Keep Lightspeed and Moneybird updated automatically.
Plenty of shops run Lightspeed both ways: a Lightspeed eCom webshop online and a Lightspeed Retail till on the counter. Both produce sales, but in two separate places that you then copy into your books by hand. Schakel reads your Lightspeed orders and in-store sales and turns them into sales invoices in Moneybird, with the right VAT rate per line and your daily takings booked cleanly.
What travels across the link
Everything this connector moves between Lightspeed and Moneybird, and how often.
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Webshop orders as sales invoices
Every order in your Lightspeed eCom webshop becomes a sales invoice in Moneybird, with the line items, the customer as a contact and the order number as reference. Shipping shows up as its own line on the invoice.
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POS sales and daily takings
Sales at the Lightspeed Retail till are summarised per day and booked as a sales invoice in Moneybird, so your daily takings sit in one tidy entry instead of a hundred separate receipts.
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VAT standard and reduced per line
Hospitality and retail often mix 21% and 9% on one receipt. Schakel sets the right VAT rate per line, so a sandwich and a gift item in the same sale each land at the correct rate in Moneybird.
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Refunds as credit notes
A return or refund, whether online or at the till, becomes a credit note in Moneybird for the amount actually given back, so your revenue and receivables stay right.
What Lightspeed to Moneybird saves you
- Online and in-store in one set of books: webshop and till feed the same administration.
- Your daily takings sit in one tidy entry, not a hundred loose receipts.
- VAT standard and reduced is correct per line, even on mixed receipts.
- No more bookkeeping evening retyping Lightspeed sales into Moneybird.
Setting it up
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Connect Lightspeed
You give Schakel access to your Lightspeed eCom webshop and, if you run one, your Lightspeed Retail till. Schakel then pulls in your orders and in-store sales.
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Grant access to Moneybird
You authorise Schakel through Moneybird and pick the administration the sales invoices should go into. Your password is never asked for or stored.
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Set rates and daily takings
You decide which VAT rate belongs to which product group and whether to book POS sales per day or per receipt, so it matches how you work in Moneybird today.
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Check and let it run
You see the first invoices in an overview before they are final. Once it looks right, new orders and till days flow in by themselves and everything shows up in the log.
What you need
- A store you administer, with API access from its admin.
- A Moneybird administration you administer, plus clarity on which ledger account you want this revenue booked to.
Not sure how to get those keys? Step by step:
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.
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Common questions
Is the Lightspeed to Moneybird connector available?
Request this connector and get access. You let us know you want to link Lightspeed to Moneybird, and we make sure you can get started. You hear from us within 24 hours.
Does this work with both Lightspeed eCom and Lightspeed Retail?
Yes. If you only run the webshop, those orders come in. If you also have a till, your POS sales flow in too and Schakel books your daily takings separately in Moneybird.
How are sales with different VAT rates booked?
Per line. If one receipt holds products at 21% and 9%, each line on the sales invoice gets its own VAT rate, so your return in Moneybird is right straight away.
Does every customer show up as a contact in Moneybird?
Webshop customers are matched or created as a contact by email. For anonymous POS sales you can point to one fixed contact, so your contact list stays clean.
Can I include older sales?
Yes. Schakel can reach back over a period and still book those orders and till days as sales invoices in Moneybird, so your books are complete from the date you choose.
Can you connect Lightspeed to Moneybird?
Yes. Schakel connects through the official APIs of Lightspeed and Moneybird, so you install nothing on your own server and nothing travels outside those two parties.
Which VAT rate do my sales get in Moneybird?
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 Moneybird?
Yes. Commission, shipping and other fee types each land on their own ledger account in Moneybird, rather than in one lump sum, so your margin stays readable.
Missing something you need?
Tell us what Lightspeed and Moneybird 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.