Channel Sync Guide

If you have decided you want to sell on Groupon, then here are the basics Quipt will require.

Channel Requirements

Supplier ID (see below)
Portal Username (see below)
Portal Password (see below)
Designated Gateway Account (see below)

In order to launch, these are the required steps:

Launch Requirements

If you are not already a Groupon Goods seller, your CSM can make an introduction. Introductions require 90 days on Quipt or a sizable existing marketplace business. Please allow 2 weeks for a response. Once approved, you will need to complete the following steps:
Create a Commerce Interface account. You will need an account set up in CI for business. This is where customer orders are managed. This is also where you would upload tracking & enter your payment information.
If you already have an existing account with published products, this gives you 2 options:
- Delete existing content in Groupon and use Quipt as the source of truth. This means all products will need to be built out in Quipt prior to syncing Groupon. After deleting your existing catalog in Groupon, Quipt will rebuild listings based on content that you have built out in our app.
- Link Quipt to your existing product listings in Groupon. All content in Groupon will still need be built out in Quipt prior to turning on the sync. This will prevent high-traffic listings from seeing any downtime, and ensure your order flow continues without interruption.
  1. To link content with Groupon, ensure the SKUs you build in Quipt match those in Groupon, and provide us a 'Full Catalog' Export from Groupon prior to turning on the sync. This way we can upload the UPCs from Groupon to the map ID (listing ID) field in Quipt. The SKU number matching is what links the listings, and the UPC from Groupon works as an override to prevent Quipt from rebuilding/changing the existing listing
Once you are able to login to your Commerce Interface account, you will need to provide Quipt with access.
- Log in to your CI portal, and use this link to get your Supplier ID. Save this for later use in the steps below
- Using the following link, generate an API token. Save this for later use in the steps below
Next, you will need to create a Gateway Account. This is where most of the interactions will occur. This where you set up your company info and ultimately, where all your deals will be set up. This form gives us the information needed to create your Gateway account, add additional users, and prepare to begin displaying Delivery Estimates on your deal pages etc.
- Quipt requires access to a designated account in order to communicate with Groupon Gateway. This is generated by the merchant during the Gateway onboarding process (Step 4).
Review the Gateway Master Agreement. This is our basic contract, which will govern all your Gateway deals according to the Groupon Goods Vendor Guide (link).
Our next step is to input the Supplier ID and API Token from Groupon into your partner settings for the channel within Quipt
- From your Quipt home screen, click the top right dropdown and select Partner Settings:
- This takes you to your Partner overview screen. From here select the channel you wish to apply the desired action, and open the drawer
- Click on 'Edit Channel' to open the Policies, Settings, and Credentials section
- In the next section, hover over 'Credentials' and click on the 'Edit' button that pops up
- For Groupon this will show the following fields to fill out
- From Step 4 above:
  - Copy and paste your Supplier ID into the VENDORID field
  - Copy and paste your API Token into the APITOKEN field
  - Copy and paste your Login Password for Groupon into the PORTALPASS field
  - Copy and paste your Login Username for Groupon into the PORTALUSER field
- Ensure that there are no extra spaces before or after any of the text you pasted into Quipt, as this will cause an error
- Finally, click the 'Save' button to ensure your changes are saved before you exit the drawer
Notify your Quipt CSM when these steps are complete.
- Email your Quipt contact once the credentials are input into Quipt, so that we can launch your store