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PunchCommerce enables your customers to access your online shop (gateway mode) or a static product catalogue (hosted catalogue) with us. We licence per customer and month, regardless of which protocol your customer uses to access your articles or your online shop.
The Open Catalog Interface (OCI) and commerce Extensible Markup Language (cXML) are both standardised protocols for the electronic exchange of catalogue and order data between companies.
OCI was developed by SAP and is now a widely used protocol for electronic purchasing (read more).
cXML was developed by Ariba (now part of SAP) and is also a frequently used protocol for electronic commerce (Read more).
By connecting your own online shop via PunchCommerce, you can benefit from numerous advantages. In gateway mode, PunchCommerce acts as an intermediary between your customer's procurement system and your online shop. Regardless of which PunchOut protocol your customer wants to use to access your online shop, all you need is an interface to PunchCommerce.
We provide a ready-to-install plugin for the most common shop systems, which makes your online shop immediately OCI and cXML-capable. If your shop system is not yet supported by us, we will be happy to help you with the initial connection.
By connecting via PunchCommerce, you can offer your customers a seamless shopping experience and ensure the automatic transfer of order data and catalogue information. You can also reduce manual processes and save time and costs.
Find out more about the Gateway PunchOut for the OCI or cXML protocol in the "Gateway PunchOut" chapter and start connecting your online shop via PunchCommerce today.
If you do not have your own online shop or would like to offer a specific range for some customers, the catalogue mode of PunchCommerce offers you a solution. With this mode, you can transfer products to our system and make them available to your customers in an individual catalogue that can be used for purchasing via the OCI or cXML protocol.
PunchCommerce offers you the option of transferring products to the system either via a file or via a REST API. You can then provide the items in your customised catalogue for purchasing via the OCI or cXML protocol.
By using PunchCommerce's catalogue mode, you can offer your customers a customised shopping experience while saving time and costs by reducing manual processes and automating the exchange of catalogue and order data.
