Patent attributes
A multi-platform e-commerce distribution system includes a bi-directional data translation system, a product distribution platform, and a commerce graph API. The bi-directional data translation system extracts product data and translates product data. The product distribution platform includes a product repository of the purchasable products containing information that has been converted into a unified product schema. The bi-directional data translation system translates product information between formats of one or more different merchants and the unified product schema of the product distribution platform. The bi-directional data translation system also translates the product information between the unified product schema of the product distribution platform and one or more formats expected by one or more individual e-commerce platforms. The commerce graph API receives orders from one or more purchasers via multiple third party applications that are converted into order transaction data in a unified order schema. The commerce graph API also converts the order transaction data in the unified order schema into order write back data in a platform-specific format expected by the e-commerce platform of product origin.