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Automate your entire digital commerce workflow, from order capture to financial reconciliation, with a powerful, AI-enhanced iPaaS solution.

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The Challenge

Bridging the Gap: The Challenges of Disconnected BNG & Clarity eCommerce Systems

Without a robust integration, operating BNG and Clarity eCommerce as separate systems leads to significant operational inefficiencies, data discrepancies, and frustrated customers. Businesses often grapple with manual data transfers, delayed information, and a lack of real-time visibility.

  • Manual Order Entry & Errors: eCommerce orders require manual re-entry into BNG, leading to delays, typos, and increased labor costs.
  • Out-of-Sync Inventory: Discrepancies between Clarity eCommerce stock levels and BNG's actual inventory result in overselling, backorders, and customer dissatisfaction.
  • Fragmented Customer Data: Customer profiles, addresses, and order histories are siloed, preventing a unified 'Customer 360' view and hindering personalized experiences.
  • Delayed Financial Reconciliation: Payment data from Clarity eCommerce's gateway doesn't automatically post to BNG's General Ledger, prolonging financial closes and increasing audit risks.
  • Inefficient Product & Pricing Updates: Managing product catalogs and pricing across both systems is time-consuming and prone to inconsistencies, impacting sales.
  • Lack of Real-time Visibility: Business leaders lack immediate insights into sales performance, inventory availability, and financial health due to delayed data synchronization.
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The Solution

The Unified Solution: Integrating BNG with Clarity eCommerce via iPaaS

Our powerful iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service) provides a comprehensive, low-code solution to seamlessly connect BNG and Clarity eCommerce. It orchestrates complex business workflows, ensuring real-time data synchronization and transforming your operations into a single, cohesive ecosystem.

  • Pre-built Connectors: Leverage optimized connectors for BNG and Clarity eCommerce to accelerate integration setup.
  • Bi-directional Data Synchronization: Ensure critical data like orders, customers, products, and inventory flow seamlessly between systems.
  • Event-Driven Architecture: React to real-time events (e.g., new Clarity eCommerce order, BNG inventory update) for immediate data propagation.
  • Robust Data Mapping & Transformation: Visually map fields and apply complex transformation rules without writing code.
  • Centralized Monitoring & Error Handling: Gain a single pane of glass for all integration flows, with intelligent alerts and automated retries.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with BNG + Clarity eCommerce in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both BNG and Clarity eCommerce, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most BNG + Clarity eCommerce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Pre-built Connectors: Leverage optimized connectors for BNG and Clarity eCommerce to accelerate integration setup.
  • Bi-directional Data Synchronization: Ensure critical data like orders, customers, products, and inventory flow seamlessly between systems.
  • Event-Driven Architecture: React to real-time events (e.g., new Clarity eCommerce order, BNG inventory update) for immediate data propagation.
  • Robust Data Mapping & Transformation: Visually map fields and apply complex transformation rules without writing code.
  • Centralized Monitoring & Error Handling: Gain a single pane of glass for all integration flows, with intelligent alerts and automated retries.
  • Scalable & Secure Infrastructure: Handle high transaction volumes and protect sensitive data with enterprise-grade security and compliance.

Technical Integration Details: Connecting BNG and Clarity eCommerce

This section outlines the technical architecture, data flow, and connectivity methods employed to integrate BNG and Clarity eCommerce, emphasizing an API-first, event-driven approach orchestrated by a powerful iPaaS.

Data Flow Steps

1. iPaaS Setup: Provision and configure your iPaaS instance, including environment (Dev/QA/Prod) setup.

2. Connector Configuration: Install and configure pre-built connectors for BNG and Clarity eCommerce. This involves providing API credentials (OAuth 2.0 tokens for both, API keys for BNG) and defining connection parameters.

3. Webhook Subscription: Register Clarity eCommerce webhooks (e.g., 'Order Created', 'Customer Updated') with the iPaaS listener endpoints. For BNG, configure event subscriptions via `/api/v1/webhooks/subscribe` if available, or set up polling for non-real-time events.

4. Workflow Design: Using the iPaaS's visual designer, create integration flows for each desired use case (e.g., Order-to-Cash, Inventory Sync). Define triggers, actions, and conditional logic.

5. Data Mapping & Transformation: Map source (Clarity eCommerce) fields to target (BNG) fields using the visual mapping canvas. Implement transformation rules for data harmonization, enrichment, and validation (e.g., converting currencies, formatting addresses, applying business rules).

6. Error Handling & Monitoring: Configure robust error handling, automated retry mechanisms with exponential backoff, and alerting rules within the iPaaS. Set up dashboards for real-time monitoring of integration health and performance.

7. Testing & Deployment: Thoroughly test all integration flows in a sandbox environment (QA) with realistic data. Utilize iPaaS lifecycle management to promote validated flows to the production environment.

