--- title: "Connect Paystack and ShipStation - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"New Chargeback\" fires in Paystack, your agent runs \"Create or Update Order\" in ShipStation." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-shipstation" --- # Connect Paystack and ShipStation When **New Chargeback** fires in [Paystack](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack), your agent runs **Create or Update Order** in [ShipStation](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation), or **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation to **Send Simple Invoice** in Paystack. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Paystack **11** triggers Paystack **17** actions ShipStation **1** trigger ShipStation **18** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Paystack and ShipStation to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. 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[Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Paystack and ShipStation can do together ### From Paystack to ShipStation - When **New Chargeback** in Paystack then **Create or Update Order** in ShipStation - When **New Invoice** in Paystack then **Mark Order as Shipped** in ShipStation ### From ShipStation to Paystack - When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Send Simple Invoice** in Paystack - When **New or Updated Order** in ShipStation then **Add Product** in Paystack Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Paystack and ShipStation ## Triggers and actions 12 triggers · 35 actions - Trigger **Abandoned Transaction** Triggers when a customer starts a payment but does not complete it, leaving an abandoned transaction. - Trigger **Cancelled Subscription** Triggers when a subscription is cancelled. - Trigger **New Chargeback** Triggers when a customer files a new chargeback (transaction dispute) on your Paystack account. - Trigger **New Invoice** Triggered when a new invoice (payment request) is created in Paystack. - Trigger **New Order** Triggered when a new order is created on your Paystack storefronts or products. - Trigger **New Payment Page Transaction** Triggers when a customer pays through one of your Paystack payment pages. Returns the transaction with its amount, customer, and the page it came from. - Trigger **New Refund** Triggered when a new refund is created in your Paystack account. - Trigger **New Subscription** Triggers when a new subscription is created on your Paystack integration. - Trigger **New Transaction** Triggers when a new transaction is created on your Paystack integration, optionally limited by status, channel, customer and more. - Trigger **New Transfer** Triggered when a new transfer is created on your Paystack business. - Trigger **Subsciption Renewal** Triggers when a subscription renews, meaning a further payment has been made after its first one. - Action **Add Product** Creates a new product on your Paystack integration and returns the created product. - Action **Cancel Subscription** Cancels an active Paystack subscription so the customer is no longer charged on renewal. - Action **Check Terminal Status** Returns whether a Paystack Terminal is online and available to receive an event, so you can check it before sending one. - Action **Create Refund** Creates a refund for a previously completed Paystack transaction, in full or for part of its amount. Returns the new refund and its status. - Action **Create Subscription** Creates a subscription that puts a customer on one of your plans, and returns the new subscription's id, code and email token. - Action **Create Virtual Terminal** Creates a Virtual Terminal on your Paystack integration, with the WhatsApp numbers that should receive its payment notifications. - Action **Find Customer** Returns the Paystack customer matching an email address or customer code, including their transactions, subscriptions and saved authorizations. - Action **Find Order** Returns the details of a Paystack order, including its customer, items and payment status, for the order ID you supply. - Action **Find Transaction** Returns the transaction that matches a transaction reference, including its status, amount, customer and payment authorization. - Action **Find Transfer** Returns the transfer that matches the specified transfer reference, including its status, amount and recipient. - Action **Get Customer Totals** Returns how many transactions a Paystack customer has made and the total value of those transactions, along with the customer's full record. - Action **Initialize Transaction** Creates a new pending Paystack transaction and returns the checkout link to send your customer to, along with its access code and reference. - Action **Initiate a Direct Debit Request** Starts linking a bank account to a customer for Direct Debit and returns the link the customer opens to authorize the mandate. - Action **Remove Phone Number From Virtual Terminal** Removes one or more WhatsApp phone numbers from a Paystack Virtual Terminal, so they stop receiving its payment notifications. - Action **Resolve Account Number** Returns the account name registered to a