Implementation guides
Integration guides for teams building the real thing
Each guide explains the problem, a recommended architecture, implementation steps, failure handling, and testing. Code samples are illustrative starting points, not drop-in production integrations.
Architecture
- Introductory
How to Integrate Shopify with a Custom ERP
A step-by-step plan for connecting Shopify to an in-house ERP — scoping workflows, the Admin GraphQL API, webhooks, queues, data mapping, testing, and go-live.
9 min read - Advanced
Shopify ERP Integration Architecture: A Practical Guide
The components of a dependable Shopify-to-ERP integration — receivers, queues, workers, outbox, reconciliation, and monitoring — and when to use each pattern.
6 min read
Orders
- Intermediate
How to Synchronize Shopify Orders with an ERP
How to export Shopify orders to an ERP reliably — choosing the trigger, mapping lines, taxes, discounts and payments, handling edits, and avoiding duplicates.
6 min read - Intermediate
How to Prevent Duplicate Orders in an ERP Integration
Why ecommerce integrations create duplicate ERP orders — duplicate webhooks, retries after timeouts, races — and the layered defenses that stop them.
4 min read - Advanced
How to Handle Refunds and Cancellations in an ERP Integration
Model ecommerce refunds, cancellations, and returns in an ERP — credit notes, restocking, partial refunds, shipping refunds, and which system initiates each action.
5 min read
Inventory
Catalog
Fulfillment
Reliability
- Intermediate
How to Handle Shopify Webhooks Reliably
Build a Shopify webhook receiver that never loses events — HMAC verification, the five-second rule, deduplication, ordering, retries, and subscription removal.
4 min read - Intermediate
Shopify Webhooks vs. Polling for ERP Integrations
When to use Shopify webhooks, when to poll the GraphQL Admin API, and how to implement the hybrid pattern Shopify itself recommends for ERP integrations.
4 min read - Advanced
How to Implement Retries and Idempotency
A practical implementation of retries with exponential backoff and jitter, plus idempotency keys, so ecommerce-ERP integrations can retry safely without side effects.
5 min read
Operations
- Intermediate
How to Handle Failed ERP Synchronization Jobs
What to do when integration jobs fail — triage categories, dead-letter queues, review screens, safe replay, ownership, and the alerts that prevent silent data loss.
5 min read - Intermediate
How to Design an Integration Monitoring System
What to measure in an ecommerce-ERP integration, how to set alert thresholds, which dashboards help, and how business-level checks catch silent failures.
5 min read