Shopify EDI integration for retailer orders, ship notices and invoices.

Yes, through an EDI product or a custom link. When we searched the Shopify App Store for edi on 11 October 2026, the first page of results held two EDI products, from SPS Commerce and Crstl. Orderful, TrueCommerce and Cleo list Shopify connections on their own sites. Each route does the same job: a trading partner's purchase order becomes a Shopify order, and the replies go back.

EDI stands for electronic data interchange. It is the fixed-format messaging that large retailers and distributors use to send purchase orders and receive invoices, computer to computer. EDI integration joins those messages to the system you run the business on. For a Shopify seller, a purchase order arrives as a Shopify order and the replies go back without anyone retyping them.

They are the four documents most sellers meet first. X12, the body that maintains the US standard, names them Purchase Order (850), Purchase Order Acknowledgment (855), Ship Notice/Manifest (856) and Invoice (810). The buyer sends the 850. You send the 855 to confirm the order, the 856 when the goods ship, and the 810 to get paid.

X12 and EDIFACT. RFC 4130, an internet standard for sending EDI over the web, names both: the ANSI X12 format and the United Nations format, UN/EDIFACT. Kroger's vendor pages refer to X12 transaction sets, and every document number on this page (850, 855, 856, 810) is an X12 number.

A grocery chain wants more stock from a sauce maker. Nobody sends an email or picks up a phone. The chain's buying system sends an 850 purchase order with item numbers, quantities and prices. The maker's system answers with an 855, sends an 856 when the pallet leaves, then an 810 invoice. Each side confirms what it received with a 997.

Nothing has, at the retailers whose pages we read on 11 October 2026. Kroger's vendor site says new vendors are required to do EDI, and Target lists the ability to use EDI to receive purchase orders among its supplier standards. What has changed is how sellers connect. Orderful, for example, sells an API for EDI that other systems are built onto. An API is a way for two programs to talk.

No. SAP makes ERP software, the system a company uses to run its orders, stock and accounts. EDI is the message format two companies use to trade documents. The two meet when an EDI purchase order has to land inside the ERP. FactoryJet has worked on SAP Business One and other ERPs, so one link can feed Shopify and the ERP together.

VAN stands for value-added network. Kroger's vendor site describes it as a private network provider that a company hires to carry its EDI. Think of it as a post office for EDI documents. Kroger says its preferred way to exchange documents is through VANs, and that it does not require any specific VAN or EDI provider.

Often, yes. Target's supplier page lists the ability to use EDI to receive purchase orders among the standards a supplier commits to. Kroger's vendor FAQ says new vendors are required to do EDI, and that most must accept purchase orders and send invoices that way. Each retailer sets its own rules, so read your buyer's supplier guide before you sign.

It depends on the retailer. Kroger publishes its rule. A vendor that ships to a Kroger distribution center is given 90 days to comply. After that, Kroger deducts 1% of the invoice amount or $250, whichever is greater, to help offset its manual processing. Other retailers set their own terms in the supplier agreement.

A 997 is a Functional Acknowledgment, a receipt saying a document arrived and could be read. It does not mean the order was accepted. Kroger's compliance page says a functional acknowledgment is required, and its FAQ says documents are acknowledged within the time the standard sets or 24 hours, whichever is shorter. A good link sends each 997 without anyone pressing a button.

ASN means advance ship notice, the 856. It tells the buyer what is in each shipment before the truck arrives. Shopify's own EDI article says that in many cases a retailer will not accept a truck unless the ship notice was received and validated at least 24 hours ahead. Rules differ by retailer. Kroger's FAQ says only selected suppliers on specific programs must send ASNs.

It is the carton or pallet label a retailer scans at the dock. GS1 US describes the SSCC as an 18-digit number given to one shipping unit, such as a case or a pallet, that works like a license plate. It is usually printed as a GS1-128 barcode. Plan for the 856 ship notice to carry the same carton numbers that are printed on the labels.

Expect to. Kroger's vendor FAQ points suppliers to its requirements pages for how it tests each EDI document, and says a supplier approved for one store division is approved for all divisions in the same EDI support area. Other retailers set out their own testing in the supplier guide. Build testing time into the launch date your buyer gives you.

