Introduction to the Checkfront integration with Zoho CRM

Read this introduction to our Zoho integration, including information on checking the service status and creating new leads and contacts.

To learn more about the functionality of the Zoho integration, please read the entire series of articles accessed at the side and bottom of this page.

• Setting up Zoho CRS in Checkfront
• Testing your setup with Zoho CRM
• Updating and synching data with Zoho CRM

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

Manage > Integrations > CRMs > Zoho CRM
 

What more do I need to use this feature?

• Admin permissions to Manage your account and Integrations.
   

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?

• This feature is available in both our classic items version using classic items (Inventory > Items) and our classic products version using classic products (Inventory > Products).  → Learn more about products

Zoho CRM is a hosted Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application, part of the (much) larger Zoho Suite. Zoho CRM is a popular low-cost alternative to Salesforce.

Check the service status Check the status of Zoho services at any time here: https://zohostatus.com/

Our integration with Zoho allows us to automatically create new leads and contacts or update existing ones in Zoho when a booking is created via Checkfront.

In addition, the integration automatically creates a new event or note within Zoho and attaches to it the Booking Summary. If you are an existing Zoho user, this ensures your Customer records are kept in sync, and you can take full advantage of the many Customer management tools of Zoho CRM.

Update Required Suppliers with the Zoho CRM integration V1 activated (before December 2019) need to update to the latest version (V2) by December 31, 2019, to continue using the Zoho CRM integration. Simply access the Add-on Setup (Manage > Integrations > CRMs > Zoho CRM) and click Update. You are then redirected to the Zoho website and prompted to re-authenticate your account. From the Zoho page, please select Accept to allow Checkfront to access data in your Zoho account, and your Zoho CRM integration is updated to the latest version! If, for some reason, you miss the deadline and update after December 31, 2019, then your bookings won't be interrupted, but you have to sync those bookings with Zoho manually. You can do this by following these steps... Go to Reports > Booking Index. Navigate to every booking between December 31, 2019, and when the integration was updated. Click Click here to sync with Zoho at the bottom of every booking.

Only Customer data is sent Only Customer data is sent to Zoho, as our integration does not support syncing inventory or availability data.

Setting up Zoho CRM in Checkfront >