#Introduction

Do you want to connect your PIM to your syndication solution?
You want to implement an Akeneo PIM syndication App and you don't know where to start?

You landed in the right place!

#Goal of this guide

In the following guide, we are going to explain how to properly connect our PIM to your syndication solution, thanks to our wonderful API.

We're here to help you find your way around, understand how Akeneo PIM will interact with your existing syndication solution and go through the steps towards that goal.

#Follow the steps!

1. Who is your App intended for?
   Understand your target user: Who will install it? Who will set it up? Who will use it? What are the needs of these stakeholders?
2. Who does what?
   Understand how external stakeholders interact and synchronize their data with the PIM, and why.
3. Understand Akeneo PIM
   Understand Akeneo PIM, its features, its data structure in order to be able to compare them with your syndication solution.
4. Starting your first version
   What are Akeneo's recommendations for starting the first version of a syndication App?