OpenCart + Wave Integration | Connect with Autonoly

Real-time financial tracking: Sync orders, invoices, and payments automatically

Inventory-accounting alignment: Match product sales with COGS and revenue recognition

Multi-channel consolidation: Centralize data from multiple OpenCart stores into Wave

67% of businesses report data inconsistencies when copying information between systems

15+ hours monthly wasted on reconciliation tasks

Late payment risks due to delayed invoice generation

10-minute setup vs. weeks of API development

Smart field mapping that learns your data structure

Self-healing syncs that recover from API errors automatically

Core functionality: Product management, multi-store support, 20+ payment gateways

Key integration points: Orders API (REST), customer data, product catalogs

Data challenges: Variant handling, tax rule differences, custom field management

Completed orders with line items

Customer billing/shipping details

Payment status and transaction IDs

Automated bookkeeping: Bank reconciliation, expense tracking

Integration-ready features: Invoicing API, sales receipt endpoints

Data structure considerations: Account codes, tax treatment rules

Contact records (email as unique identifier)

Item SKUs matching Wave’s product/services list

Tax rates aligned with Wave’s financial settings

Auto-detect 85% of field mappings (e.g., OpenCart "order_total" → Wave "invoice amount")

Convert data formats (HTML notes → plain text for Wave descriptions)

Handle complex scenarios like bundled products or partial refunds

- Daily sales syncs

- Instant invoice generation

- Inventory level alerts

- "Only sync orders with ‘Completed’ status"

- "Create Wave receipt only for PayPal transactions"

Military-grade encryption: TLS 1.3 for all data transfers

Compliance-ready: GDPR and CCPA audit trails

Scalability: Handles 10,000+ daily transactions without throttling

- Navigate to Admin → System → Users → API

- Generate keys with "read order" permissions

- OAuth 2.0 authentication via Wave’s developer portal

Autonoly suggests:

- OpenCart "Product Name" → Wave "Service Item"

- Order date → Invoice issue date

Custom overrides:

- Map custom OpenCart fields to Wave notes

- Set default tax rates for specific products

Real-time: Sync when order status changes to "Complete"

Scheduled: Daily 2 AM batch processing

Sample order data

Edge cases (discounts, shipping fees)

Sync success rates

Data throughput metrics

Failed transaction alerts with retry options

Push Wave payment updates back to OpenCart order status

Sync customer updates from Wave to OpenCart profiles

"Last modified" timestamp precedence rules

ShipStation for fulfillment status updates

QuickBooks for additional accounting layers

Subscription businesses: Prorated refund handling

B2B: Net-30 terms auto-application

Dropshipping: Cost of goods adjustments

52 hours/month saved for typical 500-order store

3x faster month-end closing

98% reduction in manual reconciliation work

$18,000 annual savings (based on $29/hr accounting labor)

22% faster invoicing improves cash flow

Zero missed payments from automated tracking

Tax calculation mismatches: Align OpenCart’s tax rules with Wave’s settings

API limits: Schedule syncs during off-peak hours

Duplicate contacts: Use email + postal code as composite key

Weekly audit: Spot-check 5% of transactions

Field mapping review: Update when adding new product types

Utilize Autonoly’s:

- Error resolution playbook

- Dedicated support SLAs

- Custom field transformations (e.g., concatenating SKU + size)

- Conditional branching (skip sync for orders under $50)

- Multi-action sequences (create Wave invoice → email customer → update CRM)