{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"vinney...axkl wrote","author_name":"vinney...axkl (npub19m…8axkl)","author_url":"https://njump.me/npub19ma2w9dmk3kat0nt0k5dwuqzvmg3va9ezwup0zkakhpwv0vcwvcsg8axkl","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://njump.me","html":"which part sounds unnecessary?  \nthe company that built the shopify\u003c\u003edistributor integration did a really great job. the distributor doesn't provide a modern API; it's some insane FTP-based invoice system where you have to upload purchase orders and jump through awful hoops to get fulfillment status updates (for the purpose of updating shopify). $300/month is definitely steep, and I expect that will come way down once they have a competitor - but at the moment they simply don't.\n\nthe other option - which is not off the table, given our very low sales volume - is I could ditch the shopify integration and do a \"monkey behind a curtain\" style thing where i literally place the orders myself with the distributor, using the customer's address as the ship-to, and my own credit card as the payment. that would technically work and is definitely scrappier, but it just feels wrong."}