How to Build a Tookan Integration with Square using Zapier

Overview

Using Zapier with Tookan for third-party integration is a robust technique to optimize and streamline day-to-day delivery operations. In this article, we’ll give you a basic run-through on how to integrate Tookan with Square using Zapier, hassle-free.

What is Square?

Square creates tools that help sellers of all sizes start, run and grow their businesses. Square’s point-of-sale service offers tools for every part of running a business, from accepting credit cards and tracking inventory to real-time analytics and invoicing.

Zap & It’s Components

Zap is the basic integration that can be created in Zapier. The simplest form of Zap has two basic components to it:

A Trigger
An Action

To put it simply, a Zap is a blueprint for a task you plan to do over and over. A Zap looks like this:

When I get a “new customer” in Square, a new transaction is created in Tookan.

The first part is the Trigger and the second part is the Action.

What is a Trigger?

A Trigger is an event that automates processes to tell the Zap when to run.
While building a Zap, step 1 is to set the triggers right.

All the third-party apps used by your team use the trigger to initiate task creation in Tookan

In Square you can add several triggers like “New Customer”, “New Transaction”, and many more.

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What is Action?

An Action is an event a Zap performs. This event occurs every time the trigger fires.

For example, In the case of Square, a possible trigger could be “New Customer” and the action in response to this on Tookan would be a New Transaction.

This only constitutes as an example of what a Trigger and Action process creates. You can easily replicate the above steps and customize the trigger and action according to your business needs.

With all that as a given, it wouldn’t be wrong to say that it is super easy to integrate Tookan with all your favorite third-party apps available in Zapier using a Zap in Zapier.

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