Connecting Plytix to your BigCommerce Store

Creating and updating products in your BigCommerce store is easy with Plytix! With Plytix’s BigCommerce app, you can connect different storefronts in your BigCommerce account to your PIM with no coding required. In this article, you will learn how to access the Plytix app to connect your PIM with BigCommerce.

Connecting to the Plytix App

Logging into your Plytix Account

Signing up to Plytix with a New Account

Connecting Different Storefronts

 

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Connecting to the Plytix App

The first step to connect your BigCommerce store to Plytix is to install the Plytix app. 

1. Access the 'Apps' section on the sidebar menu of your BigCommerce account, then click 'Marketplace.' Click the main button on the page to access the full list of BigCommerce apps.

2. Search for Plytix and open the Plytix PIM app. This will redirect you to Plytix's app listing. On the listing page, you'll find all the information you need, including the access requirements needed to use BigCommerce with Plytix. Click 'Install.'

3. A disclaimer message will pop up listing the type of access required by the Plytix app. These access rights are needed to create and update products from Plytix to BigCommerce.

4. Click 'Confirm.'

5. Another popup will appear with a link to be redirected to the Plytix platform. Click 'Go to Plytix'.

 

6. You will then find a window with log in or sign up options.

There are two ways to connect BigCommerce to Plytix:

• Logging in to your Plytix account
• Signing up to Plytix with a new account

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Logging in to your Plytix account

If you already have a Plytix account, click 'Log in.' After logging in, a dropdown of all the accounts you're a user in will show up.

You'll only be able to select an account to connect BigCommerce to if:

• The channels module is activated in the account, and
• You have channel editing permissions

The 'Connect the account' button will automatically be enabled once an account meets both of these requirements.

1. Select an account and click 'Connect this account.'

 

2. A window will pop up asking you to name your channel.

3. Choose a storefront to connect to the channel.

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Signing up to Plytix with a new account

If you don't have a Plytix account, you can sign up through Google Single Sign-On or by manually entering your email.

1. Sign up with your email or Google account.

 

2. Verify your email address via the link sent to your inbox.

3. Set up your password, then click 'Save and continue.'

4. Set up your profile information, then click 'Save profile information.'

5. Fill in your account information with your company's details, then click 'Save the account and get started!'.

6. Set up your BigCommerce store information. 

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Connecting Different Storefronts

After you’ve connected your BigCommerce store to Plytix, you can also create different channels for the different storefronts you have within that same store.

To connect different BigCommerce storefronts to Plytix:

1. Click 'Add channel' on the channels overview page.
2. Name your channel and select the 'BigCommerce' channel type.
3. Select your store and choose your storefront.
4. Click 'Add channel' to save.

Now you can start sending your products over from Plytix to the storefront you chose!

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What's next? 

• Learn how to map BigCommerce fields with Plytix attributes
• Learn how to manage your BigCommerce channel 
• Learn how to create different channels for syndication

 

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