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Overview

The Bold platform connector allows brands to integrate their existing solutions for customer, product, and order management while taking advantage of Bold’s powerful Checkout Experience Suite — without the need to replatform.

How does it work?​

The platform connector bridges the gap between any platform and the Bold APIs. By implementing a platform connector, you ensure that Bold stays up-to-date on what's happening with your customers, orders, and products, and you can take advantage of the powerful Bold Checkout Suite.

To create a platform connector, a merchant or partner must implement the Platform Connector Requirements:

  • Platform Connector API: a server that Bold calls in order to interact with your customer, order, and product information.
  • Platform Event Notifications: a server that sends notifications to Bold when your platform makes changes to customer, order, and product information.

The following diagram shows how these pieces fit together. For more information, refer to the Concepts section.

What are some use cases?​

While Bold officially supports several platforms, brands that don't use these platforms must still find ways to upgrade, optimize, and customize their shopping experience so that they can continue to compete in a quickly changing and highly competitive ecommerce industry.

The platform connector enables the following platform types to integrate with the Bold Checkout Experience Suite:

  • Open-source platforms
  • Traditional platforms
  • Custom platforms and homegrown solutions

How do I get started?​

While Bold officially supports several platforms, brands on open-source platforms, legacy systems, or homegrown solutions still must find ways to upgrade, optimize, and customize their shopping experience so that they can continue to compete in a quickly changing and highly competitive ecommerce industry.

For these brands, Bold defines the Platform Connector Requirements: a recipe for integration with Bold solutions that offers the flexibility to work with the brand's custom environment.

The platform connector ensures Bold stays up-to-date on what's happening with your customers, orders, and products, while enabling you to take advantage of the powerful Bold Checkout Suite.

Next steps​

Ready to build? Dive into the Getting Started guide, or learn more about the concepts behind the platform connector.