ALSO Cloud Marketplace
About​
ALSO Cloud Marketplace is ALSO's cloud services platform (CCPaaS) for managing subscriptions, customers, and orders. The ZaveIT integration connects to your ALSO account through the SimpleAPI, letting you manage your ALSO business directly from the ZaveIT Platform.
Capabilities​
The ALSO Cloud Marketplace integration provides the following capabilities:
- Sync Customers - Bi-directional synchronization keeps customer accounts consistent between ZaveIT and ALSO. Import existing ALSO customers or export new ones from ZaveIT.
- Import Products - Pull the ALSO product catalog into ZaveIT, including subscription products with pricing, vendor information, and billing terms.
- Create Orders - Submit subscription orders to ALSO directly from ZaveIT. Orders are placed through ALSO's subscription management API.
- Credential Validation - Test your API credentials during setup to verify the connection before saving.
Getting Started​
Step 1: Gather Your API Credentials​
You need the following from your ALSO Cloud Marketplace account:
- Your ALSO API username (email address).
- Your ALSO API password.
- Your Marketplace ID - a numeric identifier for your ALSO marketplace.
Finding your Marketplace ID
Your Marketplace ID can be obtained from your ALSO account representative, or discovered programmatically using the ALSO GetMarketplaces API call. It is a numeric value (for example, 30878).
Step 2: Configure in ZaveIT​
- In the ZaveIT Platform, navigate to Settings → Integrations.
- Find ALSO Cloud Marketplace and click Configure.
- Choose your Environment from the dropdown - typically Production - Norway for live data, Sandbox / Test for testing, or Custom to specify a different ALSO marketplace URL directly.
- Enter your Username, Password, and Marketplace ID.
- Pick the target Currency for imported product prices. Leave it on Norwegian Krone (NOK) unless you invoice this distributor's customers in another currency - EUR, GBP, SEK, USD, and DKK are available.
- Click Save.
The integration validates your credentials on save. If the connection is successful, the integration status changes to active.
Configuration Reference​
| Field | Description | Where to find it |
|---|---|---|
| Environment | Which ALSO marketplace to connect to | Picked from the dropdown during integration setup. The URL is auto-filled for the preset environments and editable when you choose Custom. |
| URL | ALSO SimpleAPI endpoint | Auto-filled from the Environment dropdown. Editable only when Environment is set to Custom. |
| Username | Your ALSO API username (email address) | Your ALSO account |
| Password | Your ALSO API password | Your ALSO account |
| Marketplace ID | Numeric marketplace identifier | Your ALSO account representative or via GetMarketplaces API |
| Currency | Target currency for imported product prices (default NOK) | Picked from the dropdown during integration setup |
Considerations​
- Sandbox vs. production - ALSO provides a separate test environment. Pick Sandbox / Test during setup to point the integration at
marketplacetest.ccpaas.net. For live data, pick Production - Norway (or use Custom with the country-specific production URL provided by your ALSO account representative). One ZaveIT worker can serve multiple instances pointing at different ALSO marketplaces simultaneously - switching environments is per-instance. - Country format - ALSO uses full country names (e.g. "Norway") instead of ISO codes in some API responses. The integration handles this conversion automatically.
- API response format - ALSO's API may return error responses in XML format even when sending JSON requests. The integration handles both formats transparently.
- Order creation - Orders in ALSO are managed through their subscription management API. The integration handles the full lifecycle: creating new subscriptions, updating quantities, and managing billing terms.