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The integration of e-commerce platforms with accounting systems has become essential for modern businesses seeking to optimize operational efficiency and maintain accurate financial records. This paper presents the design and implementation of a seamless integration framework between Shopify and QuickBooks, aimed at automating the synchronization of product information and invoice data. By utilizing the official APIs of both platforms, the proposed system enables real-time, bidirectional data exchange, ensuring consistent updates to product catalogues, customer profiles, and transactional records. The framework automates the propagation of product changes from Shopify to QuickBooks and generates corresponding invoices in QuickBooks based on real-time order data received from Shopify. Furthermore, the integration leverages Shopify webhooks to detect and respond to events such as order status changes and inventory modifications, allowing for immediate reflection of these changes in the accounting system. This approach minimizes manual data entry, reduces the incidence of human error, and improves the accuracy and timeliness of both inventory and financial data. The synchronization of customer records across platforms further contributes to coherent data management, facilitating streamlined financial reporting and operational transparency. The framework is designed to be robust, scalable, and efficient, incorporating comprehensive error handling, data validation mechanisms, and system logging to support maintainability and reliability. The resulting solution offers a practical contribution to enterprise systems integration, with the potential to enhance data-driven decision-making through real-time business insights.