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First Data + NopCommerce Integration

Clarity Connect™ integrates First Data with NopCommerce, automating business processes and data sharing. This robust integration connects your critical business systems to automate order processing, inventory management, and customer data synchronization.

The Challenge

Connecting with Clarity Connect™

Clarity Connect™ links First Data and NopCommerce through automation and data sharing. Integrating these platforms benefits businesses by streamlining processes and connecting front-end and back-end systems.

Considerations when connecting these applications include security, performance, and physical access. We support both SaaS (Cloud) and On-Premises connection types.

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The Solution

Seamless Integration

Our middleware platform ensures robust and reliable data transfer between First Data and NopCommerce.

  • NopCommerce custom customer attributes mapping to CRM custom fields.
  • NopCommerce order custom attributes propagating to ERP sales order custom fields.
  • First Data transaction custom fields (if supported) mapping to ERP payment notes.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with First Data + NopCommerce 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 First Data and NopCommerce, 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 First Data + NopCommerce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • NopCommerce custom customer attributes mapping to CRM custom fields.
  • NopCommerce order custom attributes propagating to ERP sales order custom fields.
  • First Data transaction custom fields (if supported) mapping to ERP payment notes.

Integration Architecture: First Data & NopCommerce

A modern iPaaS-driven architecture provides a scalable, resilient, and secure foundation for connecting First Data and NopCommerce with your broader enterprise ecosystem.

Data Flow Steps

Event-Driven Architecture (for real-time order/payment updates)

Request-Reply Pattern (for synchronous API calls like authorization/capture)

Batch Processing (for daily settlement reports)

Canonical Data Model (for consistent entity representation across systems)

Circuit Breaker Pattern (for resilience against API outages)

Idempotent Message Processing (to prevent duplicate transactions)

Data Touchpoints

NopCommerce (eCommerce Platform)
iPaaS (Integration Platform as a Service)
First Data (Payment Gateway)
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning - e.g., SAP, NetSuite, Dynamics)
CRM (Customer Relationship Management - e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot)
WMS (Warehouse Management System)
Secrets Manager (for API keys)
Monitoring & Alerting System
Data Lake/Warehouse (for analytics)

"The architecture centers around a flexible iPaaS layer. NopCommerce initiates events (e.g., new order) via webhooks. The iPaaS orchestrates calls to First Data for payment processing, then updates NopCommerce and propagates data to ERP/CRM/WMS. Scheduled jobs handle batch processes like daily settlement reconciliation. All communication is secured via TLS, and sensitive data is tokenized."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for First Data + NopCommerce.

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.
View full pricing & options
Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating First Data

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

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Data Mapping

Data Entity Mapping

Explore how data flows between systems with intelligent field mapping and transformation logic.

Order/Transaction

Central to the integration, representing a customer purchase in NopCommerce and the corresponding financial event in First Data.

First Data Fields

Id CustomerId OrderGuid OrderStatusId PaymentStatusId OrderTotal CreatedOnUtc OrderItems

NopCommerce Fields

transactionId orderId amount currency transactionType status timestamp paymentMethodToken merchantId processorResponse

Mapping Notes

NopCommerce's 'Id' or 'OrderGuid' maps to First Data's 'orderId' (merchant reference). NopCommerce's 'OrderTotal' maps to First Data's 'amount'. NopCommerce's 'PaymentStatusId' must be mapped to First Data's 'status' (e.g., Authorized, Captured, Refunded). OrderItems are critical for ERP integration but not directly passed to First Data.

Next Steps

See First Data + NopCommerce integration in action.

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

Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

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

eCommerce Order-to-Payment-to-ERP Sync

Automate the entire order and payment lifecycle, from NopCommerce checkout through First Data processing and subsequent posting to your ERP for fulfillment and accounting.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 Customer places order in NopCommerce.
  2. 1 NopCommerce webhook triggers iPaaS workflow.
  3. 2 iPaaS sends payment details to First Data for authorization/capture.
  4. 3 First Data processes payment and returns status.
  5. 4 iPaaS updates NopCommerce order status (e.g., 'Paid').
  6. 5 iPaaS creates corresponding sales order and payment record in ERP.
  7. 6 ERP triggers fulfillment in WMS.

Business Outcome

Real-time order processing, instant payment confirmation, accurate inventory updates, accelerated order-to-cash cycle, reduced manual data entry.

