Admin API access token. On existing Shopify custom apps, the token granting access to the API.
BigCommerce client ID. The identification number assigned to you by BigCommerce.
BigCommerce access token. The security credential assigned to you by BigCommerce.
BigCommerce API path. The website address for the BigCommerce API.
Cart. The type of cart integration being added. Options are Shopify, BigCommerce, and PayPal.
Class. The class to which orders coming from this cart should be assigned. If this field is left blank, SOS will assign each item on a sales transaction to the class specified in its item definition.
Connect to Shopify. This button initiates the authorization process of connecting SOS Inventory to Shopify.
Department. The department to which orders coming from this cart should be assigned.
Description. A description of the cart connection.
Enabled. When checked, the cart connection is enabled. On a new Shopify cart connection, this setting is grayed out until automatically enabled by SOS Inventory when the connection to Shopify has been completed. Once the connection has been made, you can disable and re-enable the cart as needed.
Location. The location to which incoming transactions to a cart will be assigned.
Name. A unique name for this cart connection.
Override description. By default, SOS will use the item description coming from a Shopify or BigCommerce cart. Check this box to override it with the SOS description.
Payment method. Payment method for PayPal payments.
PayPal fee account. Expense account for PayPal fees.
PayPal income account. Income account for PayPal payments.
PayPal payment address. Email address of PayPal account holder.
Sales channel. The sales channel to which orders coming from this cart should be assigned.
Sales receipt deposit account. The QuickBooks account to which funds from sales receipts are posted.
Shopify app type. On Shopify apps existing prior to January 2026, specifies how Shopify has been connected to SOS Inventory. This field appears on existing Shopify cart connections and is populated by the system. Options are Custom app and Private app.
Shopify API Key. On an existing Shopify private app, the unique code assigned to you by Shopify that identifies your application in an API call.
Shopify API Password. On an existing Shopify private app, your Shopify-assigned password for making API calls.
Shop. The subdomain of your company’s Shopify web address. For example, if your Shopify web address is shoeshop.myshopify.com, enter shoeshop.
Transaction type. The type of SOS transaction that the cart transaction will become when imported into SOS. Select from Auto-detect, Sales orders, Sales receipts, Don’t import. If using Auto-detect, unpaid or pending orders come in as sales orders and paid orders come in as sales receipts.
Update inventory. Enables SOS to update inventory in a Shopify or BigCommerce cart. This behavior can also be controlled at the item level.
Use common customer. By default, SOS will create a customer for each customer coming from a Shopify or BigCommerce cart. Check this box to link all cart orders to the same common customer.
Use SOS order number. By default, SOS will use the order number coming from a Shopify or BigCommerce cart. Check this box to override it with the next SOS number.