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Getting started with Squarespace EDI
XEDI handles the retailer side of your trading while Squarespace carries on running your website, because a Squarespace store is built for selling to visitors rather than supplying a retail buyer.
One managed platform, no custom code
XEDI maps Squarespace to your trading partners and validates every document, so data flows straight into the systems your teams already use.
Your website is a shop window, not an order processing system
Squarespace is very good at presenting a brand and taking orders from visitors. It is not built to hold a retailer's trading terms, produce a compliant despatch advice or raise an invoice against a purchase order, and no amount of configuration will change that.
Which is fine. Those things do not have to live in your website. The retailer relationship is handled here, and Squarespace carries on doing the job it is good at.
You do not need to replatform because a retailer said yes
The common reaction to a retailer's EDI requirement is that the whole setup must be replaced first. It is an expensive instinct and usually wrong. What the retailer needs is documents in their format, on time, describing what actually shipped.
That can be produced without touching your website at all. If you later move to a platform that can carry more of it, the retailer sees no difference, because their side never depended on what you were running.
What your team sees day to day
You get an EDI mailbox and a portal that works like an inbox. Retailer orders arrive there, you are notified, and there is one place to confirm, despatch and invoice.
That order turns into the despatch advice, adjusted if the delivery differs from what was ordered, carrying SSCC pallet labels, and then into the invoice once goods arrive, with its delivery confirmed in the dashboard.
Where Squarespace is connected it keeps stock consistent so website sales and a retail commitment are not competing invisibly. Most businesses at this stage need nothing more than that.
Documents you can exchange
- Website orders retrieved from Squarespace
- Despatch confirmations returned to the store
- Stock kept consistent between the site and wholesale commitments
- Retailer EDI orders received and worked in the portal
- Invoices raised against wholesale deliveries
Built for Squarespace teams
Whoever owns Squarespace in your business, XEDI keeps EDI accurate and hands-off.
- Brands whose website is on Squarespace
- Founders and small teams
- Businesses winning a first or second stockist
- Operations managers without a warehouse system
- Anyone told they need EDI at short notice
Squarespace EDI document types
The EDI documents belong to the retailer. Website orders come from Squarespace.
| Document | What it carries | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Website orders | Direct sales retrieved from Squarespace, visible alongside wholesale demand. | Squarespace to you |
| Despatch confirmations | Shipping detail returned to the store so customers are updated. | You to Squarespace |
| Retailer purchase orders | A buyer's demand with delivery window, terms and identifiers, received in the portal. | Retailer to you |
| Order acknowledgements | Confirmation of what you will supply, in the format the retailer requires. | You to retailer |
| Despatch advice | What is actually being sent, with pallet labels the retailer's goods-in scans. | You to retailer |
| Invoices | Raised against the delivery carrying the references the retailer pays against. | You to retailer |
How to connect Squarespace with EDI using XEDI
The work is meeting the retailer's requirements, not upgrading your website. The sequence below is what onboarding looks like from your side.
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We establish what Squarespace is doing for you and what a retailer has asked for.
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We configure the portal as the place a retailer's order is confirmed, shipped and billed from.
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We connect Squarespace where it is useful, mainly to keep stock honest between the site and wholesale.
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We prove each flow against the retailer's requirements rather than against what the website can do.
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You get the retail relationship working properly without rebuilding your site.
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Everything about Squarespace EDI
Common requirements
- Squarespace site and commerce API access
- How website orders are fulfilled today
- Product identity between site and wholesale
- Stock reserved for retail commitments
- The listings you have won
What we need from you to build it
Only what we cannot hold for you. The retailer's requirements are entirely ours.
- Squarespace access
- Site and commerce API access, so website sales can be seen against wholesale commitments.
- How you fulfil today
- Who picks and ships, because a pallet to a retailer is a different exercise from posting a parcel.
- Product identity
- How a website product relates to what the retailer is buying, including the pack size they order in.
- Stock reserved for retail
- How much is protected for a retail commitment against website sales.
- The listings you have won
- Which retailers, and which are still in discussion. We already hold what each of them expects.
Why suppliers choose XEDI for Squarespace
- The retailer who approached you is almost certainly connected already, which is why this does not need a new platform.
- You meet a retailer's EDI requirement without replatforming your website.
- Their documents, labels and formats are produced for you rather than explained to you.
- Website and wholesale draw on one stock position instead of two guesses.
- Moving to a bigger platform later changes our side, not what the retailer receives.
- If a retailer raises a problem, it comes to us, which matters when the team is two people.
Can Squarespace do EDI?
No, and it is not meant to. Squarespace presents your brand and takes orders from visitors. A retailer's trading terms, compliant despatch documents and invoices against a purchase order are handled here instead.
Do we need to move off Squarespace to supply a retailer?
No. What the retailer needs is documents in their format describing what actually shipped, and that is produced without touching your website.
What if we grow out of it?
The retailer-facing side does not move, because it never depended on your website. You change platform and your trading continues unchanged.
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