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E-Commerce Data Integration

Shopify & Magento Connectors to Cybex AI Platform
Unified Analytics | Real-Time Insights | AI-Powered Intelligence

The E-Commerce Data Challenge

Modern retailers operate across multiple channels—physical stores, online marketplaces, social commerce, mobile apps—each generating valuable data in isolated silos. Your Shopify or Magento store contains rich information about customer behavior, product performance, inventory movement, and sales patterns, but this data often remains trapped within the platform, making cross-channel analysis nearly impossible.

The consequences of data fragmentation are significant:

73%
of retailers struggle with data silos
15-20hrs
weekly reporting time saved
Real-time
data updates vs. daily batches
360°
unified customer view

The Cybex AI Platform Solution

Cybex AI Platform provides enterprise-grade data connectors for Shopify and Magento that automatically extract, transform, and load your e-commerce data into a unified analytics environment. This integration unlocks the full potential of your online business data, enabling advanced analytics, machine learning, and AI-powered insights across your entire retail operation.

Unified Data Architecture

Rather than accessing fragmented data across multiple platforms and databases, Cybex AI creates a single source of truth that combines e-commerce transactions, customer behavior, inventory data, marketing performance, and operational metrics. This unified dataset becomes the foundation for sophisticated analytics, predictive modeling, and AI-driven decision-making.

Your teams work from one consistent dataset, eliminating discrepancies, reducing reporting time, and enabling insights that were previously impossible when data lived in separate systems.

Platform-Specific Connectors

Shopify Connector

What We Extract:

  • Orders (all statuses, fulfillment, refunds)
  • Customers (profiles, contact info, marketing consent)
  • Products (variants, inventory, pricing, collections)
  • Inventory levels across locations
  • Transactions and payment details
  • Abandoned checkouts
  • Discounts and promotion codes
  • Shipping and fulfillment data
  • Customer tags and segments
  • Store analytics and traffic data

Integration Method:

REST API with OAuth 2.0, webhook support for real-time updates, GraphQL for complex queries. Respects Shopify rate limits and uses bulk operations for efficient data transfer.

Magento Connector

What We Extract:

  • Orders (with custom attributes and extensions)
  • Customer data (groups, addresses, attributes)
  • Catalog (products, categories, attributes, media)
  • Inventory management (MSI multi-source)
  • Cart and quote information
  • Invoices, shipments, credit memos
  • Tax and pricing rules
  • Store views and website configuration
  • Customer reviews and ratings
  • CMS content and blocks

Integration Method:

REST/SOAP APIs, direct database access option for large datasets, support for Magento 2.x architecture, custom attribute mapping, and extension compatibility.

Data Integration Flow

1

Authentication & Connection

Secure OAuth connection established between your e-commerce platform and Cybex AI. No passwords stored; token-based authentication with automatic refresh.

2

Initial Data Sync

Historical data extracted in optimized batches. Typically 2-5 years of transactional history, all customer records, complete product catalog, and inventory levels.

3

Data Transformation

Raw platform data normalized to Cybex unified schema. Custom fields mapped, calculations performed, data quality checks applied, relationships established.

4

Loading to Data Platform

Transformed data loaded into Cybex data warehouse with optimized schemas for analytics. Fact tables for transactions, dimension tables for products/customers/locations.

5

Real-Time Sync

Webhooks and scheduled incremental updates keep data current. New orders, inventory changes, and customer updates flow continuously. Typical latency: 2-5 minutes.

6

AI Model Training

ML models automatically trained on unified dataset. Forecasting, segmentation, recommendation, and optimization models update regularly with new data.

7

Analytics & Insights

Pre-built dashboards, custom reports, and AI-powered insights available through Cybex interface. Export capabilities to BI tools, automated alerting, API access.

Data Entities and Schemas

Core Data Tables

Entity Key Fields Update Frequency Typical Row Count
Orders Order ID, date, customer, total, status, channel, location Real-time Millions
Order Lines Line ID, order ID, SKU, quantity, price, discount, fulfillment Real-time 10x orders
Customers Customer ID, name, email, phone, address, lifetime value, segment Real-time Hundreds of thousands
Products SKU, title, description, category, price, cost, vendor, attributes Hourly Thousands to tens of thousands
Inventory SKU, location, quantity available, committed, incoming Real-time SKUs × locations
Abandoned Carts Cart ID, customer, items, value, abandonment time Hourly Varies widely
Refunds/Returns Refund ID, order, reason, amount, restocked items Real-time 5-15% of orders
Discounts Code, type, value, usage count, date range, restrictions Daily Hundreds

Enhanced Analytics Fields

Beyond raw platform data, Cybex enriches your dataset with calculated fields and derived metrics:

AI-Powered Analytics Capabilities

1. Customer Intelligence

Segmentation

ML-driven customer clustering based on behavior, not just demographics. VIP, at-risk, growth, and dormant segments.

Lifetime Value Prediction

Forecast future customer value to optimize acquisition spend and retention efforts.

Churn Prevention

Identify customers at risk of churning before they leave. Trigger automated retention campaigns.

Next Best Action

Recommend optimal engagement strategy for each customer based on propensity models.

Cohort Analysis

Track customer groups over time to understand retention, repeat rate, and value development.

Channel Attribution

Multi-touch attribution connecting marketing channels to conversions and revenue.

2. Product & Inventory Intelligence

Demand Forecasting

Predict future sales by SKU, accounting for seasonality, trends, and promotional impact.

Inventory Optimization

Recommend optimal stock levels to minimize stockouts while reducing carrying costs.

