How Shopify and commonsku Help You Scale eCommerce Without Workflow Chaos

The reality distributors like you face today: Your clients love Shopify, but your team relies on commonsku. 

But until now, those two realities haven’t always worked together as smoothly as they should. 

Saying “yes” to a Shopify storefront often meant introducing a second system, re-entering orders by hand, losing visibility into production and margins, and spending more time reconciling data than moving programs forward. 

Instead of feeling like progress, growth started to feel complicated, and that friction made it harder to confidently take on the next opportunity.

Shopify Connected Shops change that equation. 

How Shopify Connected Shops Work

Shopify Connected Shops let you use Shopify where it excels, on the front end, while commonsku continues to power everything behind the scenes.

Here’s what actually happens: 

• A shopper places an order in Shopify
  
• That order automatically imports into a Connected Shop in commonsku
  
• Your team manages approvals, production, suppliers, and fulfillment exactly as they already do
  
  Parallel workflows, duplicate data, and having to guess where an order lives: this disappears.  

Think of it this way:

Shopify handles the customer experience.

commonsku runs the business.

👉 Learn more about how this fits into the broader Shops ecosystem:

Explore commonsku Shops

How This Integration Can Positively Impact Your Business

We keep using the word “integration”, but really: it’s a workflow unlock.

1. You can finally say yes without hesitation

When a client asks for Shopify, you no longer have to weigh opportunity against operational pain. 

With Shopify Connected Shops:

• Orders land where your team already works
• Production timelines stay visible 
• Supplier workflows remain intact 

You meet your client's expectations without introducing chaos behind the scenes. 

2. Growth stops feeling risky

High-volume programs are exciting… until unclear fees and messy processes start eating into margins. 

Shopify Connected Shops introduces:

• A predictable 1% transaction fee on correctly mapped Shopify orders
• A 7-day grace period to adjust or fix orders before fees apply

That means you scale confidently without any unwanted surprises. 

3. Shopify expands the types of programs you can support 

Shopify opens the door to a broader range of client programs that increasingly expect modern eCommerce experiences. 

Shopify Connected Shops supports:

• Inventory Shops 
• Seasonal Campaigns
• Giveaways

And guess what? Your program execution remains anchored in commonsku, without limiting the types of programs you can take on. 

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For teams already using commonsku, the integration doesn’t change how you work: it expands what’s possible.

You can now:

• Support more client requests 
• Run larger, more visible programs
• Keep every order tied to production and reporting

All while staying grounded in the workflow your team trusts. 

👉 If you want a refresher on how Shops supports your programs end-to-end:

Take a look at commonsku Shops

If you’re already on our Advanced or Enterprise plans, getting started is straightforward.

All you have to do is:

• Connect Shopify as a Connected Shop 
• Confirm your product mapping
• Start routing Shopify orders into your existing commonsku workflow

If you’re not yet on Advanced or Enterprise, our team can help you evaluate the right path forward:

• Take a Self-Guided Tour of our platform
• Or Book a Demo to see how Shopify Connected Shops could fit your programs