To integrate an ecommerce site with your retailcloud account you have a number of options:
1) use our direct integration and have your ecommerce site linked to our store inventory so you always know availability.
Advantages:
Easy of implementation
Direct tie on with your store POS system and on line sales
CAS reports for sales and inventory to analyze
Able to embed cart in your existing web site
Lower implementation costs
Lower on going license and maintenance fees
2) You have an existing ecommerce cart you want to integrate - we can make our API's available to your development team for integration
Advantages:
If currently using cart, there's no need to change
Ready to set up retailcloud Online:
Set up Account (or add to existing retailcloud account)
- If you are new to retailcloud, establish an account with retailcloud at https://retailcloud.com/
- Notify retailcloud at support@retailcloud.com that you would like an integrated ecommerce site
- There will be monthly license fees associated with this account (need to set up monthly billing)
- Determine if you would like to use retailcloud's assistance in setting up the integration (fees associated with this)
The following steps are what it takes to set up the ecommerce integration on retailcloud
Step 1 - Logging into ecwid from CAS
Assumptions - Catalog is loaded (products, images, classifications are set up on CAS)
Action - Login to CAS and click on Configuration>Integrations>ecwid Login
Step 2 - Logging into the retailcloud online site
Action - Enter the credentials as provided by retailcloud
Step 3 - Share Product Classifications with ecwid
Action - Fill the Inventory/retailcloud configurations
Step 4 - Products, etc are sent to ecwid
Assumptions
Product, Categories, and Discounts are Preloaded
Action
Choose all the options and Click Setup
Possible Errors:
Error: Register id shows null instead of a register number.
Reason : No valid license
Error: Sync Failed
Reason : Wrong deployment, Configurations or retailcloud API issue. Check with deployment team and App engine configuration
Step 5 - Products, etc are in ecwid
Assumptions
Success from previous step
Action
Validate the data in ecwid. See if everything is synced ( Products, Promotions, Categories)
Link the ecommerce site with retailcloud
Link: How to set up the retailcloud online integration
Configuration the ecommerce link with your retailcloud account
Link: Configuring ecommerce