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# Legacy ShipStation – Setting up a Custom Store

This is a guide for our legacy ShipStation integration, which is no longer available to install. For an up-to-date guide on how to connect to ShipStation, please [go here](/integration-setup-guides/shipping-services/shipstation-integration-setup.md).

In order to allow Order Desk to send orders to ShipStation, you’ll need to set up a ShipStation Custom Store. This guide will walk you through that process.

If you have not yet enabled the **ShipStation** integration inside of Order Desk, click on **Manage Integrations** and enable ShipStation under the Shipping tab.

Now open up ShipStation in a new browser tab and login to your account. Click the **Settings** gear in the upper right corner of your ShipStation interface:

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Then click **Selling Channels**

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Click the green **Connect a Store or Marketplace** button

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Enter the search text “custom” and select the **Custom Store** option. (If you are using FoxyCart, search for the FoxyCart option instead.)

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Now switch back to your Order Desk browser tab and copy the **Custom URL**, **Username**, and **Password** from Order Desk and enter these details on the ShipStation Custom Store connection page. (If you are using FoxyCart, this information will look a little different — just follow the instructions.)

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When finished, click **Connect**

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Now you can edit the new store settings in ShipStation. You can set a name like Order Desk. You may want to allow the store to **auto-update** periodically. Otherwise you’ll need to manually sync the store to download orders to ShipStation from Order Desk. You should not change the **Order Statuses** Order Desk supports the default values). Please leave the default marketplace notification settings in place so that ShipStation can send shipment notices to Order Desk.

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To check your new store and download any pending orders, please hold the mouse over the **Update** icon in the upper right corner and select your new marketplace.

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Your new orders will appear in ShipStation. Congratulations, you are connected!

### Related Articles

* Legacy ShipStation – Setup


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