Forex & Currency Conversion

Learn How QuickSync Manages Pricing with Real-Time Forex & Currency Conversion

Written By QuickSync Admin (Super Administrator)

Updated at November 18th, 2024

QuickSync’s Forex & Currency Conversion feature enables businesses to seamlessly handle international pricing by automatically converting product prices across different currencies. This feature ensures that global customers see accurate, up-to-date pricing in their local currency, enhancing trust and simplifying the shopping experience.

Key Benefits of Forex & Currency Conversion

   1.    Real-Time Exchange Rate Updates: QuickSync retrieves live exchange rates from trusted sources (e.g., Open Exchange Rates API).
   •    Exchange rates are updated hourly, ensuring your prices are always current.
   2.    Automatic Currency Conversion: Prices are converted dynamically between the base currency and the customer’s desired currency. Supports conversions between any two currencies.
   3.    Clean and Friendly Price Display: Intelligent rounding ensures converted prices look professional and customer-friendly:
   •    If the fractional part is ≤ 0.50, the price is rounded to +0.49.
   •    If the fractional part is > 0.50, the price is rounded to +0.99.
   4.    Fallback for Reliability: If live exchange rates aren’t available, QuickSync uses the most recent stored rates to ensure uninterrupted service.
   5.    Integrated with Inventory & Order Syncing: Forex and currency conversion integrate seamlessly with QuickSync’s inventory and order syncing features, ensuring consistency across all platforms.

How Forex & Currency Conversion Works

   1.    Base Currency Setup: By default, QuickSync uses your Store's currency as the base currency.
   2.    Fetching Real-Time Rates: Exchange rates are fetched from reliable APIs and stored in QuickSync’s database. Rates are refreshed every hour, or you can manually trigger an update when needed.
   3.    Converting Prices: When a customer views a product in a different currency, QuickSync syncs the converted price dynamically. Converted prices are displayed instantly on the respective sales channel.
   4.    Fallback Mechanism: If QuickSync cannot fetch the latest exchange rates, it automatically falls back to the most recent stored data.
   5.    Rounding for Display: Converted prices are rounded for a clean display while maintaining accuracy.

Example Scenarios

1. Multichannel E-Commerce

   •    Your Shopify store lists products in USD, but you also sell on Etsy, which requires prices in EUR.
   •    QuickSync automatically converts your product prices into EUR based on the latest exchange rate.

2. Price Display in Local Currency

   •    A customer from the UK views a product on your Amazon store, and QuickSync converts the price from USD to GBP.
   •    The price is rounded to create a customer-friendly display like £123.99.

3. Handling API Downtime

   •    If the exchange rate API is temporarily unavailable, QuickSync uses previously stored rates to ensure uninterrupted operation.

How to Enable Forex & Currency Conversion in QuickSync
   •    Navigate to the Settings section in your QuickSync dashboard.
   •    Enable the currency conversion option
   •    QuickSync will handle conversions based on your customers’ local currencies.

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