Frequency

Real-time (event-driven)

Implementation Timeline

Go live with First Data + NopCommerce 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 First Data and NopCommerce, 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 First Data + NopCommerce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /v1/payments/token Securely tokenize card data from NopCommerce checkout for PCI compliance.
POST /v1/payments/authorization Authorize payment for a NopCommerce order against a tokenized card.
POST /v1/payments/capture Capture authorized funds for a NopCommerce order once it's ready for fulfillment.
POST /v1/payments/refund Process full or partial refunds for NopCommerce orders through First Data.
GET /v1/settlements/daily Retrieve daily settlement reports for financial reconciliation with ERP.
GET /v1/payments/status/{transactionId} Query the real-time status of a specific First Data transaction linked to a NopCommerce order.

Transformation Logic

  • NopCommerce `OrderTotal` to First Data `amount` (currency conversion if necessary).
  • NopCommerce `PaymentStatusId` (integer) to descriptive First Data `status` (string).
  • Mapping NopCommerce `OrderId` to First Data `orderId` (merchant reference).
  • Parsing First Data `Settlement Report` into structured journal entries for ERP.
  • Standardizing address formats for customer synchronization between NopCommerce and CRM/First Data.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • First Data API downtime causing payment failures.
  • NopCommerce webhook delivery failures leading to missed order events.
  • Invalid card details resulting in transaction declines.
  • Discrepancies between NopCommerce order total and First Data captured amount.
  • ERP system unavailability preventing order/payment creation.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for First Data + NopCommerce.

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.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

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

General Integration FAQs

What is First Data's primary role in a NopCommerce integration strategy?
First Data (now Fiserv) serves as the critical payment processing and merchant services platform. In a NopCommerce integration, it handles secure payment authorization, capture, and settlement, ensuring all online transactions are processed reliably and then accurately synced back to NopCommerce and your ERP.

iPaaS Benefits FAQs

How does iPaaS enhance my existing First Data and NopCommerce integrations?
An iPaaS modernizes these integrations by offering API-first connectivity, low-code/no-code workflow automation, and centralized orchestration. It enables real-time data synchronization, reduces manual effort, improves data quality, and provides a scalable, resilient framework for connecting First Data with NopCommerce and your entire tech stack, far beyond what traditional point-to-point integrations can achieve.

Technical FAQs

Is NopCommerce compatible with event-driven architectures for payments?
Absolutely. NopCommerce's robust webhook capabilities make it highly compatible with event-driven architectures. When an order is placed or its status changes, NopCommerce can trigger an immediate webhook to the iPaaS, which then orchestrates real-time payment processing via First Data APIs and subsequent updates to other systems.

Security & Compliance FAQs

What are the key security considerations when integrating First Data with NopCommerce?
Security is paramount. Key considerations include strict adherence to PCI DSS compliance, utilizing First Data's tokenization services to avoid storing raw card data in NopCommerce or the iPaaS, implementing end-to-end encryption (TLS 1.2+) for all data in transit, securing API keys with least privilege access, and regularly auditing integration flows for vulnerabilities.

Workflow Automation FAQs

Can I automate financial reconciliation between NopCommerce, First Data, and my ERP using iPaaS?
Yes, entirely. The iPaaS can automate daily settlement reconciliation by retrieving First Data's settlement reports, matching individual transactions against NopCommerce's sales orders and your ERP's invoices/payments, generating journal entries, and flagging any discrepancies for review. This significantly reduces manual effort and accelerates your financial close process.

Low-code Benefits FAQs

How does low-code/no-code benefit First Data NopCommerce workflow automation?
Low-code/no-code tools empower business users (e.g., finance, operations, eCommerce managers) to design and modify First Data and NopCommerce integration workflows visually, without needing extensive coding knowledge. This accelerates development cycles, increases business agility, and reduces the IT bottleneck for common tasks like refund processing or data synchronization.

AI Enhancements FAQs

What kind of AI enhancements are possible for First Data NopCommerce integrations?
AI can augment these integrations by enabling real-time anomaly detection for fraud prevention (monitoring First Data transactions and NopCommerce orders), intelligent mapping suggestions for complex data transformations, automated exception handling for reconciliation discrepancies, and predictive analytics for cash flow forecasting based on payment trends. This moves beyond basic automation to intelligent, proactive operations.

Performance FAQs

How do I handle First Data API rate limits in my integrations?
To manage First Data API rate limits, your iPaaS should implement strategies such as intelligent queuing for asynchronous requests, exponential backoff for retries, and batching non-time-sensitive operations (like settlement report retrieval). Monitoring rate limit headers in API responses allows for dynamic adjustment of request volumes to prevent exceeding limits and ensure continuous operation.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with First Data + NopCommerce 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 First Data and NopCommerce, 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 First Data + NopCommerce deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

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

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for First Data + NopCommerce.

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.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See First Data + NopCommerce integration in action.

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