Shopify Integration

Follow these instructions to successfully integrate Droplo into your Shopify shop and display products in it 🙂

Activating integration

Go to the Integrations tab and click on the Shopify tab.

Full description of the integration will open. To activate the trial period, click on the Test for free for 7 days button. If you do not need a trial period and want to activate your subscription straight away, use the Purchase access button.

A. By selecting Test for free for 7 days, a window will appear where you will be told until when you can use the integration for free. Use the Start trial period button to proceed.

You will be taken to the Subscription and payments panel where, in the list of Active subscriptions, you will notice your integration and the information until when it will be active for your account during the trial period.

You can end the trial period at any time before the full 7 days have elapsed.

To do this, in the Subscription and payments tab use the Cancel subscription function, next to the service you do not wish to continue. Access to the integration will expire when the full 7 days have passed.

After activating the trial period for Shopify in Droplo, you will see a new section in the main menu on the left side of the panel: MY INTEGRATIONS. In this section you will find a shortcut to your Shopify integration. Click on it to open the configuration panel.

Note: Next to the integration shortcut there is a counter of days left for you to use on the test period (Test 7 days). Using the Activate button, you can activate your subscription early. This action will force the first payment for monthly or annual access to the integration.

B. By selecting the Purchase access option, you will be taken to the payment card for access to the integration. Choose whether you want to pay it monthly or annually (in advance). Once the first payment has been sent, the integration will be fully activated for your account.

Making a connection

Go to the Shopify configuration panel in Droplo using the shortcut in the left menu:

In order to connect your shop to Droplo, you must first download the authorisation data from your admin panel in Shopify.

1. Your store's subdomain address (e.g. https://31edab.myshopify.com)

2. Shopify Token

3. API Secret Key

To obtain authorization data, go to your Shopify account and then into Settings.

Find the Apps and Sales Channels category and open it:

In the new window, click Develop Apps.

Allow custom app development:

Then click on the Create an app button:

Select the name of the application (e.g. Droplo) and choose your email address from the list. Then click the Create app button.

You will be taken to the configuration page. Here you can acquire authorization data, which you will post to Droplo.

First, go to the panel: Configure Admin API scopes.

In the configuration tab that should now appear, select ALL AVAILABLE scopes. Then click the Save button. You will be notified that the configuration has been successfully saved.

In the upper right corner you will see another button called Install app. Use it.

In a new window, you will be informed about the scopes. By proceeding further, you will also accept the Shopify API License and Terms of Use.

Click the Install button.

You will then be taken to the API credentials tab. Copy and save your unique Admin API access token, as you are only able to do this once.

You can also find the API secret key below.

Now using the acquired authorization data from Shopify, you can connect to Droplo.

Note: in the address field, you should use the address of your Shopify subdomain, not the address of your publicly shared store.

This can affect later problems with product synchronization.

In addition, your domain address should have the prefix "https://", such as "https://31edab.myshopify.com".

Now return to Droplo. When all fields in the Connection settings with Shopify are filled in, click Connect.

Configuration

After a successful connection, you will be taken to the Shopify Exporter by Droplo tab.

Remember that you should configure the new connection before taking any other action.

First, set the global price markup and configure the synchronization settings.

Then click the Save button below the page.

If you've already created categories in the Shopify dashboard, you'll need to map those categories with Droplo before exporting products to the sales channel.

Important! Category mapping will only be available if at least 1 product from any supplier is saved in your list.

Go to the Category Mapping tab and assign Droplo categories to related versions of categories from your store.

When you have finished assigning each category in the list, use the Save button.

Note: Each time you save more products with different categories in your list, you will need to map them to new categories in the sync settings in order for the products to be uploaded to Shopify.

Export products to Shopify

After saving your category mapping settings, you can go to the My Products tab and export the selected products to Shopify via the More Actions -> Add to Sales Channels function.

A new window will appear where you can choose which integration you want to upload products to. If the integration has encountered errors, e.g. with the connection, a message will appear at the top of the window.

If this is the case, check again that the configuration has been done correctly on the Droplo side as well as on the Shopify side.

Note: If you want to remove products from Shopify, don't do it on the side of your sales channel. Remember to always manage your products from within Droplo.

This is because Droplo is the source for updating products in your store. Acting on products outside of Droplo can cause syncing issues.

However, if you don't want prices or inventory to be updated automatically on the store side, change the sync settings for your Shopify integration.