PL Central under Admin > Manage Warehouses. The first column on the facilities grid is the ID for the corresponding warehouse. | 1 | WMS Setup tab |
|
3PL User Name |
Defined in 3PL Central under Customer > Customer users | Under the Merchant > Edit Setup | |
| 3PL Password | Defined in 3PL Central under Customer > Customer users | Under the Merchant > Edit Setup |