IdeaSoft Platform

Merchants running an IdeaSoft store often sell the same catalog across several sales channels. Keeping product details, stock levels, and order status consistent across all of them by hand is slow and error-prone. Connecting IdeaSoft to Feedance gives you a single place to manage product data and inventory levels, push updates out automatically, and keep order information flowing without manually exporting files or re-entering data in your IdeaSoft admin panel.

Feedance connects directly to your IdeaSoft store using secure API credentials that you generate from your own IdeaSoft admin panel. Once authorized, Feedance communicates with your store over an encrypted connection to read and update your product, inventory, and order data. There is nothing to install on your storefront and no changes are made to your theme or checkout flow — the connection works entirely in the background through IdeaSoft's own store API.

• API access is admin-restricted. IdeaSoft limits who can view or edit API settings to the store's primary administrator account, so a store owner (or someone with that admin login) needs to generate the API credentials Feedance uses to connect.
• Permission scopes matter. When an API application is created in IdeaSoft, it is assigned either a read-only or a read/write permission level. If you want Feedance to push inventory or product updates back into your store, the connection needs read/write access, not just read-only.
• Ownership changed in 2025, but the platform itself didn't. IdeaSoft was acquired by Sipay Global in 2025. The storefront, admin panel, and API continue operating under the IdeaSoft name, so existing and new API connections are unaffected by the change in ownership.
• Usage limits are tracked per store plan. IdeaSoft's admin panel includes a resource and traffic usage section that tracks page views, data transfer, and API request volume against your subscription plan. Stores on lower-tier plans that sync very large catalogs frequently should keep an eye on this to avoid hitting plan limits.

1. Log in to your IdeaSoft admin panel using your store's primary administrator account.
2. Navigate to the Integrations > API section of the panel and choose to add a new API application.
3. Enter an application name and generate the Client ID and Client Secret credentials.
4. Set the permission level to read/write if you want Feedance to update products and inventory, not just read them.
5. Enter the generated credentials into Feedance when prompted to connect your IdeaSoft store, then run a test sync to confirm the connection is working.

Sync frequency depends on your Feedance plan and the settings you choose for your IdeaSoft connection. Feedance can check for updates on a regular schedule so that product, inventory, and order data stay reasonably current, though very large catalogs or high update volumes may take longer to fully process on each sync cycle.

1. Keep product titles and descriptions complete and accurate in IdeaSoft, since these fields typically carry over directly to any channel Feedance publishes to.
2. Make sure stock quantities in IdeaSoft are kept current so synced inventory reflects what you can actually fulfill.
3. Use clear, consistent product categorization in IdeaSoft to make it easier to map your catalog to the requirements of other sales channels.
4. Set the API permission level to read/write from the start if you plan on using Feedance to update products or inventory, to avoid reconnecting later.
5. Periodically review your IdeaSoft resource and traffic usage panel if you run large or frequent syncs, so you can upgrade your plan before hitting a limit.