Upgrade Walmart Connection in Webgility Desktop to Comply with OAuth
This article guides Webgility Desktop users through upgrading their existing Walmart connections to comply with OAuth authentication. To prevent service disruptions, users must update Webgility Desktop to the latest version (at least v9.9.8) and then re-authenticate their Walmart marketplace. The article provides step-by-step instructions to complete this upgrade and ensure an uninterrupted connection to the sales channel.
Note: Webgility Desktop should be on the latest version (at least v9.9.8) before upgrading this connection.
Step 1: Upgrade the Webgility Desktop app to the latest version on all the required machines.
- Before proceeding, it's important to ensure you're on the latest version of Webgility Desktop. Follow the steps outlined in this guide: How to Update Your Webgility Desktop Software to upgrade the application.
Step 2: Upgrade Walmart integration to OAuth.
- In Webgility Desktop navigate to Connections → Sales Channel → Manage Sales Channels.

- This will open the list of all the sales channel you have connected, so click on ‘Edit’ button under the Action column for your Walmart channel.

- Click on Connect to Sales Channel

- This will redirect you to your default browser asking you to enter your Walmart marketplace credentials. So update the credentials and click on Login.

- Now you need to authorize the connection, so click on Authorize.

- After a minute of two you shall receive success message ‘Successfully connected’ so you can close that browser window.

- Also Webgility Desktop shall generate its own success message in the meantime ‘Successfully connected to Walmart’.

- So now click on Ok > Next > Update your Sales Channel information > and click on Save Sales Channel.


- Now you can continue with the order download from Walmart with the new OAuth flow.