Zenstores is the new way to ship ecommerce orders
Get the pick waves, pick routes and scan to pack of a WMS, without the implementation time and overheads. Live in days, for brands shipping 1,000 to 50,000+ orders a month.
Find out how from Domestic Science 👇
“We dispatch thousands of orders a day through Zenstores, and it hasn't gone down once in a year. Reliable, fair priced, feels like a genuine partner.”
Get everything you need to pick, pack and ship
Live in days, not quarters
No data migration, no new hardware, no consultant. We connect your channels and carriers and build your rules.
Your stock system stays put
Zenstores runs alongside Unleashed, Cin7 and your sales channels rather than replacing them.
Your warehouse, organised
Pick waves, prioritised queues and pick routes are generated before your team arrives for the shift.
Scales with your volume
The same setup runs 100 orders a day or 5,000, with pick waves and batch label printing built in.
Carrier decisions made by rule
Weight, value, destination and channel decide the service on every order, with nobody choosing at dispatch.
Scan, pack and print fast
Your team scans each item as it packs. The wrong product cannot reach the box, and the label prints the moment the order matches.
- Every order line confirmed by scan
- Mismatches flagged before the parcel is sealed
- Label prints only on a confirmed match
Change how you ship in minutes, not sprints
Drag a trigger, a condition and an action into place and the rule is live. Nobody raises a ticket to route orders differently.
- Trigger, condition and action dragged into place
- Conditions on value, weight, channel, SKU and destination
- Rules apply the moment an order lands
Waves built overnight, ready for the shift
The warehouse features that change your dispatch day, without implementing a warehouse system. Waves, priorities and routes are worked out before anyone arrives.
- Pick waves generated before your team starts
- Priority and cut-off orders surfaced at the top
- Routes mapped so nobody walks the warehouse twice
Full WMS, or a lite one for dispatch. Capability, Helm and Zenstores compared.
A full WMS, or a lite one for dispatch Helm runs the whole warehouse, from goods in to stock control. Zenstores runs the dispatch end of it, and starts working the same week.
| Capability | Helm | Zenstores |
|---|---|---|
| What it covers | Helm A full warehouse system: guided goods in, location hierarchies, replenishment and stock control alongside dispatch. Source: helmwms.com, July 2026. | Zenstores A lite WMS for dispatch: pick waves, pick routes, scan to pack, automation and carrier routing. |
| Going live | Helm Implementation time varies by warehouse size, and Helm says it is far quicker than ERP-based systems. ERPs typically take 6 months +. Source: helmwms.com, January 2026. | Zenstores Live in days. We connect your channels and carriers and build your rules with you. |
| Your stock system | Helm Inventory control is part of the platform. | Zenstores Runs alongside where you keep your stock, whether that's on Shopify, in Unleashed, Cin7 or somewhere else. |
| At higher volumes | Helm Multi-warehouse support comes on the higher tiers. Source: explorewms.com, 2026. | Zenstores Multi-warehouse support included on every plan. Set locations in automations and in carrier settings. |
| Best fit | Helm Brands and 3PLs that want the whole warehouse in one system. | Zenstores Brands who move fast, value flexibility and just want to get more done, in less time. |
How brands move dispatch onto Zenstores
There is no implementation project. Our team does the setup with you and most brands are live within days.
Try it on live orders
Connect your sales channels and dispatch a few real parcels. Nothing changes in your current system while you try it.
We build your automation
We connect your carriers and build routing on your weights, values and destinations. No technical work at your end.
Hand the shift over
Waves, labels and carrier choices run themselves. We stay on the phone as your volume grows.
Questions about Zenstores and Helm
Helm is a full warehouse management system, covering goods in, stock control, purchasing and warehouse operations. Zenstores is a lite WMS for the dispatch end: pick waves, pick routes, scan to pack, carrier routing and customs. If dispatch is the bottleneck, Zenstores fixes it without an operations-wide implementation.
No. Zenstores runs the dispatch workflow on its own, and works alongside the inventory system you already use, including Unleashed, Cin7 and your sales channels.
Most businesses are live and shipping within a few days. Our team connects your sales channels and carrier accounts and builds your automation rules, so there is no implementation project to run.
Yes. The same setup that handles 50 orders a day handles several thousand, with pick waves, batch label printing and scan-to-pack built in.
Yes. HS codes, IOSS, customs paperwork and DDP services are applied automatically at dispatch across DHL Express, FedEx, Pro Carrier, Royal Mail and Parcelforce.
No. Zenstores runs alongside your existing stock system, including Unleashed, Cin7, or your sales channels, handling dispatch rather than inventory control.
Yes. You can connect your sales channels and start dispatching real orders through Zenstores immediately, with nothing changing in your stock system while you try it.
Yes, multi-warehouse routing is set up through automation rules and carrier settings.
No. Zenstores covers the dispatch side of your warehouse, pick waves, routing, scan-to-pack and carrier booking, rather than goods-in, purchasing or stock control, which a full WMS like Helm handles.
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