Sage 50 Integrations for OpenCart
Connect OpenCart with Sage 50 and Reduce Manual Work
Looking for more than simply sending your OpenCart orders into Sage 50?
We develop bespoke Sage integrations for OpenCart, helping businesses connect their ecommerce website with Sage and automate the movement of information between the two systems.
Every business works differently, so rather than trying to force your processes around a standard integration, we take the time to understand how your business operates, what information needs to move between OpenCart and Sage, and where manual processes can be reduced or removed.
Our aim is simple – to help you save time, reduce duplication and create a smoother workflow between your website, accounts and internal systems.
A basic OpenCart Sage integration may simply transfer an online order into Sage.
For many businesses, that is only the starting point.
Depending on your requirements, we can develop integrations that send information from OpenCart to Sage, from Sage back to OpenCart, or both ways.
This can include:
- Sending OpenCart orders into Sage 50
- Creating or updating customer accounts
- Sending customer and delivery information
- Transferring product and order line information
- Sending purchase order references
- Updating product pricing from Sage
- Updating stock availability in OpenCart
- Synchronising product information
- Returning order or processing information to OpenCart
- Working with trade and account customers
- Multiple users on one trade account
- Handling different customer price structures
- Automating repetitive administration
- Connecting additional internal systems or databases where required
The exact integration depends on how your business uses OpenCart and Sage.
Two-Way OpenCart and Sage 50 Integration
In many businesses, Sage contains information that the ecommerce website also needs.
For example, Sage may hold your latest stock levels, customer pricing or product information, while OpenCart receives new orders and customer information.
A two-way integration can allow both systems to exchange the information they need automatically.
Instead of staff repeatedly entering the same information into different systems, we can help create a workflow where information is updated and transferred automatically.
This can significantly reduce manual administration, particularly for businesses processing a large number of ecommerce or trade orders.
We don’t believe there is a single Sage integration that works for every OpenCart website.
Before development starts, we discuss your existing processes with you.
We look at:
- How orders are currently processed
- What information is entered manually
- Where product and stock information is maintained
- How customer accounts are managed
- Whether Sage or OpenCart should be the master source for particular information
- What information needs to move between the systems
- When information should be transferred
- What should happen if information cannot be matched or transferred
From there, we can recommend an integration that fits your existing operation.
This can range from a relatively straightforward order export through to a much more advanced two-way OpenCart and Sage integration.
Sage integration can be particularly useful for businesses using OpenCart for B2B or trade ecommerce.
Trade websites often have additional requirements such as:
- Customer-specific pricing
- Trade account pricing
- Credit accounts
- Purchase order numbers
- Different delivery addresses
- Product availability
- Bulk ordering
- Account-specific products
- Order status information
- Repeat ordering
Where the relevant information already exists within Sage, we can investigate ways of using that data within your OpenCart website rather than maintaining the same information separately.
One of the biggest reasons for integrating Sage and OpenCart is to remove unnecessary manual work.
Without integration, staff may need to:
- Receive an order through OpenCart
- Re-enter the customer information into Sage
- Re-enter all of the products and quantities
- Add delivery details
- Enter purchase order information
- Check prices and stock manually
- Update information in another system later
As order volumes increase, this becomes time consuming and also increases the possibility of mistakes.
A well-planned integration can automate many of these processes and allow your team to concentrate on processing orders and helping customers rather than repeatedly entering data.
You may already have an OpenCart to Sage integration but find that it only covers part of your requirements.
We can review existing integrations and discuss whether additional functionality can be developed.
You may, for example, already send orders into Sage but also want to:
- Update OpenCart stock from Sage
- Update customer pricing
- Transfer additional order information
- Handle trade customers differently
- Synchronise products
- Improve the way failed transfers are handled
- Automate another manual process
We can look at your existing setup and advise on the best approach.
As OpenCart specialists, we understand that an integration needs to work properly with the rest of your website.
Our work is not limited to simply connecting two databases.
We can work with your OpenCart website, custom functionality, extensions, checkout process, payment methods and other third-party systems to create a more complete solution.
Where required, we can also develop bespoke OpenCart modules and functionality specifically for your business.
If you use OpenCart and Sage 50 and would like to reduce manual processes, improve the way information moves between your systems or develop a completely bespoke integration, speak to us.
Tell us how you currently work, where the problems are and what you would ideally like to automate.
We can then look at your existing processes and discuss how an OpenCart Sage integration could help streamline your business.