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Vantiv + Sitecore Integration

Clarity Connect™ integrates Vantiv with Sitecore, automating business processes and data sharing. This robust integration connects your critical business systems to automate order processing, inventory management, and customer data synchronization.

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The Challenge

Connecting with Clarity Connect™

Clarity Connect™ links Vantiv and Sitecore through automation and data sharing. Integrating these platforms benefits businesses by streamlining processes and connecting front-end and back-end systems.

Considerations when connecting these applications include security, performance, and physical access. We support both SaaS (Cloud) and On-Premises connection types.

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The Solution

Seamless Integration

Our middleware platform ensures robust and reliable data transfer between Vantiv and Sitecore.

  • Extend Sitecore Order, Customer, and Product entities with custom fields, which can then be mapped and synchronized with Vantiv or other systems via the iPaaS.
  • Add custom metadata to Vantiv transactions (e.g., loyalty program ID, specific promotion codes) by mapping from Sitecore's custom order attributes.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Vantiv + Sitecore in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Vantiv and Sitecore, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Vantiv + Sitecore deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Extend Sitecore Order, Customer, and Product entities with custom fields, which can then be mapped and synchronized with Vantiv or other systems via the iPaaS.
  • Add custom metadata to Vantiv transactions (e.g., loyalty program ID, specific promotion codes) by mapping from Sitecore's custom order attributes.

Robust Integration Architecture: Vantiv & Sitecore

Our recommended architecture places a modern iPaaS at the core, acting as an intelligent hub to connect Sitecore and Vantiv securely and efficiently. This design ensures scalability, fault tolerance, and adherence to security best practices.

Data Flow Steps

Event-Driven Architecture: Utilizing Sitecore xConnect events and Vantiv webhooks for real-time synchronization of payment statuses and customer interactions.

Canonical Data Model: Establishing a standardized data format within the iPaaS for common entities (Order, Customer, Payment Transaction) to simplify mapping and ensure consistency.

API-First Approach: Leveraging robust RESTful APIs from both systems, orchestrated by the iPaaS.

Asynchronous Processing: Employing message queues for non-critical, high-volume operations to decouple systems and improve performance.

Circuit Breaker Pattern: To prevent cascading failures when one system becomes temporarily unavailable.

Data Touchpoints

Sitecore Experience Platform/Commerce: Front-end for customer interaction, order placement, and customer profile management.
Vantiv (Worldpay) Payment Gateway: Secure processing of credit card transactions, tokenization, refunds, and chargeback management.
Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS): Central hub for connectors, data mapping, transformation, workflow orchestration, monitoring, and error handling.
Message Queue/Event Bus: (within iPaaS) For asynchronous processing of high-volume events (e.g., xConnect interactions, payment notifications).
ERP System (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics): For order fulfillment, inventory management, and financial reconciliation (General Ledger).
CRM System (e.g., Salesforce, Dynamics 365): For comprehensive customer relationship management, loyalty, and marketing.
AI/ML Service: (optional, integrated with iPaaS) For enhanced fraud detection, data mapping suggestions, and anomaly detection.

"The architecture diagram illustrates Sitecore (eCommerce) and Vantiv (Payment Gateway) connected via a central iPaaS. The iPaaS orchestrates real-time events (webhooks) and scheduled batch processes. It also shows connections to an ERP (for financial reconciliation/fulfillment) and CRM (for customer profile sync), highlighting the centralized nature of the iPaaS."

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Vantiv + Sitecore.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
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Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Vantiv

Integrating Vantiv fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

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Data Mapping

Data Entity Mapping

Explore how data flows between systems with intelligent field mapping and transformation logic.

Order

The customer's purchase record, originating in Sitecore and initiating payment via Vantiv.

Vantiv Fields

orderId totalAmount currency orderStatus customerId shippingAddress billingAddress paymentStatus

Sitecore Fields

OrderId CustomerEmail OrderDate OrderStatus TotalAmount Currency ShippingAddress BillingAddress PaymentMethod LineItems

Mapping Notes

Sitecore's Order entity is the primary source. Key fields like `TotalAmount`, `Currency`, and `BillingAddress` are mapped to Vantiv for payment processing. `PaymentStatus` in Sitecore is updated based on Vantiv's transaction status.

Next Steps

See Vantiv + Sitecore integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

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Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

eCommerce Order-to-Payment Capture

Automate the complete payment lifecycle from Sitecore checkout to Vantiv authorization and capture, ensuring real-time order processing and inventory updates.

