KPL-1842

Keep Lightspeed and Gekko updated automatically.

Today you open your shop’s admin, look at which orders came in and carry them over. With this connector, what happens in Lightspeed lands in Gekko by itself, in the shape Gekko expects. Request it and you get access; you hear from us within 24 hours.

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The problem

What this connector takes off your hands

  • Today you open your shop’s admin, look at which orders came in and carry them over.

  • Today you type the postings in by hand, pick the right account and VAT rate per line, and check afterwards whether it reconciles.

What you get out of it

What Lightspeed to Gekko saves you

  • Book every new Lightspeed order straight into Gekko.
  • Book every refund in Lightspeed straight into Gekko.
  • Book every new Lightspeed customer straight into Gekko.
  • Book every stock change in Lightspeed straight into Gekko.
The link

What travels across the link

Everything this connector moves between Lightspeed and Gekko, and how often.

  1. Invoices

    to Gekko automatically

    Every sale becomes an invoice in Gekko with its own line items and the order number as reference, so you can trace it back without retyping.

  2. Contacts

    to Gekko automatically

    The customer is recorded as a contact in Gekko or reused by email, so no duplicate relation appears.

  3. VAT

    to Gekko automatically

    The VAT rate is set per line, and foreign sales get the rate of the destination country, ready for your OSS return.

Both sides

What each side expects

Lightspeed and Gekko do not describe the world the same way. This is what has to line up.

Gekko

An accounting package wants to know, per line, which ledger account and VAT rate apply, and wants the customer on file as a relation.

In four steps

Setting it up

  1. 01

    Request the connector

    Request the Lightspeed to Gekko connector and get access. You hear from us within 24 hours.

  2. 02

    We agree what should travel

    Together we settle what should travel out of Lightspeed. An accounting package wants to know, per line, which ledger account and VAT rate apply, and wants the customer on file as a relation.

  3. 03

    Test and switch on

    You check the connector on a few test records before anything becomes final, then it runs by itself.

What you need

  • A store you administer, with API access from its admin.
  • An administration you administer, plus clarity on the ledger account you want used.

Where it runs

Inside your Shopify admin, as an app. You sign in through Shopify, no separate account.

Request this connector: tell us what you need and we reply within 24 hours.

Common questions

Can you connect Lightspeed to Gekko?

Yes. Schakel connects through the official APIs of Lightspeed and Gekko, so you install nothing on your own server and nothing travels outside those two parties.

Which VAT rate do my sales get in Gekko?

The rate is set per line: 21%, 9% or 0%. Sales to Belgium and other EU countries get the rate of the destination country, ready for your OSS return.

Are commission and fees booked separately in Gekko?

Yes. Commission, shipping and other fee types each land on their own ledger account in Gekko, rather than in one lump sum, so your margin stays readable.

What happens on a refund or partial cancellation in Lightspeed?

It comes across, so Gekko matches what was actually settled and you correct nothing by hand.

What does connecting Lightspeed and Gekko cost?

You start free and only pay once the connector is really running. After that the same tiers apply as for any other connector, based on how much runs through it each month.

How often does Lightspeed sync with Gekko?

That depends on your tier: hourly on the free tier up to real time on the unlimited tier. You can always start a sync yourself as well.

What happens to a return or refund in Gekko?

A return becomes a credit invoice in Gekko for the amount actually refunded, not for the whole order, so nothing needs correcting afterwards.

What if Lightspeed or Gekko is briefly unavailable?

Nothing gets lost. Schakel retries later and the log shows exactly what happened, so at most you notice something coming through a little later.

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Tell us what Lightspeed and Gekko should do for you. If it is not in here yet, that is usually because nobody has asked. We build on request and we reply within 24 hours.