Crow Shooting is a reliable supplier source, offering a variety of products for seamless integration into your catalog. By connecting Crow Shooting, you gain access to automated inventory updates, accurate stock tracking, and efficient order fulfillment. Setting up this source involves configuring API credentials, mapping product data, and defining inventory rules to ensure smooth operations.
How To Connect
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Log into your Flxpoint account.
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Navigate to the Sources tab from the left-hand menu.
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Click on + Add Source and follow the prompts.
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Click on Start Creating Integrations and select Crow Shooting from the available list.
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On the New Crow Shooting Connection screen, enter the following credentials:
- Connection Name: A custom name for this integration.
- Feed ID: Select the appropriate feed from the dropdown list.
- Type: Enter the value as mentioned in the product feed URL (e.g., CRSH).
- Connection Type: Choose between HTTP Connection or FTP as needed.
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Click Test Connection to verify, then select Save Connection to complete the setup.
Product Operations
Crow Shooting provides multiple feeds for products, inventory, and attributes. The primary operation handles the full product data (including images, categories, attributes, flags, etc.), while the secondary operation can be used for inventory-only updates (quantity and price).
Get Inventory (Primary)
Yes, Get Inventory (Primary) is supported!
This provides full product data from Crow Shooting, including name, description, category, single image, and relevant flags.
Feed/FTP Setup:
- Host: sftp.crowshootingsupply.com
- Username: Ask support for help
- Password: Ask support for help
- Feed files may be named with
_1_or_2_depending on yourfeed_idselection.
We now have an FTP-based approach for GIP/GIS connections
(instead of the older HTTP feed). Please contact Crow Shooting first
to confirm whether your account is on feed 1 or
feed 2. Then, configure that feed_id
in Flxpoint so it imports the correct CSV files for your Crow account.
- Crowshooting_Flxpoint_1_Products.csv
- Crowshooting_Flxpoint_1_Attributes.csv
- Custom Fields: Supported (firearm, ammo, dropship flags)
- Variations: Not Supported (only simple SKUs)
- Generic Pricing: Supported
- Client Pricing: Not Supported
- Quantity: Supported
- Multiple Warehouses: Not Supported
- Weights & Dimensions: Possibly included; weight is in lbs
- Images: Single image per SKU
- Full Feed (not a delta feed)
Get Inventory (Secondary)
Yes, Get Inventory (Secondary) is supported!
This is typically the price and quantity feed from Crow Shooting. It can use the same credentials and a separate feed file (Crowshooting_Flxpoint_1_PriceQty.csv or Crowshooting_Flxpoint_2_PriceQty.csv) depending on feed_id.
Key Details:
- Custom Fields (Variants): Not supported in the price/qty CSV.
- Generic Pricing & Quantity: Supported.
- Multiple Warehouses: Not supported.
- Only partial product data (no images or categories).
Order Operations
Submits orders to Crow Shooting via SOAP web service and then retrieves shipment data.
Send Fulfillment Requests
Yes, Send Fulfillment Requests is supported!
SOAP Workflow with Crow Shooting:
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InitializeCart → returns
CartID -
AddCartItems → pass the SKU, quantity,
CartID -
UpdateCartShipping → pass shipping method,
CartID -
UpdateCartPayment → pass PaymentTypeID,
CartID, optionalCreditCardToken
- IfCreditCardTokenis present, we setcardPayment= 1
- If not,cardPayment= 2 -
SubmitCartAsOrder → returns
OrderID(saved as the confirmation number)
Crow Shooting does not require us to send a separate “FR#.” Once SubmitCartAsOrder is called, the supplier returns the official OrderID.
Required Fields: Billing & shipping addresses, shipping method, and items.
Get Shipments
Yes, Get Shipments is supported!
You can retrieve shipment details from Crow Shooting after the order is placed.
Key Points:
- We use the
OrderIDfrom SubmitCartAsOrder to query shipments. - Tracking is available at the order level.
- Partial shipments may occur. If the supplier splits the order, each partial shipment is returned.
- Invoice data is not provided. Custom fields are not provided.