Integration Steps:

Business Outcome

Frequency

Implementation Timeline

Go live with Vantiv + Sitecore in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Vantiv and Sitecore, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Vantiv + Sitecore deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /payments/v1/authorizations Authorize payment for a Sitecore order.
POST /payments/v1/captures Capture authorized payment for a Sitecore order.
POST /payments/v1/refunds Process refunds initiated from Sitecore or ERP.
POST /payments/v1/voids Cancel an authorized but uncaptured payment.
GET /payments/v1/transactions/{transactionId} Retrieve detailed transaction status for Sitecore orders.
GET /settlements/v1/daily-reports Fetch daily settlement data for financial reconciliation.
POST /tokens/v1/card Tokenize sensitive card data for secure storage and 'card-on-file' in Sitecore.

⚡ Transformation Logic

  • Normalize currency formats and ensure consistency between Sitecore and Vantiv.
  • Map Sitecore order item details to Vantiv transaction line items where applicable.
  • Convert Sitecore `OrderStatus` values to Vantiv-specific payment actions (e.g., 'Pending' to 'Authorize', 'Completed' to 'Capture').
  • Sanitize and validate all incoming data payloads to prevent injection attacks and ensure schema compliance.
  • Mask or tokenize sensitive card data before storage or transmission to non-PCI compliant systems.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Vantiv API timeout during authorization, leading to pending Sitecore order.
  • Invalid card details provided by customer in Sitecore, rejected by Vantiv.
  • Network interruption during payment capture, requiring retry logic.
  • Mismatch in settlement report data due to delayed Vantiv processing.
  • Chargeback received for an order already marked as fulfilled in Sitecore/ERP.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Vantiv + Sitecore.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

Technical Integration FAQs

▸ How does Vantiv integrate with Sitecore for real-time payment processing?
A modern iPaaS acts as the central hub, capturing 'Order Placed' events from Sitecore (via webhooks or API) and securely sending payment authorization requests to Vantiv's API. Vantiv processes the transaction, and the iPaaS updates Sitecore with the real-time payment status, ensuring a smooth checkout and immediate order fulfillment. Tokenization is used for secure card handling.
▸ Is Vantiv compatible with event-driven architecture for real-time updates?
Yes. Vantiv's APIs support event-driven architecture, particularly through webhooks for critical events like payment authorizations, captures, refunds, or chargeback notifications. An iPaaS can act as an event bus, capturing these events and triggering downstream workflows in real-time across your connected systems, including updating Sitecore order statuses instantly.

Workflow Automation FAQs

▸ Can I automate refund and chargeback processes between Sitecore and Vantiv?
Absolutely. Our iPaaS solution allows you to automate refund initiation from Sitecore or your ERP system, triggering Vantiv's Refund API. Similarly, when Vantiv notifies of a chargeback, the iPaaS can automatically create a case in your CRM and pull relevant order data for efficient dispute resolution, minimizing manual effort and improving response times.

Security & Compliance FAQs

▸ What security standards do Vantiv-Sitecore integrations meet, especially PCI DSS?
Our integrations prioritize PCI DSS compliance by leveraging Vantiv's tokenization capabilities. Sensitive cardholder data is never stored on your Sitecore instance or our iPaaS; instead, a secure token is used. All data in transit is encrypted with TLS 1.2+, and access controls adhere to the principle of least privilege, ensuring a highly secure payment ecosystem.

AI & Automation FAQs

▸ How can AI enhance fraud detection in Vantiv payment workflows for Sitecore orders?
AI integration can analyze Vantiv transaction data in real-time, identifying unusual patterns or anomalies indicative of fraud. It can generate fraud scores, automatically block high-risk transactions, or route suspicious payments for manual review. This significantly improves your fraud prevention capabilities, reduces losses, and protects your Sitecore eCommerce revenue.

iPaaS & Low-Code FAQs

▸ What are the benefits of using a low-code iPaaS for Vantiv-Sitecore integration?
A low-code iPaaS drastically reduces development time and costs by enabling business users and citizen integrators to build and manage complex workflows with visual drag-and-drop tools. It provides pre-built connectors, simplifies data mapping, ensures governance, and offers centralized monitoring, leading to faster time-to-market, improved agility, and reduced reliance on IT developers.

Data Management FAQs

▸ How do I ensure data consistency between Vantiv, Sitecore, and my ERP for financial reconciliation?
The iPaaS uses advanced mapping engines to harmonize data schemas across Vantiv, Sitecore, and your ERP. It ensures that payment statuses are synchronized in real-time, customer payment profiles are consistently referenced, and Vantiv's daily settlement reports are accurately mapped to your ERP's General Ledger. AI-augmented validation further ensures data quality and flags any discrepancies for immediate resolution.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Vantiv + Sitecore in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Vantiv and Sitecore, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Vantiv + Sitecore deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Vantiv + Sitecore.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Vantiv + Sitecore integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Start Free Trial Request Live Demo