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BestTrackCustomer FAQ
Answers for real store workflows

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Clear answers for setup, order syncing, customer tracking, custom checkpoints, email notifications, plans, billing, and common errors.

49 verified answersCurrent productUpdated Sep 10, 2026
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Common questions, direct answers.

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Installation & basic setup

Start with the right settings.

7 questions
01What does BestTrack do?

BestTrack syncs Shopify orders and fulfillment tracking into one merchant dashboard. Merchants can search and filter shipments, export CSV data, publish a tracking-number lookup page under the store domain, enable customer emails, and use Dropshipping Mode for keyword-based location masking and pre-shipment checkpoints. Free includes 300 tracked orders per month; Pro includes 1,000 for $9 per calendar month plus $0.03 per additional order.

02What should I configure first after installing BestTrack?
  1. Confirm that recent orders appear in the tracking dashboard; installation syncs up to 300 orders from the previous 60 days without using the monthly allowance.
  2. Publish /apps/bestrack to the Main menu or Footer menu.
  3. Choose and enable the customer email events you need.
  4. If relevant, enable Dropshipping Mode and configure English Region Blocking keywords and Custom Checkpoints.
  5. Save enabled checkpoints; they apply automatically to existing and newly synced orders. Use Apply only for preview or manual adjustment.
  6. Dropshipping Mode is off by default. Enable it to use its customer-facing features.
03Why did BestTrack not send emails automatically after installation?

Customer shipment events are off by default. Open Notification → Notify Customer, enable the events you want, and save. BestTrack sends only when a new matching status occurs after the event is enabled; it does not backfill earlier events.

Available shipment events: In Transit, Out for Delivery, Ready for Pickup, Delivery Failed, and Exception. Custom Checkpoint Reached is a separate event.

04Does BestTrack have a Chinese interface?

The merchant interface is currently English. Free stores can use editable email templates containing Chinese or other language characters. The tracking proxy can translate raw event descriptions and locations for en, zh-CN, fr, es, and de, but the customer bundle still needs to pass the language parameter; do not treat this as confirmed page-level localization.

05Does BestTrack change product prices, inventory, or SKUs?

No. BestTrack is used for order tracking displays, shipment emails, and plan usage. It does not edit product prices, inventory, or SKUs.

06Can I remove the BestTrack watermark?

Contact support to remove the watermark. There is currently no self-service removal option.

07Are EDD, ads and product recommendations free?

Yes. EDD, tracking-page ads and product recommendations are included on Free. Configure them in BestTrack before displaying them to customers.

Order sync & lookup

Find missing orders and understand usage.

7 questions
08Why is a Shopify order missing from BestTrack?
  1. Confirm that the order has usable fulfillment or tracking information.
  2. Refresh the order list and search by order or tracking number.
  3. Check filters and date ranges.
  4. Review plan usage; new orders pause when a Free store exceeds 300 tracked orders in a month.
  5. If it is still missing, send support the store domain, order number, tracking number, order time, and screenshots.
09How can I filter the tracking dashboard for daily operations?

Use the dashboard to search by order or tracking number and narrow the list by shipment status, carrier, destination, order date, or a custom date range. Installation sync can bring in recent orders from the previous 60 days without using the monthly allowance, and new Shopify order or fulfillment updates continue refreshing tracked records after the initial sync.

10How does CSV export work?

BestTrack can export the current page, selected waybills, the current filtered result, or all waybills as CSV. A single export can include up to 50,000 records. Fields can include order and tracking numbers, status, latest event, carrier, destination, tracking-page URL, timing, tags, store details, and customer details when available.

11Do repeated tracking updates for one order use extra quota?

No. Usage is based on tracked orders in the month. Multiple shipment updates for the same order still count as one order.

12How can a customer look up an order?

Publish the store-domain page at /apps/bestrack to a Shopify menu. Customers can look up shipments by tracking number, and the response can include multiple packages, carriers, events, and related item details. Customers can also look up shipments by order number plus email.

13Why is the customer timeline different from the merchant timeline?

This can be expected when Dropshipping Mode applies Region Blocking or Custom Checkpoints. Region Blocking hides matching location fields from the customer response but preserves shipment events and statuses; Custom Checkpoints are synthetic pre-shipment display steps and are not injected into the merchant order detail. The merchant dashboard retains the underlying carrier history.

14Does syncing orders use my allowance?

Initial installation sync imports up to 300 recent orders without using the monthly allowance. Manual sync counts toward the allowance.

Tracking page & region visibility

Control customer-facing shipment details.

4 questions
15How do I hide selected regional tracking events from customers?
  1. Open Dropshipping Mode → Region Blocking and keep the master switch enabled.
  2. Review the default English keywords and add or remove the locations or terms your store needs.
  3. Save the rules.
  4. Verify the result on the customer tracking page.

