Integrate PunchOut with BigCommerce

Lakin Mohapatra
Nov 1 · 2 min read

As you know, Punchout technology has been a trend in e-commerce business involving big customers having their own e-procurement systems.
You can go through my past article based on Punchout by clicking on here.

In this article, we will focus on integrating punchout with BigCommerce specifically. I have taken an example of SAP Ariba e-procurement system.

It will be helpful for developers who are new to the punchout system and want to know the integration process.

Step 1 :

Before integrating punchout, we need to have a BigCommerce store ready with us.
So you need to create a store at Big Commerce Cloud and upgrade account for having the custom domain name.
https://www.bigcommerce.com/

Note: It can not be hosted at the local server. It creates a store at BigCommerce cloud automatically. (SAAS)

Step 2 :

You need to choose the desired theme and do frontend customizations as per requirement.

Step 3 :

We need to create an account on the PunchOut2go website.
PunchOut2Go is a PunchOut Gateway designed to simplify the PunchOut conversation between the seller’s storefront and the buyer’s e-procurement system. Learn More

Step 4:

Install Punchout2Go app inside big commerce apps section and configure it with punchout2go credentials.

Step 5 :

Register store in Ariba Network for Suppliers and insert catalog url that will be received from PunchOut2Go.

https://www.academia.edu/35820160/Configuring_Ariba_Supplier_Account_for_Testing

Credit : For more info , visit https://www.academia.edu/35820160/Configuring_Ariba_Supplier_Account_for_Testing

Step 6 :

Once e-commerce punchout URL is registered in the e-procurement system, buyers can search for Supplier’s punchout website within the procurement system itself and autologin into the website for purchase.

References :

https://www.vurbis.com/bigcommerce-punchout-cxml/
https://uex.ariba.com/auc/node/100346?a_lang=en
Ariba Network for Suppliers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRRugdS8048
https://www.academia.edu/35820160/Configuring_Ariba_Supplier_Account_for_Testing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGSYoyOetq8

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