Automated discontinued product removal

Purpose

 1.1. Eliminate manual oversight by automatically removing discontinued adult DVD products from online and physical inventory systems.
 1.2. Prevent customer frustration from ordering unavailable items, maintain site accuracy, and ensure compliance with legal or supplier mandates.
 1.3. Reduce labor costs, enhance update speed, and integrate with existing POS, e-commerce, and supplier platforms.
 1.4. Sync status across webstores, marketplaces, CRMs, marketing systems, reporting tools, and supplier databases.

Trigger Conditions

 2.1. Supplier notifies via API, email, or FTP of item discontinuation.
 2.2. Periodic catalog comparison identifies item absence or a “discontinued” status flag.
 2.3. Manual product status update in backoffice dashboard or ERP.
 2.4. Scheduled nightly batch job checks supplier, marketplace, and warehouse feeds.

Platform Variants

 3.1. Shopify
  • API: Admin REST API – Products endpoint; Set “published” to false on discontinued SKUs.
 3.2. WooCommerce
  • REST API: PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}; Set “status” to “draft” or “private”.
 3.3. Magento
  • API: PUT /V1/products/{sku}; Set “status” to 2 (disabled).
 3.4. BigCommerce
  • API: Update a Product endpoint; Patch “is_visible” to false or “inventory_level” to zero.
 3.5. Lightspeed Retail
  • API: Item endpoint; PATCH “active” to false for the product ID.
 3.6. Square
  • Catalog API: UpdateCatalogObject; Set “present_at_all_locations” to false.
 3.7. Revel Systems
  • Inventory API; PATCH item status to “inactive”.
 3.8. Vend/Shopify POS
  • API: Delete or archive product via Product endpoint; PATCH “status” = “archived”.
 3.9. Amazon Seller Central
  • MWS: Submit “Listing Remove” feed; Set “quantity” to 0 or delete SKU.
 3.10. eBay
  • Trading API: EndFixedPriceItem; Specify the item ID to remove.
 3.11. Netsuite
  • SuiteTalk API: Update InventoryItem record; Set “isInactive” to true.
 3.12. SAP Business One
  • Service Layer API: Update ItemMasterData; Set “ItemType” to Discontinued.
 3.13. Microsoft Dynamics 365
  • OData API: PATCH Product; Status = discontinued.
 3.14. Oracle NetSuite
  • REST API: PATCH /record/v1/inventoryItem/{id}; Field “isInactive” true.
 3.15. Zoho Inventory
  • API: Update Item; Field “status” set to “inactive”.
 3.16. Cin7
  • API: Items endpoint; Update item status to “inactive”.
 3.17. QuickBooks Commerce
  • API: Update Product endpoint; Mark as “discontinued” or set inventory to 0.
 3.18. Google Merchant Center
  • Content API: Remove products or set “availability” to “out of stock”.
 3.19. Akeneo PIM
  • REST API: Update product status to “disabled”.
 3.20. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
  • OCAPI: PATCH product; Set “onlineFlag” to false.
 3.21. Mirakl Marketplace
  • API: PATCH /products/{id}; Set status to “INACTIVE”.
 3.22. Email Service (Gmail)
  • Gmail API: Watch for supplier notifications with “discontinued” in subject/body, parse SKUs, trigger downstream removal.

Benefits

 4.1. Removes human error in inventory status.
 4.2. Accelerates website and store catalog accuracy.
 4.3. Reduces customer support workload from failed orders.
 4.4. Maintains compliance with supplier mandates and avoids legal risk.
 4.5. Lowers labor cost and time on catalog maintenance.
 4.6. Prevents over-selling and negative reviews.
 4.7. Ensures real-time synchronization across all channels.