Shopify Integration
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- 5 Things You Should Know About Luminous' Shopify Integration
- 1. Easily Pulling Your Product Data from Shopify
- 2. Our Most Stress-Tested Inventory Integration
- 3. Flexible Pulling of Sales Orders from Shopify
- 4. Handle Pre-Orders Like a Pro
- 5. Continue Fulfilling Out of Shopify, If Desired
- Key Takeaways
- How Data Flows Between Shopify and Luminous
- Tips for Shopify Brands
- Common Questions
- Staying Up-to-Date with Shopify Trends
5 Things You Should Know About Luminous' Shopify Integration
If you're looking to optimize your ecommerce operations, here are five essential insights about our Shopify integration that you won't want to miss.
1. Easily Pulling Your Product Data from Shopify
Most brands prioritize Shopify as their single source of truth for product data. If you're in this category, you're not alone. We make it simple to connect to Shopify, pull in your product list, and import it into Luminous with just a couple of clicks.
2. Our Most Stress-Tested Inventory Integration
Luminous serves as your source of truth for inventory management. We track your inventory and push the correct available inventory numbers to your Shopify store. Whether you're selling individual products or bundles, you can rely on this inventory push to prevent overselling.
3. Flexible Pulling of Sales Orders from Shopify
Luminous offers flexible options for pulling sales orders from Shopify. You can import orders directly from Shopify, or indirectly from ShipStation or another Order Management System (OMS). Orders can also be pulled indirectly from your 3PL, depending on what operational flow suits your needs best.
4. Handle Pre-Orders Like a Pro
With the Luminous Shopify integration, managing pre-orders is a breeze. You can mark incoming stock as available for sale by turning on a setting in your Shopify integration. This allows you to pre-sell inventory you haven't yet received.
5. Continue Fulfilling Out of Shopify, If Desired
Many brands still prefer to use Shopify for printing labels and managing fulfillment flows, especially as Shopify increasingly aggregates orders across multiple channels. If you choose to use Shopify as your order management system, that's perfectly fine. Luminous can auto-deplete your inventory based on the fulfillment status of sales orders in Shopify, taking every sales order and line item and depleting inventory in your warehouse or various locations.
Key Takeaways
- Products come from Shopify: Import your product list in a couple of clicks.
- Inventory goes to Shopify: Luminous pushes available inventory, including for bundles, so you don't oversell.
- Orders come in your way: Directly from Shopify, or through ShipStation, another OMS or your 3PL.
- Pre-orders are one setting away: Sell incoming stock before it arrives.
- Shopify fulfillment still works: Luminous auto-depletes inventory based on Shopify fulfillment status.
How Data Flows Between Shopify and Luminous
- Shopify → Luminous: Product data, sales orders (if you pull them directly), and fulfillment status (if you fulfill in Shopify).
- Luminous → Shopify: Available inventory, including bundle availability and incoming stock if pre-orders are turned on.
In short, Shopify stays your source of truth for product data, and Luminous becomes your source of truth for inventory.
Tips for Shopify Brands
- Pick one order path: Decide whether orders should come in directly from Shopify, through ShipStation or another OMS, or through your 3PL, and stick with it to avoid duplicates.
- Map SKUs that don't match: If a Shopify SKU doesn't match a product in Luminous, use Purgatory to map it.
- Use pre-orders for launches and restocks: Start selling incoming stock early, and keep the setting in mind when the shipment is delayed.
- Printing labels in ShipStation instead? See how the ShipStation integration works.
Common Questions
Can I keep using Shopify for fulfillment?
Yes. If you print labels and fulfill in Shopify, Luminous can auto-deplete your inventory based on each sales order's fulfillment status.
Will Luminous update my Shopify inventory?
Yes. Luminous pushes the correct available inventory number to your Shopify store, for individual products and bundles.
Can I sell stock I haven't received yet?
Yes. Turn on the pre-order setting in your Shopify integration to mark incoming stock as available for sale.
Staying Up-to-Date with Shopify Trends
Luminous is dedicated to staying current with the latest Shopify trends. We believe Shopify is an excellent platform that's here to stay. Our commitment is to keep this integration as our most stress-tested as we continue to evolve. Book a demo today and see how Luminous can optimize your Shopify experience.
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Five Things to Know About Our Shopify Integration
Here are five things you probably want to know about our Shopify integration.
1. Easily Pull Your Product Data From Shopify
Number one: easily pulling your product data from Shopify. Most brands prioritize Shopify as their single source of truth for product data. If you do this, you're not alone. We make it really easy to plug into Shopify, pull in your products list and import them with just a couple of clicks in Luminous. It's super easy.
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2. Our Most Stress-Tested Inventory Integration
Number two: it's our most stress-tested inventory integration. Luminous is your source of truth for inventory. We'll keep track of your inventory, and we'll make sure we're pushing the correct available inventory number to your Shopify store. Whether you're selling individual products or bundles, you can rely on this inventory push so that you never oversell.
3. Flexible Pulling of Sales Orders
Number three: flexible pulling of sales orders from Shopify. Luminous can pull in sales orders directly from Shopify. We can pull them in indirectly from ShipStation or another OMS. Or we can pull them in indirectly from your 3PL. It just depends on what the best operational flow is for you.
4. Handle Pre-Orders Like a Pro
Number four: handle pre-orders like a pro. With the Luminous Shopify integration, we make it super easy to mark incoming stock as available for sale. It's literally as simple as going to your Shopify integration and turning on this setting, which allows you to pre-sell inventory you haven't received yet.
5. Keep Fulfilling Out of Shopify
Number five: keep fulfilling out of Shopify, if that's what you want. There are a lot of brands out there that continue to print labels and do fulfillment flows in Shopify. Effectively, Shopify is their order management system. It's where they print shipping labels and ship things out. It's becoming more and more common nowadays for Shopify to aggregate all of your orders across multiple channels, so you can do a fulfillment flow out of Shopify.
If you choose to do this, that's okay. We can just auto-deplete your inventory based on the fulfillment status of a sales order in Shopify. In other words, we'll take the fulfillment status, take all the sales orders and all the line items within those sales orders, and auto-deplete the inventory in your warehouse or your different locations.
Committed to Shopify
Luminous is committed to staying up to date on Shopify's trends. We think they're an excellent platform, and they're here to stay. This will continue to be our most stress-tested integration as we move forward.