bank account number, so you can confirm who an account belongs to before paying it. - Action **Send Simple Invoice** Creates a payment request that issues an invoice to a customer and, by default, emails it to them. Returns the new invoice, including its request code. - Action **Share Link for Updating Subscription Card** Returns a link you can share with a customer so they can update the card on their subscription. - Trigger **New or Updated Order** Polling trigger: fires when an order is created or modified. - Action **Add Warehouse** Create a new warehouse location. - Action **Create or Update Order** Create a new order or update an existing one (upsert by orderNumber/orderKey). - Action **Delete Order** Delete (deactivate) an order by its ShipStation order ID. - Action **Get Customer** Retrieve a single customer by customer ID. - Action **Get Order** Retrieve a single order by its ShipStation order ID. - Action **Get Product** Retrieve a single product by ID. - Action **Get Rates** Get shipping rate estimates for a carrier between two locations and package. - Action **Get Store** Retrieve details of a single store by ID. - Action **Get Warehouse** Retrieve details of a single warehouse by ID. - Action **List Carriers** List the shipping carriers connected to the account. - Action **List Customers** List customers in the ShipStation account. - Action **List Orders** List orders, optionally filtered by status, customer, or modified date. - Action **List Products** List products in the ShipStation catalog. - Action **List Stores** Retrieve the list of stores connected to the account. - Action **List Warehouses** List the ship-from warehouse locations configured in the account. - Action **Mark Order as Shipped** Mark an order as shipped with a carrier code and tracking number. - Action **Update Product** Update an existing product's details (SKU, name, price, weight, etc). - Action **Update Warehouse** Update an existing warehouse's name/address/return address. ## Each app on its own - [ **Paystack** Paystack helps African merchants accept one-time and recurring payments online with a modern, safe, and...](https://apiant.ai/connections/paystack) - [ **ShipStation** ShipStation order, shipment, and fulfillment management.](https://apiant.ai/connections/shipstation) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Paystack - [ **Paystack to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-salesforce) - [ **Paystack to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-slack) - [ **Paystack to Stripe** Stripe is a payment processing platform for online businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-stripe) - [ **Paystack to Shopify** Shopify is a commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-shopify) - [ **Paystack to QuickBooks Online** QuickBooks Online accounting — manage customers, invoices, bills, payments, vendors, expenses, and more via...](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-quickbooks-online) - [ **Paystack to Pipedrive** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/paystack-to-pipedrive) ## More into ShipStation - [ **Erpnext to ShipStation** Open-source ERP system for accounting, inventory, manufacturing, sales, projects, and CRM.](https://apiant.ai/connect/erpnext-to-shipstation) - [ **Slack to ShipStation** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. Post messages, manage channels, users, reminders, and react to...](https://apiant.ai/connect/slack-to-shipstation) - [ **Google Calendar to ShipStation** Google Calendar is a time management tool providing scheduling features, event reminders, and integration...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-calendar-to-shipstation) - [ **Google Drive to ShipStation** Google Drive is a cloud storage solution for uploading, sharing, and collaborating on files across devices...](https://apiant.ai/connect/google-drive-to-shipstation) - [ **Pipedrive to ShipStation** Pipedrive is a sales CRM and pipeline management tool.](https://apiant.ai/connect/pipedrive-to-shipstation) - [ **ActiveCampaign to ShipStation** ActiveCampaign is a marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/activecampaign-to-shipstation) Questions ## Paystack and ShipStation, answered ### ### What can start an automation from Paystack? Any of Paystack's 11 triggers in the catalog, including New Chargeback, New Invoice, New Order and New Payment Page Transaction. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one. ### ### What can your agent do in ShipStation when something happens in Paystack? Any of ShipStation's 18 actions, including Create or Update Order, Update Product, Update Warehouse and Add Warehouse. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from ShipStation to Paystack? Yes. When something happens in ShipStation, your agent can act in Paystack too. This page covers both directions: ShipStation's triggers and Paystack's actions are listed here as well. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Paystack or ShipStation? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Paystack and ShipStation without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.