Matching country, state, city, street, and other location fields are hidden while shipment events and statuses remain visible. This feature is included on Free.

16Can merchants still see the complete route after Region Blocking is enabled?

Yes. Region Blocking changes the customer response by removing location fields that match the configured English keywords. It does not delete shipment events or statuses, and the merchant dashboard continues to show the underlying tracking history.

17Why can customers still see some related regional events?

Region Blocking preserves the event and status; it hides only location fields whose text matches a configured keyword.

  1. Confirm that Dropshipping Mode and Region Blocking are enabled and saved.
  2. Check the exact English location text in the event and add the missing city, airport, customs, or other keyword if needed.
  3. Remove duplicate or overly broad rules.
  4. Verify on the customer page, not only the merchant dashboard.
  5. If a matching location remains visible, send support the tracking number, keyword, and screenshot.
18Why does Region Blocking show a plan or access message?

Region Blocking is included on Free. Enable Dropshipping Mode, save your keyword rules, and refresh. If an access message remains, contact support with your store domain and a screenshot.

Custom checkpoints

Explain the work before the carrier’s first scan.

10 questions
19What problem do custom checkpoints solve?

They fill the quiet period between checkout and the carrier's first scan with display steps such as order review, quality check, packing, or labeling. The fixed system node is Order Confirmed, and the default custom node is Quality Check Passed / Packaged.

You can add up to eight custom checkpoints and configure no more than ten total steps. These times are calculated from the order time and your offsets; they are not real carrier scans. This feature is included on Free.

20How do I add custom checkpoints?
  1. Open Dropshipping Mode → Custom Checkpoints and keep the master switch enabled.
  2. Select + Add checkpoint.
  3. Enter a name, description, and interval, then enable the node.
  4. Add other steps and drag them into order.
  5. Save the configuration. Enabled checkpoints automatically apply to existing tracked orders and to orders added by installation sync, manual sync, or order updates.
  6. Use the order list and Apply only when you need to preview, manually adjust, or reapply the workflow.
21Can I add more than one custom checkpoint?

Yes. The current version supports multiple pre-shipment checkpoints, each with its own name, description, and display timing.

22Can I reorder custom checkpoints?

Yes. Drag checkpoints into the preferred order; you do not need to delete and recreate them.

23How is a custom checkpoint’s display time calculated?

Timing is continuous. The first checkpoint is calculated from the customer’s order time. Each later checkpoint continues from the previous checkpoint time. Offsets can use days, hours, and minutes.

24Can I apply custom checkpoints only to selected orders?

Enabled checkpoints now apply automatically to existing and newly synced orders, so selecting orders is not required for the normal workflow. The order list and Apply action remain available when you need to preview, manually adjust, or reapply the workflow to specific orders. You can search or filter before making that manual selection.

25Can each checkpoint use a different set of orders?

Not as separate per-checkpoint audiences. The enabled saved workflow is automatically applied as one sequence to existing and newly synced orders. The manual order list can preview, adjust, or reapply the complete workflow for selected orders, but it does not assign a different order set to each individual checkpoint.

26Why are custom checkpoints missing from the customer page?
  1. Confirm that Dropshipping Mode is enabled.
  2. Confirm that at least one custom checkpoint is enabled and the configuration was saved.
  3. Use an order that has synced into BestTrack; saved enabled checkpoints should apply automatically to existing and newly synced orders.
  4. If needed, select the order and click Apply to reapply it manually.
  5. Check whether the calculated checkpoint time falls before the carrier's first information event.
  6. Refresh the store-domain customer tracking page.
27Can a custom checkpoint appear between real carrier events?

No. Custom checkpoints represent the merchant’s pre-shipment workflow. They appear between Order created and the carrier’s first Shipment information received event, not inside the real carrier journey.

28What happens if checkpoint timing goes beyond the carrier’s first event?

BestTrack limits custom checkpoints to the period before the carrier's first shipment information event so the merchant workflow does not conflict with real tracking events.

Email notifications & templates

Choose events and troubleshoot delivery.

8 questions
29Which email notification events does BestTrack support?

Shipment events include In Transit, Out for Delivery, Ready for Pickup, Delivery Failed, and Exception. These switches are off by default and must be enabled by the merchant. Custom Checkpoint Reached is configured separately under Dropshipping Mode and sends automatically after it is enabled.

30Does BestTrack send merchant exception alerts?

Yes. Merchant exception reports are included on Free and automatically sent to configured recipient inboxes. Review the report settings and recipient addresses if a report does not arrive.

31How do I edit an email subject and message?
  1. Open Notification → Notify Customer.
  2. Enable the event.
  3. Select Customize email template.
  4. Edit the subject and body and insert the variables you need.
  5. Check Preview and click Save template.

