{"id":763,"date":"2026-07-17T13:34:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oxilayer.com\/blog\/?p=763"},"modified":"2026-07-17T13:34:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T13:34:27","slug":"how-to-send-e-invoice-via-peppol-in-shopify","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oxilayer.com\/blog\/how-to-send-e-invoice-via-peppol-in-shopify","title":{"rendered":"How to Send E-invoice via PEPPOL in Shopify"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

E-invoicing is quickly becoming a legal requirement for B2B sales across Europe, and more and more customers expect to receive an e-invoice via the PEPPOL network after making a purchase. Unlike a PDF invoice, an e-invoice is a structured document that is delivered directly to the buyer’s accounting system, with no manual data entry required.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In this article, I will show a way to send e-invoices via PEPPOL in Shopify. Unfortunately, Shopify doesn’t have this functionality by default, and you will need a Shopify app. We strongly believe that our Oxilayer Invoice<\/a> app is the best available option out there for this purpose, so the following instructions will be related to this app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What you need to send e-invoices via PEPPOL<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To send documents via the PEPPOL network, two things are required:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. A PEPPOL access point<\/strong> \u2013 a certified service that transfers e-invoices between participants of the network. You cannot send documents to PEPPOL directly without one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. The customer’s Peppol participant ID and scheme<\/strong> \u2013 this is the “address” of the buyer in the network, where the e-invoice will be delivered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Oxilayer Invoice app covers both parts: it connects your store to an access point and gives you several ways to collect and manage customer Peppol information. Let’s go through the setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Enable e-invoice in the app settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Open the Oxilayer Invoice app and go to the settings. Enable the e-invoice option, fill in your own Peppol scheme, participant ID and VAT \/ GST numbers of the countries where your company is registered. The app will check the billing country of the order and automatically select the appropriate number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During this step, we recommend creating a Recommand<\/a> account and connecting it to the app. Recommand is a PEPPOL access point, which is required to transfer e-invoices via the network. It has a free tier plan with 25 documents per month, which is more than enough to get started. The Oxilayer app will not charge anything extra for sending documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once connected, choose which company to use when sending documents, and you are ready to send your first e-invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Collect customer Peppol ID on the Thank you page<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The next question is: how do we get the customer’s Peppol participant ID? The easiest way is to ask the customer right after the purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using the Shopify theme editor, you can add the Oxilayer app block to the Thank you<\/strong> and Order status<\/strong> pages. The block asks the customer to provide their Peppol scheme and participant ID, and after submitting the form, the customer gets the e-invoice automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the least intrusive way to collect business information \u2013 the customer sees the form right after checkout, exactly at the moment when they think about the invoice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 3: Automate e-invoice sending<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The app also has built-in automation, which is an alternative to the Thank you page form. In many countries, the VAT number matches the Peppol participant ID. In this case, you can send the e-invoice automatically, without asking the customer to provide the participant ID and scheme at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to the Automations<\/strong> page in the app and enable the “Send e-invoice” automation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In the automation settings, you can configure:<\/p>\n\n\n\n