Assortment Planning

Identify underperforming products and white space opportunities in your catalog.

Price Elasticity

Measure how price changes impact demand for intelligent pricing strategies.

Cross-Sell Recommendations

Product affinity analysis to power "frequently bought together" recommendations.

Slow Mover Detection

Early warning system for products trending toward obsolescence requiring markdowns.

3. Marketing & Campaign Intelligence

Campaign Performance

Track ROI across email, social, paid search, and affiliate channels with unified attribution.

Cart Abandonment Analysis

Understand why customers abandon and optimize recovery campaigns with A/B testing.

Discount Optimization

Analyze promotional effectiveness and recommend optimal discount levels by segment.

Customer Acquisition Cost

Calculate true CAC by channel and compare against LTV for profitability analysis.

Win-Back Campaigns

Identify lapsed customers with highest probability of reactivation and optimal offers.

Email Optimization

Predict optimal send times, subject lines, and content for each customer segment.

4. Operational Intelligence

Fulfillment Analytics

Track shipping times, carrier performance, and delivery success rates by region.

Return Analysis

Identify products with high return rates and analyze reasons to reduce returns.

Peak Period Planning

Forecast order volume during sales events and holidays for capacity planning.

Payment Analysis

Track payment method preferences, decline rates, and fraud patterns.

Geography Insights

Understand regional performance, shipping costs, and market penetration opportunities.

Mobile vs Desktop

Analyze channel performance, conversion rates, and customer behavior differences.

Unified Omnichannel Analytics

The true power of Cybex AI emerges when e-commerce data integrates with your other retail systems. The platform creates a complete view of your business by connecting online and offline data sources.

Cross-Channel Customer Journey

Track customers as they move between channels:

Real-World Example: Fashion Retailer Omnichannel Integration

A mid-sized fashion retailer with 75 stores and a Shopify e-commerce site integrated both data sources into Cybex AI Platform.

Discovery: 34% of online customers also shopped in stores, but this wasn't visible before integration. These omnichannel customers had 2.8x higher lifetime value than single-channel shoppers.

Action: Created targeted campaigns encouraging online-only customers to visit stores (with in-store offers) and store-only customers to browse online. Implemented BOPIS and same-day delivery.

Results: Omnichannel customer percentage increased from 34% to 51% over 12 months. Total customer lifetime value increased 23%. Online revenue grew 45% while store comp sales increased 12%.

Inventory Visibility Across Channels

Unified inventory view prevents stockouts and enables advanced fulfillment strategies:

Marketing Attribution Across Channels

Understand true marketing ROI when customers interact with multiple touchpoints:

Tip: Use loyalty IDs or hashed emails to stitch journeys across channels while protecting PII.

Store Operations Feedback Loop

Feed ecommerce demand signals into store ops to improve staffing, fulfillment, and merchandising decisions (e.g., forecast spikes after campaigns, BOPIS load balancing).

Implementation Roadmap

Phase 1: Connect (Week 1)

  • Authorize Shopify/Magento via OAuth with least-privilege scopes
  • Configure webhooks for orders, inventory, customers, refunds
  • Set data residency and retention policies

Phase 2: Ingest (Weeks 2-3)

  • Run historical backfill (2�5 years)
  • Enable incremental syncs and rate-limit aware retries
  • Validate entity counts and financial totals

Phase 3: Validate (Week 3)

  • Balance to platform reports (orders, revenue, refunds, tax)
  • Map custom attributes and metafields
  • Resolve data quality issues (timezones, currencies, missing refs)

Phase 4: Activate (Weeks 4-5)

  • Publish dashboards (sales, cohort, merchandising, marketing)
  • Train forecasting, CLV, churn, and recommendation models
  • Wire alerts and exports to downstream tools (email, ads, BI)

Phase 5: Automate (Week 6+)

  • Enable BOPIS/ship-from-store optimization
  • Automate segments and audiences to paid media/ESP
  • Iterate weekly on KPIs and model performance

Security, Privacy, and Governance

Quick Setup

Shopify

  1. Install the Cybex AI app or create a private app with required scopes
  2. Authorize OAuth; copy the access token to Cybex connector settings
  3. Enable webhooks (orders, fulfillments, inventory, customers, refunds)
  4. Select backfill window and start initial sync

Magento (2.x)

  1. Create integration in Admin to provision API keys with minimal scopes
  2. Enter base URL, keys, and site/store-view mappings in connector
  3. Optionally enable MSI (multi-source) inventory endpoints
  4. Run backfill and verify entity counts

API & Webhook Examples

POST /webhooks/shopify/orders/create
{ "id": 5345678901, "created_at": "2025-01-12T15:42:10Z", "customer": { "id": 99887766, "email": "jane@domain.com" }, "line_items": [ { "sku": "TS-001-BLK-S", "quantity": 2, "price": "24.00" } ], "total_price": "48.00", "currency": "USD", "fulfillment_status": "unfulfilled" }
GET /api/unified/orders?since=2025-01-01
curl -H "Authorization: Bearer " \ "https://api.cybex.ai/unified/orders?since=2025-01-01"

SLAs and Monitoring

MetricTargetNotes
Data latency2�5 minutesWebhook-to-warehouse
Backfill throughput100k+ rows/minBulk endpoints where supported
Uptime99.9%Connector service availability
Data quality>99.5% matchPlatform parity checks

Conclusion

Connecting Shopify or Magento to Cybex AI unlocks real-time, AI-ready data across your business. With unified schemas, robust governance, and production-grade pipelines, your teams move from manual reporting to proactive, predictive decisions that lift revenue and efficiency.

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