Store platform integration for ecommerce mobile apps

Connect the app to Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento or a custom backend so catalog, stock, orders and customers stay in sync.

An app is only as good as the data behind it. We connect the app to the platform that runs your store so products, variants, prices, stock levels, collections, customers and orders are the same in the app as on the website. You keep managing the store where you do now.

We work with Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento and custom or headless backends. Where the platform's public interfaces do not cover what the app needs, we build a small backend layer between them. That layer also holds app-only data such as loyalty balances, device tokens and notification preferences.

Who this is for

Stores on any major platform, stores with a custom backend, and merchants with warehouse, ERP or point-of-sale systems that the app also needs to respect.

What you get

How it works

  1. 1

    Inventory the data

    We list what the app needs to read and write and check what your platform's interfaces allow.

  2. 2

    Design the backend layer

    We decide what lives in your platform, what lives in the app backend and how they stay in sync.

  3. 3

    Build and test sync

    We test price changes, stock changes, deleted products and customer updates end to end.

  4. 4

    Monitor

    We add alerts for sync failures so a problem is noticed before customers see it.

What we need from you

  • Admin or developer access to your platform
  • A list of other systems the app should talk to
  • Someone who can answer questions about your catalog rules

What we do not do

  • Replace your platform without being asked
  • Duplicate your catalog by hand
  • Build around an interface limit without telling you

Store platform integration questions

No. The app sits on top of the platform you have. We only recommend a change if the platform blocks something you need, and we tell you why.

Headless means the storefront is separate from the platform that holds products and orders. An app is a kind of headless storefront already. Whether you also need a headless website is a separate decision, and often you do not.

Changes in your platform flow to the app through the sync. We tell you the update timing for each data type during scoping, so prices and stock behave the way you expect.

More answers are in the full FAQ.

Want this for your store?

Tell us about your store and we will say whether this service fits and what it would involve.

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