Shopify & DecoNetwork Integration Part 3: Establishing Connection in DN

Once you've enabled Shopify order fulfillment integration with DecoNetwork (DN), the next crucial step is setting up a connection between your DN affiliate store and your Shopify store. This setup ensures that orders placed on your Shopify store can be pushed to your DN store to be processed and fulfilled through the DN fulfillment center. By connecting a Shopify store with a DN affiliate store, various aspects of order handling can be automated. This reduces manual data entry and enhances efficiency. In this article, we'll guide you through the process of establishing this connection.

After connection, you'll need to configure product mappings. For instructions on this process, refer to the article "Shopify & DecoNetwork Integration Part 4: DN Product Mapping Guide".

Prerequisites

Setting Up the Connection Between your DN Store and Shopify Store

1. Log into your DecoNetwork website.
2. Browse to Admin > Websites.
   

   Click on the Manage button beside the store you want to configure.

   
3. Select FulFill Shopify Orders from the Store admin menu.
   

   The Shopify Settings page is loaded in the work area.

   

   

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4. Enter the Shop Name and Admin API Access Token.
   • Find the Shopify Name part of your Shopify store domain. It is the part that appears before ".myshopify.com" in the settings section of your Shopify admin (in the top left corner, above the menu). Enter the shop name into the Shop Name field.
   • Retrieve the Admin API access token from the app page of the custom third-party order fulfillment app installed in Shopify. Copy and paste this token into the Admin API Access Token field.
5. Configure the Workflow settings.

   Determine how orders will be processed and submitted through DN:

   • Using 'Starter' or 'Basic' plan: Tick this option if your Shopify store is on the Starter or Basic plan. Shopify restricts access to customer details for third-party fulfillment apps on the Starter and Basic plans. Ticking this option will apply the status "Requires Customer Details" to your Shopify orders to ensure that you remember to manually enter the customer details to ensure that your orders are processed correctly and that the necessary information is available for fulfillment.
   • Automatically Submit New Orders that are ready: Tick this option to have new orders automatically submitted for fulfillment when they are ready. If unchecked, you will need to manually submit each order.
   • Submit Orders as Quotes Requiring Approval: Tick this option if you prefer to have orders submitted as quotes first, allowing you to review and approve them before production begins.
6. Configure the product Fields.

   Specify the names that you would like to use for the color and size fields. If you want to use the default names "color" and "size," you can leave these fields blank.

7. Configure the Shipping Methods.

   The shipping method settings allow you to map shipping methods between your Shopify and DecoNetwork stores, ensuring that the correct shipping method is applied to Shopify orders entering your DecoNetwork store. By creating and mapping shipping methods to match those in your Shopify store, you streamline the order fulfillment process.

   1. Click "add" to create shipping methods that will be linked to Shopify orders coming into to your DecoNetwork store. Make sure to create enough shipping methods to match the options available in your Shopify store.
      
   2. Enter the Shopify shipping method name.

      For each shipping method, enter the corresponding Shopify shipping method name and assign a matching shipping method from your Fulfillment Center.

      
   3. Save your settings.

      Click Save & Continue to save the shipping method configuration.

   4. Lock shipping methods (Optional).

      Tick the Locked checkbox if you want Shopify orders to be restricted to the mapped shipping method; unlocked shipping method mappings can be modified in the order.

      

      You will need to manually assign a shipping method for any Shopify orders that have no mapping.. Consequently, all orders with unmapped shipping methods will default to the last used shipping method.

8. Configure Design Matching.

   If file metafields have been defined in Shopify to store designs, specify them here. This will allow DN to automatically match the designs for the mapped products to the respective front or back of the products in the Shopify store.

   The Front and Back Design fields will only appear here if metafields have been defined in the connected Shopify store.

   

   Select the metafields that have been defined for the front and back designs if they are available.

   

   If they are not available, make sure the Shopify store operator has followed the instructions in the tutorial, Setting Up Product Meta File Information.

9. Configure the Design Options.

   Specify the default decoration process and the placement of your designs:

   • Default Decoration Process: select the default decoration process from the dropdown list. This determines the default decoration process used to apply designs to products.
   • Design Placement: Choose the default design placement from the Default Alignment dropdown list:
     • Top Left
     • Top Center
     • Top Right
     • Middle Left
     • Center
     • Middle Right
     • Bottom Left
     • Bottom Center
     • Bottom Right
10. Click Save.

    Once the connection is established, you will need to download products from Shopify and configure product and design mappings to finalize the integration. Refer to the article, Shopify Integration Setup for DecoNetwork Operators Part 3, for instructions.