Why connect Shopify to sevdesk?
sevdesk is one of the most popular accounting solutions for small and medium businesses in Germany. Connecting your Shopify store directly removes the need to retype every order and keeps revenue, taxes and customer data up to date automatically.
That cuts not just effort but also sources of error, especially at month- or quarter-end.
The problem with manual transfer
Copying each order takes minutes that add up to hours across hundreds of orders. Worse than the effort is the risk: wrong tax rate, forgotten credit note, missed cross-border order. EU sales add OSS rules, and B2B deliveries the reverse-charge mechanism.
What zrapp syncs automatically
The integration runs via webhook in real time and transfers:
- Paid orders as invoices in sevdesk
- Refunds as credit notes, cancellations handled correctly
- Customer data as contacts
- Invoice data (ID, number, status) back as a metafield on the Shopify order
Taxes done right: OSS, § 19, reverse-charge
The biggest source of accounting errors is tax. zrapp determines the correct tax case per order: domestic at the standard rate, intra-EU B2B with a valid VAT ID (reverse-charge, 0 %), EU B2C via OSS at the destination country rate, and the § 19 small-business rule.
So revenue lands in sevdesk with the right tax rate — the basis for a clean VAT return. If you prefer Lexware Office, see connect Shopify to Lexware Office.
How to set up the integration
Install zrapp from the Shopify App Store, add your sevdesk API token and set tax status, email and e-invoice options in the settings. From then on new orders are transferred automatically; existing ones can be pulled in via the historical import.
Also want compliant documents straight from Shopify? Read create Shopify invoices automatically.