Data Touchpoints

Clarity eCommerce Order <-> BNG Sales Order
Clarity eCommerce Product <-> BNG Product
Clarity eCommerce Customer <-> BNG Customer
Clarity eCommerce InventoryItem <-> BNG Inventory Item
Clarity eCommerce Payment <-> BNG Payment / General Ledger Entry
Clarity eCommerce Shipment (status) <-> BNG Shipment

"The integration architecture features a central iPaaS acting as the orchestration layer between Clarity eCommerce and BNG. Clarity eCommerce leverages webhooks to push real-time events (e.g., new orders, customer updates) to the iPaaS. The iPaaS processes these events, transforms the data, and invokes BNG's RESTful APIs (e.g., /api/v1/sales-orders, /api/v1/customers, /api/v1/inventory) to create or update records. Conversely, BNG events (e.g., inventory changes, shipment status) can trigger the iPaaS to update Clarity eCommerce via its APIs. Payment gateway notifications also flow into the iPaaS for reconciliation and GL posting in BNG."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for BNG + Clarity eCommerce.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating BNG

Integrating BNG fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Key Entities & Field-Level Mappings for BNG and Clarity eCommerce

Achieving seamless data flow requires meticulous mapping of common business entities between BNG and Clarity eCommerce. This section details critical entities, their key fields, and considerations for robust data harmonization.

Customer

Represents a customer profile, encompassing contact information, addresses, and account status, crucial for personalized experiences and financial records.

BNG Fields

CustomerID (BNG Primary Key) ExternalID (for CRM/eCommerce sync) CompanyName FirstName LastName Email BillingAddress ShippingAddress PaymentTerms CreditLimit

Clarity eCommerce Fields

customerId firstName lastName email phone shippingAddresses billingAddresses accountStatus loyaltyPoints

Mapping Notes

BNG's 'ExternalID' is critical for linking to 'customerId' in Clarity eCommerce. 'BillingAddress' and 'ShippingAddress' require complex mapping of sub-fields (Street, City, State, Zip, Country). Deduplication logic within the iPaaS is essential to prevent creating duplicate customer records in BNG. Consider Clarity eCommerce as the initial master for web-created customers, with BNG as the master for financial terms.

Next Steps

See BNG + Clarity eCommerce integration in action.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

Order-to-Cash Automation: Clarity eCommerce to BNG

Seamlessly transfer new sales orders from Clarity eCommerce into BNG, triggering inventory allocation, customer synchronization, and order status updates. This workflow leverages an iPaaS for data transformation and orchestration.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 New 'Order' placed in Clarity eCommerce triggers a webhook.
  2. 1 iPaaS captures 'Order' data (orderId, customerId, lineItems, totalAmount, paymentInfo).
  3. 2 iPaaS maps Clarity 'Order' to BNG 'Sales Order' fields (ExternalOrderID, CustomerID, LineItems).
  4. 3 iPaaS checks for existing 'Customer' in BNG; creates new if not found, updates if necessary.
  5. 4 iPaaS creates 'Sales Order' in BNG via `/api/v1/sales-orders` endpoint.
  6. 5 BNG processes order, allocates 'Inventory Item', and updates 'OrderStatus'.
  7. 6 BNG 'OrderStatus' changes (e.g., 'Shipped') trigger iPaaS to update Clarity eCommerce 'Order' status via `/api/v1/orders/{orderId}`.

Business Outcome

Real-time order fulfillment initiation, reduction in order processing errors, faster delivery times.

Frequency

Real-time, Event-driven

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Accelerated Order Processing
Automate order creation from Clarity eCommerce to BNG, significantly reducing manual data entry and processing delays.
Real-time Inventory Accuracy
Synchronize BNG inventory levels to Clarity eCommerce in real-time, preventing overselling and improving customer trust.
Unified Customer Experience
Maintain a consistent customer 360 profile across Clarity eCommerce and BNG, enabling personalized interactions and better service.
Streamlined Financial Operations
Automate payment reconciliation and GL postings, accelerating month-end close and improving financial data accuracy.
Reduced Operational Costs
Eliminate manual data entry, reduce errors, and free up staff for higher-value activities.
Enhanced Data Quality & Compliance
Leverage AI-driven validation and robust error handling to ensure data integrity and compliance across systems.
✨

Accelerated Order Processing

70% Faster Order Fulfillment

📋 What You Get

Automate order creation from Clarity eCommerce to BNG, significantly reducing manual data entry and processing delays.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 70% Faster improvement in Order Fulfillment, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
GET, POST, PUT, DELETE /api/v1/customers Manage customer master data for CRM sync, order processing, and account management.
GET, POST, PUT /api/v1/products Synchronize product catalog, pricing, and attributes with eCommerce platforms and PIM systems.
GET, POST, PUT /api/v1/sales-orders Create, retrieve, and update sales orders from eCommerce or CRM, driving fulfillment workflows.
GET, POST /api/v1/invoices Manage customer invoices, often for payment reconciliation and financial reporting.
POST /api/v1/payments Record incoming payments from payment gateways or external systems into BNG.
GET, PATCH /api/v1/inventory/{item_id} Retrieve current stock levels and apply inventory adjustments (e.g., fulfillment, returns).
POST /api/v1/gl-entries Post general ledger entries for financial reporting and reconciliation.
POST /api/v1/webhooks/subscribe Register webhooks to receive real-time event notifications from BNG (e.g., order status change, inventory update).

