![]() ![]() Leading us to the obvious players Yelp knowledge, and Foursquare. Next, we found ourselves thinking about how people find retail stores, places to eat, and other destinations. Then moving into the emerging self-service POS and commerce space, with the newer provider Tray, who points to another direction that the world of self-service commerce is headed. Then it was interesting to see what Moltin does with their virtual commerce solutions which extend to signage, display, and commerce and the augmented reality provider Aisle411. Beginning with the cash to digital commerce provider Incomm, who connects the under-banked at the POS. We would be negligent if we didn’t mention Quickbooks, as a player in this, with their POS system, but also because of their dominance in the accounting space, and being able to connect the dots regarding commerce in other ways.īeyond the ordinary, we began looking at the more unusual and unique. These providers are wiring up the smaller retailers out there, with some of them providing interesting insights via their partner programs, and other opportunities available within their ecosystems.īeyond these straightforward POS providers, there are some other leading candidates like Shopify, and BigCommerce who span the virtual commerce, as well as the retail POS world, but also connect users with leading marketplaces, auction sites, and social commerce opportunities–reflecting the next generation in commerce. Most notably Square, but then also Vend, Bind POS, Reply, Lightspeed, and Springboard. There really isn’t much value in these ecosystems when it comes to trying to understand the landscape, as the retailers are just looking to provide access to their product catalogs, and really don’t emit many other signals that would help someone trying to understand the landscape.Īfter the big box retailers, there is a wealth of point of sale POS system out there who deliver services to retailers of all shapes and sizes. When looking for retail APIs the first thing many think of are the big retailers like Best Buy, Walmart, and Walgreens, who all have their own API programs. While there is no single place to get a complete view of the landscape, there are a dizzying amount of services that allow the right person to paint a pretty compelling picture, with a variety of colors being applied. items taken off layaway will increase the inventory.We recently took a dive into the world of retail APIs to better understand the landscape, and we found ourselves falling down a rabbit hole of opportunities when it came to understanding what is happening across the retail landscape. Lightspeed layaway items will reduce the inventory. Incoming Online orders are auto printed in-store. Once a SKU is linked, when it sells in-store its available quantity online will automatically update, and vice versaġ2. Create a new product in POS or eCommerce, have the option per SKU to manage in Shopify or Lightspeed.ġ1. Omnichannel Gift Cards (optional but needed)ġ0. Ability to select which items are displayed online or hidden, this could be done by “special Tags” ie. (a online sale could be exchanged instore or returned instore for store credit)ħ. Customer online sales and instore sales would display in Lightspeed SALES history for each customer. "Online Sales" in Lightspeed POS. Fulfillment of Web orders would be managed in Shopify, shipping labels would be managed in Shopify.Ħ. Full web order (Shopify) synced into Lightspeed POS (these Web orders would all be attached to one Employee i.e. Buy online (Shopify) return in-store (Lightspeed) - adjust inventory levels correctly of synced SKU for accurate reporting in Lightspeed. Reporting - Web orders from Shopify - total Count, total Sales for a period of time, and status of Order - Unfulfilled, Fulfilled, or Ready for Pickup. ![]() ![]() ![]() Flexible syncing two-way syncs, one-way syncs, syncing just one specific fieldģ. As items sell online, physical inventory counts will auto-adjust, and vice versaĢ. Sync inventory, orders, and customers between Shopify ecom and Lightspeed Retail point of saleġ. We currently have no inventory or customers in Lightspeed. All existing customers in Shopify synced to Lightspeed. We have one physical location and one Shopify online store.Īll existing inventory (details and images) in Shopify synced to Lightspeed. I'm am looking for a robust Lightspeed Shopify API integration platform. I’m looking for someone who has a good working knowledge of Lightspeed and Shopify API ![]()
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