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21 MAR 2024
Magento Integration for interlocked purchase and sales processes
The trading platform ITScope offers shop operators the opportunity to include products from 400 ICT distributors in their range. To make the integration with Magento or Adobe Commerce as efficient and comfortable as possible, DELABYTE has developed its own module. It enables resellers to automate their sales processes with connected suppliers as much as possible – from the import of product data to the automated calculation of sales prices.
ITScope at a Glance
What is ITScope?
ITScope is a Digital Sales & eProcurement platform. It offers interfaces to ERP and shop systems, through which suppliers and traders can exchange product data and interlink purchasing and sales processes. The trading platform is primarily aimed at system houses. It is used by 400 ICT distributors and over 7,800 resellers.
What are the benefits of integrating ITScope with Magento?
Online retailers can offer their customers a larger assortment by integrating products from suppliers into their online shop. Through the ITScope integration, products can be automatically created in Magento, drawing on images, product descriptions, filter features, prices, and availability from ITScope.
What features does the ITScope module from DELABYTE offer?
The ITScope module from DELABYTE provides comprehensive integration of the trading platform with Magento or Adobe Commerce. It imports product content, attributes, prices, and stock levels, and automatically places customer orders made through the shop with suppliers via ITScope. Additionally, it contains logic for selecting the most economical suppliers for orders and offers automated calculation of final prices.
Expanding assortments with ITScope integration for Magento
Trading platforms like ITScope simplify cooperation with suppliers and offer shop operators the opportunity to offer their customers a broader range of products. However, this requires a seamless and high-performance integration of the platform with the shop system. Although there is an interface for the integration platform SyncSpider for integrating ITScope into Magento or Adobe Commerce, it only synchronizes product data and is associated with monthly subscription costs. Therefore, DELABYTE has developed its own module for connecting ITScope to Magento. It offers merchants a fast and cost-effective integration that automates all the essential steps of the purchasing and sales processes.
"ITScope offers online retailers the opportunity to easily expand their range of products. Our module unlocks the full automation potential of the platform for Magento."
Import of Product Content, Attributes, and Stock Levels
How does the ITScope integration with Magento work in detail? The starting point is contracts between the operator of the webshop and one or more distributors listed in ITScope. Starting from an initial configuration, product data, prices, and stock levels from ITScope can be imported into Magento. DELABYTE uses the Pacemaker framework to ensure a fast import of the data. In addition to the product content with images and product descriptions, the solution also automatically imports the attributes stored in ITScope.
The frequency of data synchronization can be freely configured. In practice, it has proven useful to synchronize the products every night and the stock levels every 30 minutes. After the import, merchants can directly access the products in Magento. If the entire range of a supplier is to be made available to customers, the imported products can be activated immediately. Otherwise, it is advisable to create the products as deactivated during import. This allows merchants to selectively choose from a range of several tens of thousands of products those items that fit into their portfolio and that they want to offer to their customers.
Automated Calculation of Final Prices
The prices of imported products typically fluctuate. To avoid having to manually calculate and adjust the selling price each time based on the purchase prices, DELABYTE's ITScope integration supports automatic price calculation. Online retailers can store the desired margin in a formula in the backend. During the data import, the final prices are then automatically adjusted. This automation eliminates the risk for shop operators of selling products that have become more expensive at too low a price. For products that become cheaper, retailers remain competitive by automatically adjusting the price downwards.
Automatic Selection of the Most Affordable Suppliers
When a customer purchases a product provided by suppliers, DELABYTE's module creates a corresponding order in ITScope. It takes into account both availability and price. If the order includes products that are available from multiple suppliers, the module selects the supplier with the lowest price. To save on shipping costs, the module tries to order as many items as possible from the same supplier. The order data transmitted to ITScope also includes customer-specific information such as the delivery address. This allows the supplier to directly ship the ordered products to the customers via dropshipping.
Shipping Notification via Magento
Once the supplier has dispatched the ordered products to the customers, they create a corresponding process in ITScope. The data for this, which also includes the tracking numbers of the shipped packages, is also transferred directly to Magento by the ITScope module from DELABYTE. The customers then receive an email with the shipping notification and the tracking number to track the shipment.