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API integration · Xero accounting

Xero API integration

Your platform and Xero kept in step automatically. Orders become invoices, payments are matched when they land, refunds become credit notes and the books stay current without anyone re-typing anything. Quoted up front, and you own the code.

  • From £1,295, agreed before any work
  • Correct VAT and account codes, agreed with your accountant
  • Stripe and GoCardless payments reconciled automatically

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Prices

Every project is different, so these are starting prices. You get a written quote before any work starts, then 50% to begin and 50% when you're happy with it.

Invoice sync

Invoices and contacts created automatically

From

£1,2951–2 weeks

  • Xero sign-in with encrypted, auto-refreshed tokens
  • Invoices created from your platform
  • Contacts created without duplicates
  • Correct VAT and account codes
  • Credit notes for refunds
  • Error handling and sync alerts
Get a quote for Invoice sync
Most popular

Full reconciliation

Payments matched to invoices automatically

From

£1,995about 2 weeks

  • Everything in Invoice sync
  • Stripe or GoCardless payments applied to invoices
  • Invoices marked paid, credited or voided automatically
  • Payouts recorded as bank transactions
  • Failed payment handling
  • Log of every reconciliation
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Multi-organisation

Many Xero organisations from one platform

From

£2,9953–4 weeks

  • Everything in Full reconciliation
  • Separate connection for each organisation
  • Account mapping per organisation
  • Screen for managing connections
  • Alerts per organisation
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Retainer

Optional, once the integration is live

From

£49per month

  • Xero API version updates
  • Connection monitoring
  • Minor bug fixes and mapping updates
  • New features quoted separately
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What the Xero API gives you

Xero's API can create invoices and credit notes, sync contacts, apply payments, record bank transactions and pull reports. A custom integration uses it to keep Xero in step with your platform, so nobody exports CSVs or re-keys orders. See the Xero API integration guide.

Who it's for

  • WooCommerce and custom shops Every order becomes a correctly coded Xero invoice, payments are matched when they arrive and refunds become credit notes. See Xero and WooCommerce, or for OpenCart, OpenCart and Xero.
  • SaaS and subscription platforms An invoice for each billing period, marked paid when the payment succeeds and left awaiting payment when it fails.
  • Service businesses and agencies Invoices raised in Xero the moment a job is marked complete in your job, time-tracking or CRM system, with the right tracking categories. See automating invoices with the Xero API.
  • Stripe users Stripe takes the payment, the matching Xero invoice is marked paid within seconds, and payouts are recorded as bank transactions. See Xero and Stripe.
  • GoCardless users Direct Debit payments applied to invoices when they're confirmed, not when they're first created. See GoCardless and Xero.
  • Accountancy platforms and groups Several Xero organisations managed from one platform. Accountants can also onboard clients from Companies House into Xero.

Why custom rather than a plugin

Xero plugins for WooCommerce handle a simple order-to-invoice sync with one VAT rate. They don't reconcile Stripe or GoCardless payments, handle reverse charge or mixed VAT properly, or connect to more than one organisation. A custom build does, and you own it.

How it's built

  • Connected the way Xero requires Xero uses OAuth 2.0, so you approve the connection once from your own Xero login and never share your password. The connection refreshes itself in the background, and you're alerted if it ever needs approving again, rather than invoices quietly stopping.
  • Mapped with your accountant Account codes, tax rates, tracking categories and how each kind of sale should be recorded are agreed with whoever does your books before anything is built. The integration follows those rules exactly, including zero-rated, exempt and reverse charge items where they apply.
  • Never a duplicate Each order, invoice and payment in your platform is linked to its record in Xero, so running a sync twice, or retrying after a network blip, updates the existing record instead of creating another one.
  • Within Xero's limits Xero allows 60 calls a minute, 5,000 a day and 5 at the same time for each organisation, and the limits can't be increased. Busy shops are synced in batches and queued, so a sale day doesn't trip the limits and lose records.
  • Payments matched properly Payments are applied to the right invoice when the money is confirmed, and payment provider fees and payouts are recorded so your bank reconciliation lines up.

What's included

  • Every sync can safely run twice without creating duplicates
  • Error logging, alerts for failed syncs and automatic retries
  • Tested in Xero's demo company before touching your live books
  • A handover document, and the code is yours

Not included: your Xero subscription, tax advice (your accountant agrees the mapping and I build it), Xero Payroll, and changes to your platform outside the integration.

Payment is 50% to start and the balance on completion. For what drives the price, read what a Xero integration costs.

How to get a price

Send a short written spec by WhatsApp, text, email or the form: your platform, how you invoice and take payment, and what you do by hand now. I'll reply within 24 hours with a quote.

Guides

Questions

Do I need a Xero subscription?

Yes, the organisation being connected needs an active subscription. Xero also provides a demo company for testing, so nothing touches your real books until it's proven.

How does the connection to Xero work?

You authorise the integration once in Xero. After that it refreshes its own access automatically, with the tokens stored encrypted, so the connection stays live without anyone logging in again.

Will it handle my VAT correctly?

Yes. Standard, reduced and zero rates, exempt items and reverse charge are all handled. The mapping is agreed with you, ideally with your accountant, before any code is written, and tested before going live.

Can it connect to more than one Xero organisation?

Yes, that's the multi-organisation tier. Each organisation gets its own connection and account mapping. It suits accountancy platforms and groups with several companies.

Does it work with WooCommerce?

Yes, that's one of the most common builds. Orders become invoices when their status changes, contacts are created or updated, and payments are reconciled.

How long does a build take?

Invoice sync takes 1–2 weeks, full reconciliation about 2 weeks and multi-organisation 3–4 weeks, starting once the quote is agreed and the deposit is paid.

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