# What is FBPI?

**Fulfilled by Partner Integration (FBPI)** is noon's API-driven fulfillment model. Instead of storing inventory in noon's warehouses, you fulfill customer orders directly from your own warehouse — noon routes orders to you, and you handle picking, packing, and shipping.

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## How FBPI Works

1. **Create an Integration Warehouse** in Seller Lab and connect it to your webhook endpoint or a noon-approved integrator.
2. **List your product catalog** in Seller Lab, then push stock quantities and pricing via the Stock and Pricing APIs.
3. **A customer places an order** on noon — noon creates an FBPI order and delivers it to your configured webhook endpoint.
4. **Retrieve full order details** using the FBPI Order API and begin fulfillment.
5. **Create a shipment** via the Shipment API, attaching an AWB number — either noon-generated or from your own courier.
6. **Complete a manifest** in Seller Lab to schedule noon's pickup agent.
7. **noon delivers to the customer** and updates the order status in your dashboard.

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## Who Is Involved

### noon

- Routes incoming orders to your Integration Warehouse via webhook in real time
- Retries webhook delivery if your endpoint is temporarily unavailable
- Generates AWB numbers on demand via the Shipment API
- Handles last-mile delivery after pickup and updates order status afterward

noon does not handle picking, packing, or any pre-shipment warehouse operations.

### Seller

- Owns and operates the fulfillment warehouse
- Lists products in Seller Lab and maintains stock and pricing via API
- Processes incoming orders, creates shipments, and completes manifests in Seller Lab

You don't need to manage last-mile delivery or returns processing — noon handles both after pickup.

### Integrator *(optional)*

- Builds and maintains the API connection on behalf of one or more sellers
- Handles webhook configuration, stock and pricing sync, order acknowledgment, and shipment creation

If you don't use an integrator, you configure a direct webhook and manage the API integration yourself.

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## What FBPI Handles Automatically

- Routing new orders to your webhook in real time
- Retrying webhook delivery if your endpoint is temporarily unavailable
- Generating noon AWB numbers on demand via the Shipment API
- Updating order and shipment statuses after noon completes delivery

## What You Still Do Manually

- **Product creation:** Products must be listed in Seller Lab — product creation via API is not supported.
- **Manifestation:** You must create a manifest in Seller Lab before each noon pickup.
- **Physical packing:** You pack shipments based on the labels you generate before noon's pickup agent arrives.
- **Operational settings:** Processing time, delivery model, handover type, holiday schedules, and return-to-origin (RTO) preferences are configured in Seller Lab.

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## FBPI vs. FBN

| | FBPI | FBN |
|---|---|---|
| Who stores inventory | Your warehouse | noon fulfillment center |
| Who fulfills orders | You | noon |
| Who manages returns | You | noon |
| Inbound shipment required | No | Yes — via ASN API |
| Best for | Sellers with existing warehouse operations | Sellers who want noon to handle all logistics |

If you want noon to handle storage, fulfillment, and returns end to end, FBN instead.

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## Getting Started

- **Sellers:** [Seller Onboarding Guide][fbpi/seller-onboarding] — walks through warehouse setup, catalog listing, and go-live.
- **Integrators:** [Integrator Onboarding Guide][fbpi/integrator-onboarding] — covers webhook implementation, API integration, and seller connection.

You need an active noon Partner account before starting. See [Partner Onboarding][partner-onboarding] if you don't have one yet.