Server
Shopify
Connect your Shopify store backend to Converge
Installation Instructions
1
Create a custom Shopify app
- Navigate to the Shopify Admin dashboard, and click on Settings
- Click on Apps and sales channels in the Settings modal.
- Click on Develop apps, you might have to choose allow custom app development in a pop-up
- Click on Create an app, give the app the name
Convergeand choose your own email address as the developer.
2
Configure the correct scopes
- Choose Configure Admin API scopes and mark the following 4 scopes (i)
read_customer_events, (ii)read_customers, (iii)read_orders(iv)read_products
3
Install the custom app to get the token
- Click on Save and then Install app. Reveal and copy the Admin API access token
4
Create a new Server-side source in Converge
- In Converge, go to Event sources
- Click on Create a new source
- Pick Server-side from the modal
- Name your source: e.g.
{Storename} Store Backend
5
Connect the Source
- Enter the store name, this is the string before
myshopify.comin the Shopify URL. E.g. Forconvergestore.myshopify.comthe store name would beconvergestore - Paste the Shopify Access Token in the Converge web app under Shopify API Password. Do not fill in a starting date, just click on Create source
- Click on Create Source.
You should see the Source syncing all historical order data, no need to wait before it’s fully synced to create destinations — we will automatically check which orders are historic and new and forward only the new ones in case a destination is active while historically syncing
If you have multiple Shopify stores active in different countries, please check our guide on Shopify Internationalization here.
Post-Purchase Upsells
Many Shopify stores use post-purchase upsells such as Zipify. After placing an order, the customer will be prompted to add a new item to the order. If the customer accepts the upsell, the original order will be modified by the upsell app. For this reason, the only way to track these post-purchase upsells reliably is server-side (as the order is modified server-side). The Shopify Server Integration supports upsell tracking by introducing an optional delay in the integration settings. If you turn on this delay, Converge will wait 10 minutes for the upsell to come in before forwarding it to destinations. You can turn this option on in the configuration of the integration:
This will only work with Destinations that support server-side events. Client-side destinations will not track the upsell.
Filtering out certain orders at ingestion
You might want to make sure certain order types never make it into Converge (e.g. test orders). The Converge Shopify source allows you to configure order exclusions based on their channel or applied tag. E.g. You can filter out allpos orders or filter out all orders with an Exclude tag.
To configure, navigate to Sources and click on your Shopify source.
Then, under configuration mark the exact criteria by which you want to exclude orders from arriving in Converge.
Event Spec
This integration auto-tracks the following events on the server with all properties available according to the Converge Event Spec.| Event Name | Event Description |
|---|---|
| Placed Order | When a customer places an order. |
| Event Name | Event Description |
|---|---|
| Received Refund | When a customer refunds an order. |
Sales Channels
Events received by Converge from Shopify are automatically mapped to Converge’s sales channels types whenever possible. Shopify’s various sales channels, such as the web, shop app, and marketplace integrations, are translated into Converge’s standardized sales channels types based on the context and source of each event. For example, events originating from Shopify checkout are mapped to the web sales channel, while those from POS systems or third-party marketplaces (like Amazon) are categorized as pos and marketplace, respectively. More on sales channels can be found here. Due to the extensive nature of Shopify’s sales channels and tight integration with third party apps, it may be difficult to get an accurate sales channels mapping. As such Converge fall back to “web” if a mapping cannot be found.
| Shopify | Converge | Description |
|---|---|---|
| web | web | Shopify checkout |
| subscription_contract | subscription_contract | Recurring placed order events, and third party subscription apps |
| shopify_draft_order | offline | Manual orders |
| pos | pos | Point of sales orders |
| 12875497473 | web | Shopify headless |
| Edit Order | offline | Orders that are manually edited |
| 3890849 | marketplace | Shopify Shop App |
| 2329312 | facebook_shop | Meta/Facebook Checkout |
| 4383523 | tiktok_shop | Tiktok Checkout integration |
| 3009811 | pinterest_shop | Pinterest Checkout |
| amazon | marketplace | Amazon integration |