Batch update of product information and pricing

Purpose

1.1. Automate bulk updates of product descriptions, pricing, quantities, and status across all sales channels, POS, and inventory systems for salvaged architectural components.
1.2. Ensures consistency, reduces manual entry errors, and accelerates catalog refresh cycles for retail architectural salvage stores.
1.3. Enables automated synchronization of data between supplier files, internal databases, and online marketplaces for building materials retail.
1.4. Drives automated compliance with category and pricing policies across different product groups, avoiding manual oversight.
1.5. Streamlines the automated publishing of product updates to multiple platforms simultaneously.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Receipt of new product CSV, Excel, or XML files from suppliers or wholesalers (manual upload or via SFTP/Email/API).
2.2. Scheduled automation (e.g., nightly, hourly) for checking updates in master inventory databases.
2.3. Stock threshold-based automation (e.g., low stock triggers price update automation).
2.4. Manual trigger via admin dashboard or batch update request.
2.5. Automated webhook trigger from ERP or PIM whenever item attributes are changed.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: "Bulk Product Update" API; automate PUT requests to /admin/api/2023-07/products/batch.json with updated fields.

3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products; automate bulk updates by sending batch payloads.

3.3. Square
• Feature/Setting: "Catalog API"; automate the upsert-catalog-object endpoint for products and prices.

3.4. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: API PATCH to /API/Account/{accountID}/Item/{itemID}; automate mass edits with script.

3.5. Vend (Lightspeed X)
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API batchUpdateItems for automated product and price updates.

3.6. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: "Product" Entity via OData/REST API; automate updateProduct actions.

3.7. NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk SOAP/REST Web Services; automate update operation on InventoryItem.

3.8. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Product Batch Update API endpoint; automate PUT request for multiple products.

3.9. Magento
• Feature/Setting: Bulk API PATCH /V1/products; automate updates through a batch payload.

3.10. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Catalog Products Endpoint /v3/catalog/products; automate PUT for batch update.

3.11. Amazon Seller Central
• Feature/Setting: MWS Feeds or SP-API Listings Items API; automate submission of product and price feeds.

3.12. eBay
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API bulkUpdatePriceQuantity; automate batch upload calls.

3.13. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer OData PATCH on ItemMasterData; automate mass changes via API.

3.14. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: REST upsertInventoryItem; automate bulk product and price synchronization.

3.15. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature/Setting: OCAPI Shop/Products PATCH; automate batch product info update.

3.16. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: Products API Batch Update; automate update items endpoint.

3.17. Odoo
• Feature/Setting: XML-RPC API write() on product.template; automate programmatic changes.

3.18. SquareSpace Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Commerce API PATCH /products; automate updates of product variants and pricing.

3.19. Wix Stores
• Feature/Setting: Wix Stores API Bulk Update Products; automate call with list of updates.

3.20. PrestaShop
• Feature/Setting: Webservice API PUT /api/products; automate with structured XML for batch processing.

3.21. Google Merchant Center
• Feature/Setting: Content API for Shopping; automate batch product update with products.patch.

3.22. Etsy
• Feature/Setting: Listings API updateListing; automate per SKU or in batches with loop.

Benefits

4.1. Automates inventory accuracy across all platforms, minimizing overselling or stockouts.
4.2. Enables rapid automated price adjustments to reflect market or supplier changes.
4.3. Reduces labor by automatedly processing uploads/updates from different departments or external sources.
4.4. Improves data quality by automating validation and normalization in updates.
4.5. Scalable automation for hundreds or thousands of product SKUs, supporting business growth.
4.6. Facilitates automated reporting and audit trails of all update activities for compliance.
4.7. Automatable system for integrating new sales channels, minimizing disruption.
4.8. Automated notifications to staff about critical inventory or pricing changes.
4.9. Saves costs by reducing manual data entry and associated bottlenecks.
4.10. Automation reduces human error and increases update frequency for current catalog accuracy.