Yes — through Acenda. Target lists Acenda as a Target Plus Channel Partner. Acenda connects to Target Plus with your Seller ID and API credentials from the Target+ Partner Portal. Your EDI connection is between your trading partner and Acenda.
Last reviewed: November 5, 2026 · Based on Acenda's public Target Plus and EDI pages and help articles 17890037 and 13190322.
Yes — through Acenda. Target lists Acenda as a Target Plus Channel Partner. Acenda connects to Target Plus with your Seller ID and API credentials from the Target+ Partner Portal. Your EDI connection (X12 4010 over direct SFTP or AS2, or through SPS Commerce or Orderful) is between your trading partner and Acenda. You do not connect your EDI system to Target Plus directly, and Target Plus is not set up as a wholesale Target supplier EDI feed. See Target Plus integration and EDI and drop-ship network integrations. How to connect Target Plus to Acenda and How to implement and customize EDI in Acenda.
Target Plus is Target's curated, invite-only marketplace. Target makes the approval decision. Once you are approved, you add Target Plus as a sales channel in Acenda and authorize it with marketplace API credentials. Listings, inventory, pricing, orders and tracking for Target Plus run through that channel. This is separate from Target DVS, the 2P drop-ship program named on the EDI hub.
On the Target Plus side, which is an API sales channel, Acenda sends listings mapped to Target's taxonomy, inventory on Target's schedule with any Inventory Floor held back, and orders. Tracking returns to Target Plus through Acenda. Cancellations, returns and settlements stay as already described on Target Plus integration.
On the EDI side, when you are the buyer (the common case: a fulfillment provider, 3PL, WMS or drop-ship supplier), Acenda sends the 850 Purchase Order. The partner returns the 855 PO Acknowledgment, the 856 Advance Ship Notice (Acenda creates or updates a Ship Advice and carries tracking to Target Plus), the 846 Inventory Advice (updates On Hand for the mapped warehouse, which then feeds Target Plus after any Inventory Floor), and the 810 Invoice.
On the EDI side, when you are the vendor on a drop-ship retail connection, do not read that as how Target Plus works. Other retailer drop-ship programs, such as the hub's Sam's Club example, reverse those roles. See EDI and drop-ship network integrations.
A 997 confirms a file arrived and could be read. It is not the 855. Item identifiers on inbound files (vendor number, UPC or EAN) must match a SKU in Acenda.
Direct SFTP is standard for fulfillment-provider connections. Direct AS2 is set up by the Acenda team one partner at a time. SPS Commerce and Orderful are also supported. EDI setup is done together with your Acenda team. It is not self-serve. See the transport details on How does an EDI connection reach Acenda? and How to implement and customize EDI in Acenda.
Target sets Target Plus fees. There is typically no additional fee if the EDI connection uses AS2 or SFTP. Acenda's platform fee is a flat rate per channel, never a percentage of sales. A quote is given on a demo, based on your setup.
Yes. Target lists Acenda as a Target Plus Channel Partner. Acenda connects to Target Plus with your Seller ID and API credentials, and exchanges X12 EDI 4010 with your trading partner. You do not connect your EDI system to Target Plus directly.
Yes. Acenda bridges your EDI connection and the Target Plus sales channel. Orders, stock and tracking move through Acenda. Target Plus itself is not an EDI feed.
No. Target Plus connects through Target's partner API. Acenda bridges your EDI connection.
When you are the buyer, Acenda sends the 850 Purchase Order. The partner returns the 855 PO Acknowledgment, the 856 Advance Ship Notice, the 846 Inventory Advice and the 810 Invoice. A 997 confirms a file arrived and could be read. It is not the 855.
Direct SFTP, direct AS2, SPS Commerce and Orderful. EDI setup is done with your Acenda team. It is not self-serve.
There is typically no additional fee if the EDI connection uses AS2 or SFTP. Target sets Target Plus fees. Acenda's platform fee is a flat rate per channel, never a percentage of sales. A quote is given on a demo, based on your setup.
No. Acenda supports direct SFTP and AS2 as well as SPS Commerce and Orderful.
No. Approval comes from Target. Connecting EDI or any system to Acenda doesn't affect whether Target accepts your brand.
Book a demo and we'll walk through your EDI connection and how Acenda bridges it to Target Plus.
