Real-time stock level syncing across POS and online store

Purpose

1.1. Automate real-time synchronization of stock levels across all physical POS terminals and the online store, preventing overselling and ensuring accurate inventory representation in both channels.
1.2. Automatedly reduce manual intervention by instantly updating online and in-store quantities after every transaction, return, or new stock intake.
1.3. Automator ensures every inventory adjustment on the POS instantly automates updates to the eCommerce inventory, and vice versa, maintaining central data integrity.
1.4. Enable automation of low stock alerts, purchase order generation, and replenish forecasting for highly-demanded knives and accessories, ensuring automatable resupply chains.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automating triggers on sale completion in POS or online store.
2.2. Automated trigger on stock intake or product return in any channel.
2.3. Real-time automation event when a manual adjustment is made by staff in either POS or online backend.
2.4. Scheduled automated syncs for legacy systems unable to support webhooks.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• API Setting: Inventory Level API — automate inventory quantity update, webhook listener for inventory_level/update events.
3.2. Square POS
• Feature: Inventory API — automatedly trigger PATCH /v2/inventory endpoint for real-time stock change.
3.3. WooCommerce
• Function: Rest API — automate PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id} for stock_quantity updates.
3.4. Lightspeed Retail
• API: Item Inventory API — automation via PATCH to /API/Account/{accountID}/Item/{itemID}.
3.5. Vend (now Lightspeed X Series)
• Webhook: Automate using "Product Inventory Updated" webhook notification.
3.6. Clover
• Endpoint: Inventory API — automate POST /v3/merchants/{mId}/items for changes.
3.7. Magento
• Setting: Stock Item Update via /V1/products/{sku}/stockItems/{itemId} REST API for automated updates.
3.8. BigCommerce
• Feature: Inventory Endpoints — PATCH /catalog/products/{id} to automate inventory_adjustment.
3.9. Revel Systems
• API: Inventory Adjustment — automate via POST /inventory/products/adjust.
3.10. QuickBooks Commerce
• Function: PUT /stock-on-hand endpoint — automator for quantity synchronization.
3.11. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce
• API: Real-time Service — automate Sync Inventory Quantities Push.
3.12. SAP Business One
• Endpoint: InventoryBalanceService — automate inventory changes using Service Layer PATCH.
3.13. Oracle NetSuite
• RESTlet: Automate inventory_adjustment Restlet script deployment for sync events.
3.14. PrestaShop
• Webservice: automatedly update using /api/stock_availables for stock sync.
3.15. OpenCart
• API: automate update through /admin/index.php?route=api/stock for item counts.
3.16. Shopify POS
• Feature: Shared inventory via API webhook — automate every transaction to trigger online stock update.
3.17. Amazon Marketplace
• API: MWS Feeds — automate POST Inventory Feed for automatedly syncing FBA and store stock.
3.18. eBay
• API: Inventory API — automate POST /inventory_item for real-time stock reflection.
3.19. Zoho Inventory
• API: Items API — automate PUT /api/v1/items for synchronizing item quantity.
3.20. DEAR Systems
• Endpoint: PUT /InventoryMovement — automate automated inventory adjustment workflow.

Benefits

4.1. Automated inventory adjusts prevent overselling, refund issues, and customer dissatisfaction.
4.2. Automation removes risk of human error and supports automatable omnichannel strategies.
4.3. Automatedly lowers staff workload, freeing manual hours for other business tasks.
4.4. Automating triggers enable timely restocking of top-selling knives and bundles.
4.5. Real-time automation builds trust with customers through accurate stock display online and in-store.
4.6. Ensures automatable compliance and auditing for inventory-sensitive operations in the cutlery retail environment.
4.7. Automation-ready infrastructure scales as the knife store expands to more channels or locations.