Does The General Store connect to Google local inventory and delivery apps?
Yes, by request. The General Store is not in Zachcart's live directory yet, but if it can track a sale we can connect it. We build new integrations in days, not quarters, using the Remote Connector pathway. Request it and we review your install; once connected, your items, counts and prices publish to Google Search, Maps and Shopping and to the checkout channels Zachcart enables. Connecting is free; Zachcart takes 2% on orders it brings you.
What The General Store is
The General Store is a point-of-sale system used in lumber and building materials, hardware and home improvement, liquor, grocery, convenience and fuel retail. It is an on-premises, server-based system, aimed at small and mid-sized, very small retailers.
How the integration works
The General Store is an on-premises, server-based system, so it uses Zachcart's Remote Connector pathway, the same one that reaches legacy systems no API touches.
- 01Remote install.
We install a lightweight connector on your The General Store server in a scheduled session. No site visit.
- 02Database read.
The connector reads items, quantities and prices from The General Store. It does not write back.
- 03Live sync.
Changes at the register flow to your online listings continuously, so a shopper never drives to an empty shelf.
What a The General Store store gets
When someone searches a product you stock plus "near me", your store appears with "in stock" — the signal the chains already show.
Every item gets a page under your store name, not a marketplace's.
Which products people search for in your area and whether you carry them.
The same inventory feed powers the checkout channels Zachcart enables, so an order is placed against live counts, not a copy of last week's menu.
Hardware, lumber & paint: what decides the integration
Hardware POS is chosen by the co-op more than by the store. Ace recommends Epicor Eagle exclusively (3,400+ of 5,300+ stores, 2020), Do it Best names Epicor its POS vendor of choice with ECi RockSolid MAX, ECi Spruce and Profile TransActPOS as compliant vendors, and Orgill-aligned stores lean to Paladin. Epicor's hardware base across Eagle and BisTrack is 9,000+ locations, about 12.5% of the category on company-reported numbers. Paladin and J3 POS are on Google's free Local Inventory list; Epicor reaches Google through the Merchant Center feed-partner program instead. No hardware POS has a confirmed native delivery connector, and Ace's presence on Uber Eats and DoorDash is at banner level with no named POS behind it. Lumber yards run BisTrack, Spruce, DMSi Agility, Ponderosa and Kerridge K8; paint stores run Epicor Decor Fusion.
What we touch, and what we don't
- ✓We read items, counts and prices.
- ✓We leave pricing logic, loyalty, supplier programs and counter workflow exactly as they are.
- ✓Your reseller or vendor does not need to be involved, though we will work with them if you prefer.
The General Store questions, straight answers
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Run The General Store? Tell us and we build it
We build new integrations in days, not quarters. Confirm the pathway during onboarding.