Selling from Lightspeed.
Lightspeed is the shop system and point of sale you already run, and it stays exactly where it is. e-tailize sits on top as the marketplace layer: your catalogue goes out to 200+ marketplaces, the orders come back into one overview.
- API key and secret accepted
- Products and variants imported
- Prices and stock mapped
- Webhooks listening for changes
- Orders routed into one overview
How do you connect Lightspeed to marketplaces?
You keep lightspeed as your shop system and add e-tailize as the layer on top. In the lightspeed back office you create one API key and secret under Settings, Store Settings, Developers, then paste both into e-tailize. Products, variants, prices and stock flow in, your listings go out to the marketplaces you pick, and orders, shipments and returns come back into one overview.
Lightspeed at a glance.
The essentials of the marketplace in one table, before you dive deeper.
| System | Shop system and point of sale, head office in CanadaUsed by retailers and hospitality across Europe and North America. |
|---|---|
| What syncs | Products, variants, prices, stock, orders, shipments and returnsEach one is a documented resource on the lightspeed ecommerce API. |
| Direction | Catalogue and stock out of lightspeed, marketplace orders back into one overviewYour storefront, checkout and registers keep running inside lightspeed. |
| Setup | One API key and secret from Settings, Store Settings, DevelopersYou tick the permissions you grant, then paste both into e-tailize. |
| Requirements | API access sits on the Advanced or Professional packageLightspeed states this on its own API documentation page. |
| Update speed | Webhooks on orders, products, variants, shipments and returnsA shop key may make 300 requests every 5 minutes and 20 per second. |
| Shop cost | Published retail plans at USD 89, USD 149 and USD 289 per monthEcommerce is built into all three. The eCom packages are priced per agreement, compared inside your own back office. |
| Program | From EUR 249 per month, the fee follows your new marketplace revenueFree exploration call first and cancel any month. |
Six reasons to pair Lightspeed with e-tailize.
One catalogue, 200+ marketplaces
The range you already maintain in lightspeed becomes the base for every channel you add. No second product administration.
Stock that stops overselling
Stock per variant arrives from lightspeed and is spread across your channels, so a fast seller in one place cannot oversell in another.
Every order in one screen
Orders from every marketplace land in the same overview, with shipments, tracking and returns handled there instead of channel by channel.
Shop content, marketplace ready
Titles, attributes and images rarely meet marketplace demands straight away. The PIM enriches and translates them on the way out.
Nothing changes in your shop
Storefront, theme, checkout, payments and registers stay untouched. Your team keeps working in the system it already knows.
The next channel costs almost nothing
Once the connection runs, adding a marketplace is a choice rather than a project. The same base serves the next.
Five steps. ~ A few minutes.
- 1
Create your API key
In lightspeed, open Settings, Store Settings, Developers and add a key with the permissions you want to grant.
✓Key created✓Permissions ticked✓Secret revealed - 2
Connect the shop
Paste the key and secret into e-tailize. The connection is tested straight away.
✓Shop recognised✓Connection tested✓Cluster matched - 3
Import your catalogue
Products, variants, prices, stock and images come across into the PIM.
✓Products imported✓Variants matched✓Images loaded - 4
Enrich for each channel
Map your fields to what each marketplace asks for, from identifiers to mandatory attributes.
✓Fields mapped✓Content translated✓Preview checked - 5
Go live and stay in sync
Publish your listings and let stock and orders run between lightspeed and your channels.
✓Listings live✓Stock in sync✓Orders coming in
Sell almost anything. Almost.
What the connection handles
Everything that travels between your shop and a marketplace runs through e-tailize, both ways, no export files.
What stays inside Lightspeed
The shop itself is untouched. e-tailize never takes over what customers and staff see every day.
Questions sellers ask about Lightspeed.
What does Lightspeed cost, and what does e-tailize cost on top?
Lightspeed publishes retail plans at USD 89, USD 149 and USD 289 per month, with ecommerce built in. The separate eCom packages Essential, Advanced and Professional carry no public price: lightspeed prices those per agreement and you compare them in your own back office. e-tailize starts at EUR 249 per month and the fee follows the new marketplace revenue we create together. The exploration call is free.
Which Lightspeed package do I need for the API?
Lightspeed states that API access sits on the Advanced or Professional subscription. On Essential today, you upgrade inside your own back office first. Everything after that happens on our side.
How do I create the API key?
Open Settings, then Store Settings, then Developers, and choose New API key. Give it a name, save, switch it on, tick the permissions you grant and save again. The secret appears under the details of the key. Paste both into e-tailize and the shop is connected.
What exactly syncs, and in which direction?
Out of lightspeed come your products, variants, prices, stock and images. Out of e-tailize go the listings, to the marketplaces you pick. Back into e-tailize come the marketplace orders, shipments, tracking and returns, so your team works from one overview instead of one tab per channel.
How quickly does an update travel?
The lightspeed API sends webhooks for orders, products, variants, shipments and returns, so a change is picked up as it happens rather than in a nightly batch. Those webhooks run over HTTPS only. Reading is capped at 300 requests every 5 minutes and 20 per second per shop key.
Do I have to leave Lightspeed or change my shop?
No. Storefront, theme, checkout, payments and registers stay exactly as they are, and your team keeps working in the system it already knows. e-tailize only adds the channels around it.
Which marketplaces can I reach from Lightspeed?
More than 200 marketplaces and channels run on the same connection. Which of them suit your range, what each asks for and what it could realistically earn is what the free exploration call is for.
Lightspeed's setup, in plain English.
One e-tailize program covers your lightspeed connection and every marketplace you add to it. You pay along with the marketplace revenue we build together, not per product and not per channel. Your own shop plan is billed by lightspeed.
The exploration call and the marketplace scan are both free. The program starts at €249 per month, paid at signing, and the fee follows the new marketplace revenue we create together. Cancel any month.
Your shop stays.
Your reach grows.
Book a free exploration call and you see which channels suit your lightspeed range and what they could earn. The fee follows the new revenue we create together, so we only win when you win.
