How To Use Skala & Shopify Integration

Founded in Canada in 2006, Shopify, with its more than 4 million active users hailing from nearly 200 countries, stands as the world’s preeminent e-commerce infrastructure provider. Distinguished by its exceptionally user-friendly interface, Shopify is especially favored by small and medium-sized enterprises. Beyond its advantages of ease of use, affordability, and rapid deployment, Shopify has evolved into a vast ecosystem, distinguished from its competitors by a comprehensive app store. This store swiftly meets users’ needs for additional features, modules, and software, thereby significantly enhancing their operational capabilities. If you are utilizing Shopify, you can effortlessly access requisite additional features for production and inventory management, shipping tracking, marketing, and more.

In recent years, Shopify has also become a preferred platform for firms operating under the Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) model, which has seen a surge in popularity. Companies utilizing the D2C model can be characterized as those who manufacture their products instead of purchasing them, thereby delivering their creations directly to the end user. The D2C business model is immensely popular among both manufacturers and consumers. Manufacturers benefit from the ability to offer their products directly to consumers at competitive prices, while consumers enjoy the advantage of accessing desired products affordably and obtaining information directly from the producers when necessary. Moreover, the direct feedback from consumers to producers is another significant advantage of the D2C business model.

The Direct-to-Consumer (D2C) business model, while offering numerous benefits, also introduces certain challenges. Unlike firms operating under the Business-to-Consumer (B2C) model, who primarily manage inventory tracking, D2C entities must also navigate inventory management, production tracking, and cost monitoring. The integration of Skala & Shopify allows for seamless tracking of these complex processes. This integration facilitates the automatic transfer of products, customers, and orders to Skala, as well as the seamless update of produced quantities or order fulfillment statuses back to Shopify. You can access Skala through the Shopify app store, simplifying the management of these multifaceted operational demands.

Integrating Skala with Shopify is a straightforward process. The initial step requires installing Skala onto your Shopify store, which can be effortlessly achieved by clicking the Install button.

After clicking the Install button, Shopify will redirect you to a page where you can grant the necessary permissions for the app, completing the installation process.

Upon installing the application, Shopify will direct you to the Skala interface to perform the necessary configurations. At this stage, if you do not have a Skala account, one will be automatically created for you. You can swiftly make the required settings on this page.

Providing a detailed explanation of the settings adjusted on this page will be beneficial for you.

Transfer your customers from your Shopify account to your Skala account: This option facilitates the transfer of your customers from your Shopify account to your Skala account.

Transfer the products from your Shopify account to your Skala account:This option ensures the automatic transfer of products from your Shopify account to your Skala account. If you prefer not to transfer all your customers and products to Skala, you can deactivate these two options. Opting not to transfer all products and customers to Skala will not hinder your use. Whenever a new order is received, the order details, along with the records of the products and customers included in the order, will automatically be created in Skala.

Transfer ongoing orders from your Shopify account to your Skala account: This option allows you to transfer your ongoing orders (those that have been paid for but not yet delivered) to Skala.

Transfer inventory levels from your Shopify account to your Skala account: This feature enables the transfer of your product inventories from your Shopify account to Skala. If you operate across multiple locations, the quantities of products at different locations will also be transferred seamlessly.

The options described thus far pertain to the initial transfer of your existing information to Skala. After this initial transfer, you will need to continue the data transmission. For instance, when you receive a new order, it can be automatically transferred to Skala. The forthcoming options will enable you to activate this automatic data transfer.

Automatically transfer newly added products from your Shopify account to your Skala account: This option enables the automatic transfer of newly created products in your Shopify account to Skala.

Automatically transfer newly added customers from your Shopify account to your Skala account: This option ensures the automatic transfer of newly created customers in your Shopify account to Skala.

Automatically transfer inventory levels generated in your Shopify account to your Skala account, or transfer productions made in Skala to your Shopify account: This option facilitates the automatic transfer of product quantities added to your inventory in Skala, through purchases or production, to Shopify.

Automatically transfer the delivery status of your orders from your Skala account to your Shopify account: This option ensures that orders marked as delivered in Skala are also marked as delivered in your Shopify account. If you prefer not to transfer this information, you can deactivate these options.

Following these steps, your Skala and Shopify accounts will operate in an integrated manner.

With Skala, you can manage all your production processes with minimal effort and cost. You can monitor orders from various channels on a single screen, and by making purchases or producing at the right time, you avoid losing customers due to stock shortages.