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Sync Multiple Shopify Stores

This article details how multiple Shopify stores can be synced together through Qoblex.

This article outlines the setup instructions you need to follow in order to integrate multiple Shopify stores and have them share the same inventory data through Qoblex.

How does the sync work?

When you integrate a Shopify store with Qoblex and import your products, the system will automatically link existing products within Qoblex with their counter part in Shopify.

Qoblex uses either the product name or the product variant SKU as a reference to identify similar products.

Link products by name

This is the default link mode. When importing products from Shopify, Qoblex uses the product name to identify similar products on different stores and link them together by default. In this mode, Qoblex links products by name and product variations by their option values.

Link products by SKU

If you would like the system to identify similar products by their SKUs then please set your store to not sync language specific properties such as the product name, description, tags and product types (language sensible attributes).

This informs Qoblex that common products across your stores might have different names and the SKU should be used to link them instead. More on language sensible attributes in the Shopify installation guide.

Note that in this mode, Qoblex will not update your product language specific attributes. For example, changing your product name or description within Qoblex will have no impact on your Shopify products. Please contact us if you would like to keep your product language specific attributes in sync while linking products by SKU.

Multiple stores, different languages

It is quite common to have multiple Shopify stores in different languages. For example, you could have a .no store targeting Norwegian customers and an .com store for international sales. Qoblex allows you to run such stores while keeping your products stock level in sync.

As described in the Shopify Sync Guide document, changes to your products and their stock levels will automatically propagate to your connected Shopify stores. It is therefore important to turn language sensible attributes sync off.

This instructs Qoblex to not update the product name, description, tags, product type, product options and their values.

When operating multiple stores in different languages, it is critical to have all product SKUs properly set. Similar products on different stores must have similar SKUs so Qoblex can recognize them as being the same.
Before any products are imported, Qoblex performs a check and ensures no duplicate SKUs are present. The product import operation will be interrupted should Qoblex find duplicate SKUs.

Language used in Qoblex

Let’s assume you have two stores you want to integrate with Qoblex. A German and a Spanish store. The German store is in German, the Spanish one in Spanish.
Let’s now assume the team operating Qoblex is more comfortable working in German. In this case, you should install the German store first so product names and descriptions would be in German within Qoblex. The Spanish store should be installed after the German store so product names and descriptions in Qoblex are left intact. In this case, you should set the Spanish store to not sync language specific fields to avoid Qoblex pushing product name, description, tags in German to the Spanish store.

Multiple stores, different currencies

This section outlines the setup instructions for integrating multiple Shopify stores to Qoblex.
This section assumes that online stores to be integrated have different currencies

Qoblex has native support for multiple currencies and can handle a wide range of them. Qoblex stores prices in the base currency defined under your Account settings.
The system automatically converts prices in foreign currencies to the base currency when stored (this will be illustrated in an example below). The stored prices will be converted back to their original foreign currency when pushed back to Shopify.

When you install a store which has a currency other than your base currency, Qoblex will automatically display a new settings section to configure your currency conversion rate.

Click the Setup Exchange Rate button to define an exchange rate to be used to convert your prices to your base currency.

The exchange rate field will be populated with a default exchange rate pulled from https://openexchangerates.org/

Once the exchange rate is set and the other settings configured, import your products so Qoblex can recognize your products from the installed store. The product prices will be stored in Qoblex in your base currency.

Example:

Let’s assume your Qoblex base currency is to USD. You would like to install a Shopify store based in the UK. Your UK store currency is set to GBP.
Let’s now assume that the exchange rate is defined as 1 USD = 0.7809 GBP.
Let’s assume you sell widgets on our UK Shopify store for 10 GBP .
When the widgets are imported into Qoblex, their price will show as $12.805, that is 10 GBP / 0.7809.

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