Buying entry
Ivalua describes purchasing that can combine hosted and PunchOut catalog items in a requisition. Confirm where this buyer exposes the supplier link.
Shopify Ivalua PunchOut
Plan an Ivalua PunchOut connection to Shopify.
Ivalua includes PunchOut catalogs in its buyer purchasing experience. PunchOut Central can use your existing Shopify catalog as the supplier side; the buyer’s protocol, catalog entry and approved-PO channel need to be confirmed for the particular Ivalua environment.
Buyer systemConfiguration review
Ivalua
PunchOut CentralIvalua to Shopify
Confirm buyer-side protocol and document channels.
Ivalua buying path
Fit a supplier-hosted catalog into the buyer’s requisition.
Ivalua describes a buying experience that can include hosted and PunchOut catalog items in one requisition. The PunchOut cart must return to the buyer process before approval and ordering.
IvaluaBuyer requisition
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PunchOut CentralBuyer-specific connection
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ShopifySupplier-hosted catalog
Onboarding questions
Get the Ivalua buyer’s integration specification first.
Ivalua buyers can configure purchasing differently. Confirm the PunchOut protocol, cart return and document route for this buyer before planning the connection.
Supplier catalog
Map the buyer to the intended Shopify or Shopify Plus store, collections and catalog access in PunchOut Central.
Protocol exchange
Request the buyer’s actual PunchOut specification and confirm whether its connection uses cXML or OCI before configuring credentials and cart return.
Order handoff
Test returned requisition lines, buyer approval and the approved PO channel. The PO, not cart return, creates the Shopify order.
Validation
Test a real buyer configuration end to end.
Use the buyer’s test environment to check catalog launch, buyer-specific products, cart return into the requisition, approval, approved PO receipt, Shopify order creation and invoice handling. Confirm invoice delivery separately from PunchOut Central’s invoice tracking.
Buyer-side references: Ivalua’s PunchOut catalog announcement and eProcurement overview.
FAQ
Ivalua questions
No universal protocol is assumed here. Confirm this buyer’s cXML or OCI requirements and test them before launch.
Yes. Shopify or Shopify Plus remains the supplier-hosted catalog; Ivalua is the buyer procurement environment.
Only after PunchOut Central receives the approved purchase order, not when the cart returns to the requisition.
Confirm an Ivalua setup
Bring the buyer’s PunchOut specification.
We can review the catalog, protocol, PO and invoicing requirements against your Shopify store.