Thanks for your interest in Flaviar Checkout! Our integrations are co-powered by Shopify, whether we are providing Buy Buttons to install on your current, non-Shopify website or integrating directly into your existing Shopify website.
We’re excited to bring you the combined power of Shopify’s capabilities & app ecosystem and Flaviar Checkout's compliant retail fulfillment platform.See below for what to expect during your onboarding.
Note: for brands that will also be fulfilling non-alcohol items alongside alcohol, additional steps are required that are not outlined below. See here for more information.
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Shopify-Powered Buy Buttons for Non-Shopify Sites
User Account Setup: To start, we’ll set your team up with user accounts in the Flaviar Checkout platform. You’ll use these accounts to manage product pricing and distribution information, as well as monitor orders.
Subscription Initiation: You'll receive a secure link from Flaviar Checkout to update your payment information, please use that link to provide your payment information for your Flaviar Checkout subscription. Once you provide your payment information, we’ll bill you for the first month of service. We will not be able to proceed with onboarding until this initial payment is collected.
Product Upload & Approval: You’ll then add products to the Flaviar Checkout platform so that our team can review your distribution and pricing information with our retailers. The product submission page will guide you through all of the necessary information. Product availability and pricing will need to be confirmed by retailers in your distributed markets before proceeding.
Store Creation & Flaviar Checkout App Installation: The Flaviar Checkout team will then set up a Shopify store that will be used to power your Buy Buttons. This Shopify store will not replace your primary website, but it will be used to power Buy Buttons, integrate with marketing apps, and access Shopify Analytics. We’ll install the Flaviar Checkout app, which covers everything related to order & payment routing to our network of retailers. We’ll then sync the products you uploaded between Flaviar Checkout and Shopify.
Shopify App Setup & Brand Settings: At this stage, you'll be given access to the Shopify store we created for you, along with detailed instructions on how to customize your checkout page and/or microsite, depending on your integration requirements.
DNS Settings: Before the setup is complete, we’ll ask you to make some updates to your primary websites DNS settings. This will enable your checkout to exist at a Flaviar Checkout-powered subdomain rather than a generic URL. Customers will still access Buy Buttons and their cart at your domain, but once they proceed to checkout, they’ll checkout at shop.yourdomain.com.
Buy Button Setup: When you’re ready to proceed, we’ll guide you step-by-step through creating a Buy Button profile in Flaviar Checkout. This profile can be applied to each button for a seamless, consistent customization experience. Once a button is generated, simply copy the code and place it anywhere on your website.
Optional UX Review: Before you officially publish your buy buttons, we may also ask to review your staging/testing pages to ensure the checkout experience is optimal! At this point, we may give feedback on any element that may impact the customer journey to ensure you are set up for success!
Final Testing: If you’d like to test out the Flaviar Checkout-Shopify integration before going live with a product, you’re able to place an order via your Shopify website or buy buttons as soon as you’ve been given the green light by Flaviar Checkout's team. Reference our Shopify launch guide for more information.
Launch: When testing is finished, we’ll give you the go-ahead to launch your new buttons or microsite!
Direct Shopify Integration
User Account Setup: To start, we’ll set your team up with user accounts in the Flaviar Checkout platform. You’ll use these accounts to manage product pricing and distribution information, as well as monitor orders.
Subscription Initiation: You'll received a secure link from Flaviar Checkout to update your payment information, please use that link to provide your payment information for your Flaviar Checkout subscription. Once you provide your payment information, we’ll bill you for the first month of service. We will not be able to proceed with onboarding until this initial payment is collected.
Product Upload & Approval: You’ll then add products to the Flaviar Checkout platform so that our team can review your distribution and pricing information with our retailers. The product submission page will guide you through all of the necessary information. Product availability and pricing will need to be confirmed by retailers in your distributed markets before proceeding.
Flaviar Checkout App Installation & Store Settings Updates: The Flaviar Checkout team will request ownership of your Shopify store so that we can install the Flaviar Checkout app. The Flaviar Checkout app will take over the following areas of your store to ensure a compliant connection to our retailer fulfillment network:
Orders,
Payment processing,
Account billing,
Shipping zones and rates,
Inventory locations,
Customer support email, and
Website terms.
*Important note for live stores: Sometime during this process, your live store will need to be down for 1-2 days for us to complete the integration. We’ll align on a date and time once we’re closer to that step.
