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METRO/Makro integration

Your METRO and Makro sales in your books, automatically

METRO Markets is METRO's online marketplace. In the Netherlands it goes by the name Makro: buyers order on makro.nl, while you manage your listings in METRO Seller Office. One thing works differently here than on bol.com: METRO issues the buyer's invoice itself, in your name and with your VAT number. That is why slimzaak never sends the buyer a second invoice. You choose how a METRO sale gets into your books: as an invoice of your own, in your own number series and sent nowhere, or as METRO's document under METRO's number.

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METRO / Makroslimzaak

Orders and METRO's own invoices come in; slimzaak books them.

METRO / MakroVAT

METRO / Makro → slimzaak → VAT

  1. 01

    Orders

    Every Makro order in slimzaak without lifting a finger

    You connect your METRO seller account using the API keys from Seller Office. From then on, slimzaak pulls in your orders by itself, with products, amounts and VAT. Whether a buyer orders through makro.nl or another METRO channel, everything arrives through the same connection and sits in slimzaak next to the sales from your other channels. No more copying figures over from Seller Office.

    • Connected with the API keys from your METRO Seller Office
    • Orders from makro.nl and the other METRO channels through one connection
    • Products, amounts and VAT taken over for each order
    • Side by side with your other sales channels in one overview
  2. 02

    Invoices

    METRO invoices the buyer, you choose what goes into your books

    On bol.com and most Mirakl marketplaces, slimzaak creates the invoice for the buyer. Not on METRO: METRO drafts an invoice for every order itself, carrying your company name and VAT number but numbered in METRO's own series, and hands it to the buyer. What slimzaak does is up to you, per store. By default, slimzaak creates an invoice in your own number series when the order ships, only for your records and, if you connect it, for Moneybird. That invoice does not go to the buyer or to METRO. If you would rather have METRO's own document in your books, switch the setting to 'The marketplace': slimzaak then fetches METRO's invoice, books it under METRO's number and creates no invoice of its own. You cannot have both, because one sale would then appear twice in your revenue. A return is followed by a credit note: your own, or METRO's if you take over their documents.

    • The buyer only receives METRO's invoice
    • By default: an invoice of your own for your books and Moneybird, sent nowhere
    • Or: METRO's invoice, booked under METRO's number
    • Never both, so no double revenue
  3. 03

    Bookkeeping

    METRO revenue and VAT that add up in your books

    Whichever of the two you choose, every METRO sale appears once in your records. Revenue from METRO counts towards your reports, the VAT on every sale appears in your VAT overview, and all of it goes along in the export to your accounting package or your accountant. If you choose your own invoice, a sale in your books carries a different number from the invoice the buyer received from METRO; agree with your accountant how to link the two. At the end of the quarter, there is no need to download invoices from Seller Office and check them one by one.

    • METRO revenue included in your reports
    • VAT per METRO sale in your VAT overview
    • Included in the export to your bookkeeping
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Frequently asked questions

What is the difference between METRO Markets and Makro Marketplace?
It is the same marketplace. METRO Markets is METRO's online marketplace; in the Netherlands it sells under the Makro name. Your buyers order on makro.nl and see on their invoice that they bought through Makro, while you manage your listings, orders and API keys in METRO Seller Office. In slimzaak you therefore connect your METRO account, even if all your buyers come in through Makro.
Does slimzaak create invoices for my METRO orders?
By default it does, but only for your own records and for Moneybird if you connect it. That invoice does not go to the buyer or to METRO, because the buyer already has METRO's invoice. If you do not want an invoice of your own, choose 'The marketplace' for the store and slimzaak takes over METRO's invoice instead. It is one or the other: both would put a single sale into your revenue and VAT twice.
How do I connect my METRO account to slimzaak?
In METRO Seller Office, create a key pair under API Keys: a client key and a client secret. Enter both in slimzaak when you add your store. Note that METRO shows the secret only once, so copy it straight away. From then on, slimzaak fetches your orders by itself.
Which METRO documents does slimzaak retrieve?
That depends on your choice. If the store is set to 'The marketplace', slimzaak fetches the invoices METRO drafts for your orders and, when there is a return, the credit note, and books them under the number METRO used. If the store is on your own invoice, the default, slimzaak fetches only the orders and creates the invoice and credit note itself, for your books.
Does METRO report my sales to the tax authorities?
Yes, once you cross the DAC7 threshold. These EU rules require platforms to report sellers who make 30 or more sales in a calendar year or earn more than 2,000 euros. METRO reports this to the tax authorities, and through the EU's data exchange the information reaches the tax authority of the country where you are established; for a Dutch seller that is the Belastingdienst. Because every METRO sale appears once in your records, you can set that revenue alongside what METRO reports.
What does slimzaak cost for METRO sellers?
You start for free, no credit card required. To connect your METRO account you need a paid plan, starting with Starter at 9 euros per month with 1 connected store. If you also sell through other channels, pick a plan with more connected stores.

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Bring your METRO and Makro sales into your books

Connect your METRO seller account and your Makro orders will show up in slimzaak and in your bookkeeping by themselves from now on.

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