Save Time with Automatic Shipments

You've packed the order, printed the shipping label, and delivered the package to the carrier. Now you need to log into Bol.com, find the order, confirm the shipment, and enter the track & trace. For one order, that might take two minutes. But with 50 orders per day? That's almost two hours of administrative work. Time you could spend much better.

Why Shipment Confirmations Are So Important

Shipment confirmations are more than an administrative formality. They are crucial for:

• Customer satisfaction: The customer gets a notification that the package is on its way
• Track & trace: Without confirmation, the customer doesn't get tracking info
• Seller performance: Bol.com measures how quickly you confirm shipments
• Fewer questions: Customers who can track their package contact you less

The Problem with Manual Confirmation

Manually confirming shipments has several disadvantages:

Time Loss

Every confirmation takes time: logging in, finding the order, updating status, entering track & trace. With multiple orders per day, this adds up quickly.

Delay

You might only confirm at the end of the day, or the next morning. In the meantime, the customer is waiting for tracking info and Bol.com notes the delay.

Errors

Entering a wrong track & trace number is easy to do. And then you get questions from customers trying to track a package that isn't theirs.

How Does Automatic Shipment Confirmation Work?

With automation, the process works as follows:

1. You ship an order from Shopify (manually or via your fulfillment system)
2. You add the track & trace in Shopify
3. BolSync automatically detects the shipment
4. The shipment is confirmed immediately on Bol.com, including track & trace
5. The customer automatically receives a notification

This entire process takes seconds and requires no extra action from you.

The Time Savings in Numbers

Let's make a realistic calculation:

• Manual confirmation: 2 minutes per order
• 50 orders per day: 100 minutes = 1 hour 40 minutes
• Per month: 35 hours on shipment confirmations alone
• With automation: 0 minutes

Those 35 hours per month you can spend on product development, marketing, or simply free time.

Does It Work with All Carriers?

Most automation systems work with all common Dutch carriers:

• PostNL
• DHL
• DPD
• GLS
• UPS

As long as you add a track & trace number in Shopify, it's automatically passed on to Bol.com.

"Confirming shipments used to be the most annoying part of my day. Now I sometimes forget it needs to be done, because it's fully automatic."

Getting Started

Setting up automatic shipment confirmations is simple. After installing BolSync, all your Shopify shipments are automatically passed to Bol.com. You don't need to do anything extra - it just works.