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Order Line Items: Map Clarity eCommerce `lineItems` array, extracting `sku`, `name`, `quantity`, `price` to BNG `LineItems` array, ensuring `ProductID` lookup based on `sku`.
  • Customer Addresses: Flatten Clarity eCommerce `shippingAddresses` and `billingAddresses` arrays into single BNG `ShippingAddress` and `BillingAddress` objects, selecting the primary address.
  • Currency Conversion: If Clarity eCommerce supports multiple currencies and BNG operates in a single base currency, apply real-time currency conversion rates during `TotalAmount` and `LineItem` price mapping.
  • Status Mapping: Translate Clarity eCommerce `order.status` values (e.g., 'pending', 'processing', 'shipped') to BNG `OrderStatus` values (e.g., 'New', 'Open', 'Fulfilled', 'Closed').
  • Product Attributes: Map Clarity eCommerce `variants` and `attributes` to BNG custom fields or separate product records with distinct SKUs, ensuring consistency.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • BNG API Rate Limit Exceeded: iPaaS automatically queues requests and retries with backoff.
  • Clarity eCommerce Product SKU Not Found: Transaction routed to dead-letter queue for manual SKU mapping or product creation.
  • BNG Customer Deduplication Failure: Alert triggered, AI suggests merging options or manual review.
  • Payment Gateway Transaction Failure: Clarity eCommerce order status updated, BNG GL entry prevented, customer notified.
  • Network Interruption: iPaaS queues messages and retries once connection is restored, ensuring eventual consistency.
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

Benefits FAQs

▸ What are the primary benefits of integrating BNG and Clarity eCommerce?
The primary benefits include automated order-to-cash processing, real-time inventory synchronization, a unified customer 360 view, accelerated financial reconciliation, and significant reductions in manual data entry and operational errors. This leads to increased efficiency, improved customer satisfaction, and better decision-making.

Technology FAQs

▸ How does an iPaaS facilitate the BNG and Clarity eCommerce integration?
An iPaaS acts as the central orchestration layer. It provides pre-built connectors for both BNG and Clarity eCommerce, robust data mapping and transformation tools, visual workflow designers (low-code/no-code), and capabilities for event-driven processing (webhooks), error handling, and monitoring. This centralizes integration logic and simplifies management.

Workflows FAQs

▸ Can this integration handle real-time inventory updates from BNG to Clarity eCommerce?
Yes, absolutely. Leveraging BNG's event triggers or frequent polling combined with the iPaaS's real-time processing capabilities, inventory levels from BNG can be synchronized to Clarity eCommerce in near real-time. This is crucial for preventing overselling and ensuring accurate stock availability on your storefront.

AI FAQs

▸ How does AI enhance the BNG and Clarity eCommerce integration?
AI capabilities augment the integration by providing intelligent features such as automated field mapping suggestions, real-time anomaly detection in financial transactions and order patterns, smart data validation, and even automated suggestions for resolving common integration errors. This improves data quality, security, and operational efficiency.

Security FAQs

▸ What security measures are in place for this integration?
Security is paramount. The integration utilizes OAuth 2.0 and/or secure API keys, enforces HTTPS/TLS 1.2+ for all data in transit, and stores credentials in encrypted secrets managers. Least-privilege access is applied to integration accounts, and for payment data, PCI DSS compliance is ensured through tokenization and direct gateway interactions, avoiding storage of sensitive card data.

Customization FAQs

▸ Is it possible to customize the integration workflows without extensive coding?
Yes, a core advantage of using a modern iPaaS is its low-code/no-code environment. Business users and citizen integrators can design, modify, and manage complex integration workflows using intuitive drag-and-drop visual designers, significantly reducing the need for custom coding and empowering your teams with agility.

Operations FAQs

▸ How are errors handled in the BNG and Clarity eCommerce integration?
The iPaaS implements robust error handling. This includes automatic retries with exponential backoff for transient errors, detailed logging of all transactions, configurable alerts for persistent failures (e.g., via email or Slack), and routing critical errors to a dead-letter queue for manual review and resolution. AI can also suggest common fixes.

Scalability FAQs

▸ Can this integration support multiple Clarity eCommerce stores with a single BNG instance?
Yes, a scalable iPaaS can orchestrate integrations for multiple Clarity eCommerce storefronts with a single BNG backend. Each store's data flows are managed independently within the iPaaS, ensuring proper routing, mapping, and reconciliation while centralizing operations in BNG.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for BNG + Clarity eCommerce.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$599 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See BNG + Clarity eCommerce integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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