Connecting your Square account
Link Square so sales are pulled in automatically instead of being entered by hand.
Connecting Square is what makes VendNex mostly hands-off. Once it's linked, completed sales are pulled in, matched to the right vendor, and included in reports without you typing anything.
How to connect
Go to Settings → Square Integration and click Connect Square Account. You'll be sent to Square to sign in and approve the connection, then returned to VendNex.
What VendNex asks for
The connection is read-only. VendNex requests four permissions:
- Merchant profile — your business name and locations
- Items — your catalog, so sales can be matched to vendors
- Orders — completed sales
- Payments — payment records tied to those orders
VendNex never requests permission to change your catalog, refund payments, or modify orders. It reads; it doesn't write.
The first sync takes a few minutes
The first time you connect — or after a long gap — VendNex pulls up to 90 days of history. That can take a couple of minutes, and you'll see a banner across the top of the dashboard while it runs. You can keep using the app; it finishes in the background.
If the connection expires
Square access tokens expire, and permissions can be revoked from the Square side. If that happens you'll see a red banner asking you to reconnect. Click Reconnect Square and sign in again. Previously synced sales stay in your account — reconnecting just resumes new data coming in.