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title: Quickstart Guide
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createdAt: 2026-06-01T13:20:12.809Z
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**Choose your integration path to get started with Forter Agentic Orchestration.**

Forter provides seamless integration with major e-commerce platforms and custom systems. Select the guide that matches your platform:

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## Choose Your Integration Type

### ⚙️ Custom / Native Integration

**For merchants building their own commerce solution**

You manage your own backend, inventory, and order processing:

- Host a product feed at a stable URL (Google Merchant Center XML, Shopify CSV, or JSON format)
- Implement a webhook endpoint to receive completed orders
- Process orders in your backend system

**What you need:** Feed URL + Webhook endpoint

👉 [Get Started with Custom Integration](docId\:L8wEYfPAArcjAw0pcvHod)

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### ☁️ Salesforce Commerce Cloud (SFCC)

**For merchants using SFCC**

Forter integrates directly with your SFCC instance via OCAPI:

- Automatically pulls your product catalog
- Creates orders directly in SFCC
- No custom code needed

**What you need:** OCAPI Client ID and Secret

👉 [Get Started with SFCC Integration](docId\:bB-o7ukkyuawFh1LUaxBA)

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### 🛍️ Shopify

**For merchants using Shopify**

Forter integrates directly with your Shopify store via the Admin API:

- Automatically pulls your product catalog
- Creates orders directly in Shopify
- No custom code needed

**What you need:** Shopify Admin API Access Token

👉 [Get Started with Shopify Integration](docId\:NpyUfxZ6wIu5ibuXand0d)

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## What Happens After Integration?

Once integrated, your products become discoverable on AI shopping platforms:

1. **Catalog Distribution** — Your products are automatically formatted and distributed to:
   - OpenAI / ChatGPT
   - Google Gemini
   - Perplexity
   - Other AI shopping agents
2. **AI-Assisted Shopping** — Customers discover your products through:
   - Natural language queries ("Find me waterproof hiking boots under $150")
   - Conversational AI assistants
   - Voice-based shopping
3. **Seamless Checkout** — Orders complete through:
   - AI platform checkout flows
   - Forter fraud protection
   - Direct integration with your backend
4. **Order Fulfillment** — Orders appear in your system:
   - Your custom webhook endpoint (Custom integration)
   - SFCC Business Manager (SFCC integration)
   - Shopify Admin dashboard (Shopify integration)

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## General Requirements

Regardless of integration type, you'll need:

- [ ] **Forter Account** — Contact your Forter representative
- [ ] **Store Information** — Store name, URL, logo, policies
- [ ] **Tax Configuration** — US states where you collect sales tax (for US merchants)
- [ ] **Product Catalog** — Active products with prices, images, descriptions

**Optional:**

- [ ] **Forter Validation API Key** — For Forter-side fraud detection
- [ ] **Forter Payment API Key** — For Forter-side payment processing

By default, you handle validation and authorization on your side. Forter API keys are only needed if you want Forter to handle fraud detection and payments.

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## Quick Links

- [Overview](docId\:uP4QzB44pKmunrhl7-vWj) — Learn about Forter Agentic Orchestration
- [Catalog & Inventory](docId\:Do5aB-ccgNGCuCDg-2YEd) — Product data synchronization
- [Checkout & Payments](docId\:t3hFJnuArELy6HkQUjnhD) — Payment processing and order management
- [FAQ](docId\:WCLfQgtxA6r1dEjeDGETz) — Common questions