Product Syncing: If you have existing products that are already set up in your Shopify store, we’ll connect them to the products you added to Flaviar Checkout via the SKUs. (Priority will always be given to Flaviar Checkout-generated SKUs.) If you don’t yet have any products set up in your Shopify store, we’ll sync the products you uploaded in Flaviar Checkout to Shopify.
Stripe Gateway Setup: If we're unable to obtain ownership of your store, we'll need your help to ensure that payments flow properly from consumers to the Flaviar Checkout retailer network. This means you’ll need to set up Stripe as a payment gateway in your Shopify store which requires an update to your Shopify’s Payments settings that can only be done by the account owner. We’ll provide instructions on how to do this.
Brand Settings & Store Design: At any stage, you’ll be able to design your website and set up Shopify apps on your own, as well as customize branding and communication across checkout and emails. Flaviar Checkout is solely a backend integration and does not handle any user-facing elements of your store - such as page content, cart design, or checkout design - except for product pricing and terms & conditions.
Final Testing: If you’d like to test out the Flaviar Checkout-Shopify integration before going live with a product, you’re able to place an order via your Shopify website or buy buttons as soon as you’ve been given the green light by Flaviar Checkout's team. Reference our Shopify launch guide for more information.
Optional UX Review: Before you publish your buy buttons, we may also ask to review your staging/testing pages to ensure the checkout experience is optimal! At this point, we may give feedback on any element that may impact the customer journey to ensure you are set up for success!
Launch: When testing is finished, we’ll give you the go-ahead to launch or re-launch your site!
Microsite
If your existing website platform is not compatible with Shopify Buy Buttons (e.g. Wix websites), Flaviar will create a standalone Shopify site for you that will be hosted on a subdomain of your current website (e.g. shop.yourbrand.com).
You are responsible for customizing the consumer-facing portion of the microsite to maintain your intended branded experience for customers.
User Account Setup: To start, we’ll set your team up with user accounts in the Flaviar Checkout platform. You’ll use these accounts to manage product pricing and distribution information, as well as monitor orders.
Subscription Initiation: You'll received a secure link from Flaviar Checkout to update your payment information. Please use that link to provide your payment information for your Flaviar Checkout subscription. Once you provide your payment information, we’ll bill you for the first month of service. We will not be able to proceed with onboarding until this initial payment is collected.
Product Upload & Approval: You’ll then add products to the Flaviar Checkout platform so that our team can review your distribution and pricing information with our retailers or our warehouses. The product submission page will guide you through all of the necessary information. Product availability and pricing will need to be confirmed by retailers or our warehouses in your distributed markets before proceeding.
Store Creation & Flaviar Checkout App Installation: The Flaviar Checkout team will then set up a Shopify store that will be used to power your Buy Buttons. This Shopify store will not replace your primary website, but it will be used to power Buy Buttons, integrate with marketing apps, and access Shopify Analytics. We’ll install the Flaviar Checkout app, which covers everything related to order & payment routing to our network of retailers. We’ll then sync the products you uploaded between Flaviar Checkout and Shopify.
Shopify App Setup, Brand Settings, & Store Design: You’ll be given access to the Shopify store we created for you along with detailed instructions on how to customize your checkout page. At this stage, you’ll also be able to design your microsite and set up Shopify apps on your own, as well as customize branding and communication across checkout and emails.
Flaviar Checkout is solely a backend integration and does not handle any user-facing elements of your store - such as page content, cart design, or checkout design - except for product pricing and checkout terms & conditions.
DNS Settings: Before the setup is complete, we’ll ask you to make some updates to your primary websites DNS settings. This will enable your checkout to exist at a Flaviar Checkout-powered subdomain rather than a generic URL. Customers will still access Buy Buttons and their cart at your domain, but once they proceed to checkout, they’ll check out at shop.yourdomain.com.
Optional UX Review: Before you officially publish your microsite, we may also ask to review your staging/testing pages to ensure the checkout experience is optimal! At this point, we may give feedback on any element that may impact the customer journey to ensure you are set up for success.
Final Testing: If you’d like to test out the Flaviar Checkout-Shopify integration before going live with a product, you’re able to place an order via your Shopify website or buy buttons as soon as you’ve been given the green light by Flaviar Checkout's team. Reference our Shopify launch guide for more information.
Launch: When testing is finished, we’ll give you the go-ahead to launch your microsite!