How to connect Shopify to Kosmos eSync
Click on Create Action and choose the Shopify Logo to Grant Access to your Shopify store. View the instructions to your right, with link examples.
Below you’ll find instructions on connecting your Shopify store with eSync from our eSync dashboard.
To create a Shopify Client ID and Secret, login to the Shopify admin area and select Settings in the left sidebar.
Select Apps from the left menu, then click the Develop apps button in the top right corner.
Next: click Build apps in Dev Dashboard.
In the top right corner select Create app.
Under Start from Dev Dashboard give your app a name (such as, eSync Connection) and click the create button.
Make sure Versions is highlighted in the left menu, scroll down to the Access section, and next to scopes click Select scopes.
Next: scroll down and select the checkboxes next to the following scopes:
Admin API – Customer: read_customers and write_customers
Admin API – Inventory: write_inventory and read_inventory
Admin API – Locations: read_locations
Admin API – Orders: read_orders and write_orders
Admin API – Products: read_products and write_products
After selecting the product scopes, click the Done button in the bottom right corner.
Next: scroll back to the top of the Versions area, and click the Release button in the top right corner.
Give your version a name (such as, Live) and click the Release button in the bottom right corner.
In the left sidebar, choose Settings, and under Credentials copy your Client ID and Secret into a text file for later reference.
In the left sidebar, choose Home, scroll down to the Distribution section, and click Select distribution method.
Choose Custom distribution, click the Select button, and click Select custom distribution.
Next: enter the url of your Shopify account, click Generate link, and select the Generate link button.
Next: copy the link into the same text file as your Shopify Client ID and Secret for future reference.
Open a new browser tab, and paste the link into your browser.
If Shopify asks you to select an account, then click the Shopify account where you wish to install and activate the eSync Connection.
Next: click the Install button in the bottom right corner.
Now that the app is activated and installed in your Shopify account the Shopify Client ID and Secret you saved to the text file can be used to setup the Shopify connection in your eSync Dashboard.
Next: Login to your eSync Dashboard, click the Create Action button and choose the Shopify Logo to Grant Access to connect your Shopify store.
Complete the Grant access form, and click the Access Account button to connect your Shopify account.
