Guide
PunchOut E-commerce Part 2 – PunchOut with Shopspray in Litium
With Shopspray, you can offer your customers PunchOut functionality, allowing them to connect their purchasing system directly to your online store.
Unsure what PunchOut is? Read Part 1, where we explain what PunchOut is and its benefits.
What is Shopspray?
Shopspray is a PunchOut integration that makes it easy for suppliers to offer their e-commerce as PunchOut – personalized and in real time. The product is designed for manufacturers and distributors and works as a bridge between the online store and the customer’s procurement system.
Shopspray enables a quick start with PunchOut – even if customers use several different procurement systems. Shopspray is available for multiple e-commerce platforms, including Litium Commerce Cloud and Optimizely.
Which ERP and procurement systems are supported?
Shopspray is compatible with all major procurement and ERP systems, including:
- Visma Proceedo
- SAP Ariba
- Oracle
- Microsoft Business Central
- Mercell Tendsign
- Raindance
- Unit4
- Palette / Medius
- …and many more.
Login – How Does It Work?
One key advantage with Shopspray is that the user is automatically logged in via their procurement system. This means the correct prices, discounts, contracted products, and other relevant information are displayed immediately – without the customer having to log in manually or navigate through a generic online store.
How to Implement PunchOut for Litium Commerce Cloud
If you already have a functioning online store, moving to PunchOut is not a big step. Shopspray provides a ready-made integration for Litium Commerce Cloud, making it simple to get started:
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Your Litium partner installs Shopspray’s Litium connector
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Connect your e-commerce to your customer’s procurement system via Shopspray’s settings.
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Test the integration together with the customer.
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Once everything works smoothly – go live!
Tips for a Successful PunchOut Solution
- Choose a PunchOut solution that can scale with your business and leverages the business logic of your e-commerce, including customer, product, and pricing data.
- Treat PunchOut as a fully integrated order and sales channel. Avoid solutions that create unnecessary intermediaries by managing PunchOut order data in a middle system.
- Ensure that the PunchOut solution displays customer-specific prices and products.
Rove and Shopspray Partnership
Rove is a partner of Shopspray, and we help customers implement PunchOut. Get in touch with us if you want to learn more or test PunchOut with a customer. Running a pilot project with your first customer doesn’t cost much, and it can be a great way to learn how the solution works in practice.