As an order or a draft order. A draft order is one a person can check before it is completed. Shopify's developer documentation shows that a draft order can carry a purchase order number, payment terms and the company that is buying, which covers what an 850 sends. Whether it lands as a draft or as a confirmed order is your choice, made for each trading partner.

Yes. Some business customers never log in to a portal, because their purchasing system sends purchase orders on its own. Their 850 can become a Shopify order against their company account, at the prices and payment terms you have set for them. Shopify's help center says B2B customers are set up as companies, each with its own pricing and payment methods.

Five names came up in our check on 11 October 2026. SPS Commerce and Crstl have listings on the Shopify App Store. Orderful publishes a Shopify integration page with the documents it supports. TrueCommerce lists Shopify as a featured storefront integration, and Cleo lists Shopify among its application connectors. The products section on this page restates what each maker says, with list prices where published.

Yes. A 3PL is an outside warehouse that ships for you. SPS Commerce's listing names 3PL, NetSuite, QuickBooks, SAP and ShipStation among the systems it works with. Crstl's names NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, Cin7 and ShipHero. When the same order must reach two systems, decide which one is the master for orders, so stock comes off only once.

Yes. Several EDI products list NetSuite beside Shopify. SPS Commerce and Crstl name it on their App Store listings, and Cleo's pricing page lists an ERP Connect option for NetSuite, Dynamics 365 BC or Acumatica. FactoryJet has worked on NetSuite, Odoo, SAP Business One, ERPNext and custom ERPs. We map which system receives the purchase order first and which one sends each reply.

From what happens in the store. Shopify's developer documentation describes webhooks, which tell another program about an event in near real time, and a fulfillment record that holds tracking information. When an order is marked as shipped, the link builds the 856 from that record. The 810 invoice follows from the order's lines and prices, in the buyer's format.

Some do. The X12 document for it is the 846, Inventory Inquiry/Advice, which a seller can use to tell a buyer what is available. A link can read stock from Shopify, or from your ERP if that is where stock is kept, and send the 846 on the schedule the buyer asks for.

It depends on the route. List prices read on 11 October 2026: Crstl's Shopify app starts at $149 a month. Orderful lists web EDI at $189 a month per trading partner and its Integrated plan from $399 a month. Cleo lists WebEDI from $99 a month. SPS Commerce asks you to contact it for pricing. CartCoders' 2026 rate guide puts Shopify developers in the US and Canada at $120 to $200 an hour. FactoryJet quotes its own work as a fixed price, in writing, after a short scoping call.

The trading partner sets most of the clock. Orderful says a partner already on its network goes live in under 9 days. Kroger gives a vendor 90 days to comply once it asks for EDI. A custom link adds time to map your item codes and to run test documents. We put the timeline in the written quote, beside the launch date your buyer has given you.

An app is enough when you have one or two trading partners and orders can land in Shopify the way the app puts them. Build a custom link when orders must also reach an ERP or a 3PL, when pack sizes or item codes need rules of your own, when B2B customers have price lists the app cannot read, or when you ship from more than one warehouse. We tell you which on the scoping call.

A web portal, often called web EDI. A person reads each purchase order on a website and types the replies. Cleo lists its WebEDI from $99 a month, and Orderful lists web EDI at $189 a month per trading partner. That works while orders are few. Once the same orders are being retyped into Shopify every week, a connector or a custom link earns its place.

Yes. We show working software on your own data before a contract. For an EDI project that means a sample purchase order from your trading partner's guide becoming an order in a test store, along with the acknowledgment and the invoice it would send back.

We do. FactoryJet quotes the build and the ongoing support as fixed prices, in writing, after a short scoping call. After launch we keep managing the servers, the APIs and the maintenance, so your team does not have to. When a trading partner changes its guide, the change comes to us. You own the code we write.

Yes. If you already use an EDI network, we build on it. The provider carries the documents and your 3PL ships the goods. Our work is the part in between, where Shopify and your other systems send and receive what each one needs. We work remotely with US clients and schedule calls in US business hours.

Consumer brands that have won a retail account, food and drink makers that supply grocers, distributors with a B2B store, and manufacturers whose customers send purchase orders. FactoryJet was founded in 2014, has served more than 500 businesses and is a registered Shopify Partner.