Email template editing is included in the Free plan.

32Which variables can I use in an email template?

Available variables include order number, customer name, tracking number, carrier, tracking-page link, and store name. Tracking number and carrier are system values. BestTrack currently does not provide an estimated delivery date variable.

33Which address sends BestTrack emails?

Emails are sent from noreply@mail.besttrack.app. The sender name shown to the customer is the merchant’s store name.

34Why did a customer not receive a shipment email?
  1. Confirm that the event is enabled and saved.
  2. Confirm that the matching status changed after the event was enabled.
  3. Check whether the same event for the order was already sent within 30 minutes.
  4. Ask the customer to check spam and promotions folders.
  5. Wait about one minute and refresh the record.
  6. If it is still missing, send support the store domain, order number, event, trigger time, and customer email.
35Why did the same status not send another email immediately?

To prevent duplicate messages, BestTrack does not resend the same shipment event for the same order within 30 minutes.

36Does BestTrack support SMS notifications?

No. BestTrack currently supports email notifications only.

Plans, usage & billing

Understand limits, overage, and plan changes.

10 questions
37What is the difference between Free and Pro?
FeatureFreePro
Price$0$9/month
Included tracked orders300/month1,000/calendar month
After the limitNew orders pause$0.03/order
Customer email controlsIncludedIncluded
Region BlockingIncludedIncluded
Custom checkpoints and checkpoint emailIncludedIncluded
Editable email templatesIncludedIncluded

Pro adds a higher included order allowance and continued tracking with overage billing. The listed product features are included on Free.

38Which features are included in Free?

Free includes the store-domain tracking page, customer email controls, editable email templates, the order tracking dashboard, CSV export, Region Blocking, Custom Checkpoints, and checkpoint email notifications. The main plan difference is order allowance: Free includes 300 tracked orders per month, while Pro includes 1,000 per calendar month and continues tracking additional orders at $0.03 each.

39When does the monthly order allowance reset?

Order allowances reset on the first day of each calendar month. Shopify subscription charge dates are shown separately in Billing.

40What happens when Free exceeds 300 tracked orders?

New orders pause and the dashboard shows a usage warning. Wait for the next monthly reset or upgrade to Pro to resume tracking new orders.

41Does Pro stop tracking after 1,000 orders?

No. Tracking continues. Orders above the included 1,000 are billed at $0.03 per order for that month.

42Why did orders suddenly stop syncing or tracking?
  1. Check current-month usage in Billing or Usage.
  2. If a Free store reached 300 orders, the pause is expected.
  3. Wait for the next reset or upgrade to Pro.
  4. If the limit has not been reached, collect the order details and contact support.
43How do I upgrade to Pro?
  1. Select Upgrade to Pro.
  2. Review the price and features.
  3. Select Confirm — $9/month.
  4. Approve the subscription on the Shopify Billing page.
  5. Return to BestTrack and confirm that Pro features are unlocked.
44What should I do if payment fails or Pro does not unlock?
  1. Confirm that Shopify billing authorization was completed.
  2. Return to BestTrack and refresh the current plan.
  3. Check the app subscription status in Shopify admin.
  4. Avoid repeatedly confirming the same operation.
  5. Send support the store domain, operation time, and error screenshot.
45What happens after downgrading to Free?

The downgrade starts in the next billing cycle and the current paid period is not refunded. The included allowance returns to 300 tracked orders per month, and new-order tracking pauses after that allowance is reached. Core features, including editable email templates and full Dropshipping Mode, remain available on Free.

46When is the BestTrack bill created?

BestTrack uses Shopify Billing. Billing dates follow the subscription cycle shown by Shopify and BestTrack. Pro charges include the $9 monthly subscription and any $0.03-per-order overage from the usage period.

Errors & support

Resolve access and saving issues faster.

3 questions
47What does an upgrade prompt or 403 error mean?

Editable email templates and full Dropshipping Mode are included on Free, so an upgrade prompt or 403 for these actions may indicate stale access data or a runtime error. Refresh and reopen the page; if the message remains, send support the store domain, plan shown in Billing, page path, operation time, and screenshot.

48Why did a setting return to its previous value after refresh?

The setting was likely changed without clicking Save or Apply. Repeat the change, click the page’s Save, Apply, or Save template action, wait for the success message, and refresh to confirm it was stored.

49What information should I send to technical support?
  • Shopify store domain and current BestTrack plan
  • Page, action, and steps that produced the issue
  • Order and tracking numbers
  • Time of the issue and time zone
  • Complete error text or screenshots
  • Customer and merchant view screenshots when relevant
  • For email issues: event, trigger time, and recipient address
  • Whether the issue is repeatable and what you already tried
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