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Supplier Bridge · a Shopify app by zFinia

Keep your purchase-order workflow. Get the CSV your supplier needs.

Your purchase order is already entered in Shopify. You shouldn't have to type it again just to send your supplier the file they ask for.

Supplier Bridge turns an existing native Shopify purchase order into a CSV using a saved supplier template. Choose the columns your supplier requires, put them in their order, preview the output and download the file.

Submitted for Shopify App Store review. Public installation isn't available yet.

See it working

The real app on a Shopify development store, using fictional purchase-order data.

Step 1

Start with the order you already created

Pick an existing purchase order from Products → Purchase orders. Supplier Bridge only handles the export step. It isn't another inventory system and doesn't ask you to rebuild your purchasing process.

Supplier Bridge purchase order list showing three fictional purchase orders: #PO1 for Acme Outdoor Supply (Draft), and #PO2 (Ordered) and #PO3 (Draft) for Northpeak Wholesale, each with its created date.
The app lists the native purchase orders already in Shopify. Fictional development-store data.

Step 2

Save your supplier's layout

Name and reorder the output columns, choose which purchase-order field fills each one, add fixed values such as your account number, and pick the delimiter and whether to include a header row. Save it as a template and it can be picked automatically next time by supplier name.

Supplier Bridge template editor for a template named Acme order upload, auto-selected for supplier Acme Outdoor Supply, comma delimiter, header row on, and nine columns in export order: Item Code (Supplier SKU), Our SKU (Shopify SKU), Description (Product – variant title), Order Qty (Quantity), Unit Cost, Currency, PO Number, Expected Date (Expected arrival date) and Account No as the fixed value ZF-1042.
A saved supplier template: the supplier's own column names, in their order, with a fixed account number column.

Step 3

Check the file before sending

Preview the output and compare it with your supplier's current import specification. Download the CSV, then send or upload it through your supplier's normal process.

Supplier Bridge purchase order page for a draft order in AUD with 6 lines. The Acme order upload template is selected with a Matched to supplier badge, and a preview table shows the supplier's columns filled from the order, including one line with an empty Item Code and an empty Expected Date column.
The preview before download. Empty cells are shown as they will be exported, not filled in.

What can go in the file

  • Supplier SKU and Shopify SKU
  • Product title, variant title, or both combined
  • Ordered quantity
  • Unit cost and line total (unit cost × quantity)
  • Currency
  • Purchase order number and ordered date
  • Expected arrival date, from the carrier's estimated arrival on a shipment for the order
  • Supplier name and destination location name
  • Fixed-value columns you type once, such as an account number

How the file is laid out

  • Delimiter: comma, semicolon, tab or pipe
  • Header row on or off
  • Your column names, in your supplier's order
  • Auto-select the template when the supplier name on the order matches

Pricing

Free

US$0

5 successful CSV exports in total per store. This is a lifetime allowance, not a monthly one. Supplier templates and previews are included. A failed or refused export doesn't use one.

Supplier Bridge

US$19 every 30 days

Unlimited CSV exports. Billed by Shopify, and changed or cancelled from Shopify admin.

Is it the right fit?

It is designed for merchants who:

  • You already create purchase orders natively in Shopify (Products → Purchase orders).
  • A supplier asks for a CSV with specific column names, order or delimiter, and you currently retype or rearrange the order to produce it.
  • You order from the same suppliers repeatedly, so a saved template is reused.

What it doesn't do:

  • It does not produce XLSX files. The output is CSV only.
  • It is not an inventory system and does not replace one.
  • It does not migrate, restore or recover historical Stocky purchase orders.
  • It does not do bulk or historical purchasing reports; it exports one purchase order at a time.
  • Orders up to 2,000 lines are supported. Larger orders are refused with an explanation, never silently truncated, and no export is used.
  • Your supplier's own format and validation rules still apply. A downloaded file is not confirmation that your supplier's system will accept it.

Formula-like values

Supplier Bridge exports values exactly as they are in Shopify. Values that start with characters such as =, +, - or @ can be treated as formulas if the file is opened in a spreadsheet program. When an export contains such values, the app shows which cells are affected and asks you to confirm with "Download unmodified supplier CSV". The file is not sanitised, and your supplier is not warned when they open it.

Your data

Supplier Bridge asks for read-only access to purchase orders, inventory transfers, inventory shipments and inventory. It does not request access to orders or customers, and it doesn't store purchase order contents or the CSV files you download. Details are in the privacy policy.

Help with your first template

Need help setting up your first template? Email support@zfinia.com with your supplier's required column names and a redacted example of their file. Don't send store passwords, access tokens or purchasing data you don't need to share. Help is offered on a best-effort basis; we don't promise a response time or custom integration work.

Guides

Submitted for Shopify App Store review. Public installation isn't available yet.