Shopify integration is the seamless connection between your business systems and Shopify’s API suite, enabling automation of key e-commerce workflows such as product management, inventory syncing, order processing, and customer data synchronization. By integrating Shopify services directly into your backend applications, you eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and gain a unified view of your operations. This integration supports real-time product updates, bulk imports, and live storefront analytics.

Our solution covers the full Shopify API portfolio, including the Storefront API for custom storefronts, the Admin API for product, inventory, customer, and order management, the Analytics API for sales and traffic insights, and the Billing API for subscriptions and usage-based charges. We also support webhooks for event-driven updates and GraphQL for efficient data retrieval. Each feature can be enabled or disabled as needed, allowing you to tailor functionality per store or channel.

Our typical Shopify integration projects run 4–6 weeks, depending on scope and complexity. We start with a discovery phase to map your workflows and select the required endpoints. Then we design and implement the integration layers—authentication, data transformation, error handling, and webhook processing. After thorough QA and user testing, we deploy to staging and then production, providing training and support throughout.

To get started, we need a Shopify Partner account with API credentials (API key, secret, and access scopes), along with details about your product catalog—SKUs, variants, pricing, and descriptions. If you operate multiple stores, provide store URLs and target markets. Share your tax and shipping rules, storefront design requirements, and any discount or loyalty program logic. With this, we can provision a development store and begin testing immediately.

The Shopify Product API lets you create and update products by sending product data—titles, descriptions, images, variants, pricing, and inventory policies—in a single POST or PUT request. Shopify returns a JSON response with product and variant IDs. You can attach metafields or tags. Our integration orchestrates these calls to keep your catalog synchronized across all channels.

The Orders API provides endpoints to create, retrieve, update, and fulfill orders: `POST /orders` for new orders, `GET /orders/{id}` for details, `PUT /orders/{id}/fulfillments` to register shipments, and `POST /orders/{id}/transactions` for payments. We also leverage the GraphQL Admin API for bulk reads and analytics, enabling high-performance data retrieval.

Yes—using the Inventory API, you can adjust stock levels from your WMS or ERP. You send adjustments via `POST /inventory_levels/adjust` or the Inventory Bulk API for large datasets. Shopify returns adjustment records and current levels. Our integration supports scheduled syncs and real-time updates, plus conflict-resolution logic to prevent overselling.

Shopify integrates with multiple payment gateways and you can process transactions via the Transactions API. You can register payments, refunds, and capture authorizations directly through the API. For subscriptions or recurring billing, we integrate with the Billing API, which handles usage-based charges and app billing items.

Our integration can schedule inventory syncs using cron-style routines or serverless functions. You define frequency—hourly, daily, or on-demand—and our middleware fetches inventory data, transforms it, and calls Shopify’s Inventory Bulk API. We support delta syncing to optimize performance and manage rate limits.

Shopify APIs use OAuth2 for app installations and access tokens for private apps. For custom storefronts, we use API keys and storefront tokens. We handle secure token storage and automatic renewal to ensure uninterrupted access.

Shopify provides development and production stores—development stores for testing free of charge and live stores for production. You can create multiple dev stores under your Partner account to simulate real scenarios. Once testing is complete, we migrate API credentials and webhooks to your production store.

Shopify webhooks let you subscribe to events like `orders/create`, `products/update`, and `inventory_levels/update`. You register your endpoint in Shopify’s Admin or via API, choosing the topics you need. Each notification includes an HMAC-SHA256 signature header to verify authenticity.

Shopify Admin and Storefront APIs primarily use JSON payloads. REST endpoints accept and return JSON, while the GraphQL API uses GraphQL queries and responses. We handle pagination, versioning, and rate limiting transparently in our integration layer.

Once development and testing are complete, submit your app via the Shopify Partner Dashboard. Provide app details, screenshots, your pricing model, privacy policy, and any required GDPR compliance information. Shopify will review functionality, user experience, and security. Upon approval, your app will be listed publicly on the Shopify App Store for merchants worldwide. We guide you through submission, review, and launch phases.

Public apps are listed on the Shopify App Store and can be installed by any merchant. They use OAuth-based authentication and must pass Shopify’s review process and billing requirements. Private apps are built for a specific store or merchant, installed directly via the store’s Admin with API credentials, and are ideal for bespoke, single-tenant integrations. They bypass the App Store listing but are limited in terms of sharing and on-demand billing. We can develop and deploy both app types to match your business needs.