Price change updates across channels

Purpose

1.1. Ensure all pricing changes in the African goods store SKU master catalog are instantly reflected across web, physical POS, online marketplaces, and advertising channels.
1.2. Remove manual editing errors, reduce time-to-market for promotions, and ensure price consistency across regional and global sales platforms.
1.3. Automate notifications to logistics, procurement, and marketing teams upon price modification for alignment.
1.4. Enable compliance tracking by recording all price change events and synchronizing with back-office systems.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. SKU price updated/added in inventory system or ERP.
2.2. Bulk import of price-list (CSV/Excel/XML) with pricing modifications.
2.3. Scheduled date for seasonal price changes reached.
2.4. API or webhook call from supplier platform indicating supplier pricing change.
2.5. Manual trigger by authorized inventory/managerial staff via dashboard.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature: Admin API — Product Variant Price Update endpoint
• Sample: Update product variant price using PATCH `/admin/api/2023-04/variants/{id}.json`

3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature: REST API — Update product price
• Sample: POST/PUT `/wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}` with `regular_price`

3.3. Magento
• Feature: CatalogProductRepositoryV1 API
• Sample: PUT `/V1/products/{sku}` for `price` attribute update

3.4. Square POS
• Feature: Catalog API — UpsertCatalogObject
• Sample: Send new `item_variation_data.price_money.amount`

3.5. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature: Retail API — Item Update
• Sample: PUT `/API/Account/{accountID}/Item/{itemID}.json`

3.6. Vend (Lightspeed XSeries)
• Feature: Product API endpoint
• Sample: PUT `/api/2.0/products/{id}` for `price`

3.7. BigCommerce
• Feature: Catalog API — Update Product
• Sample: PUT `/v3/catalog/products/{id}` with new `price`

3.8. Amazon Marketplace Web Service (MWS/ SP-API)
• Feature: Feeds API
• Sample: Submit `POST_PRODUCT_PRICING_DATA` feed

3.9. eBay Sell API
• Feature: Inventory API — Update Offer Price
• Sample: POST `/sell/inventory/v1/offer/{offerId}/update_price_quantity`

3.10. Google Merchant Center
• Feature: Content API for Shopping
• Sample: PATCH `/products/{productId}` with `price` object

3.11. Walmart Marketplace
• Feature: Price API
• Sample: PUT `/v3/price` for specific SKU and currency

3.12. SAP
• Feature: OData Service for Material Master
• Sample: PATCH `/A_Material({Material})/to_PricingCondition`

3.13. NetSuite
• Feature: SuiteTalk Web Services
• Sample: Update `itemPricingList` in `InventoryItem`

3.14. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature: Products API
• Sample: PUT `/api/2.0/products/{id}` for price changes

3.15. Zoho Inventory
• Feature: Product Update API
• Sample: PUT `/api/v1/items/{item_id}` with updated `rate`

3.16. Xero
• Feature: Inventory Items API
• Sample: PUT `/api.xro/2.0/Items` with new `SalesDetails.UnitPrice`

3.17. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature: OData REST API — Products
• Sample: PATCH `/api/data/v9.1/products({productid})` with `price`

3.18. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature: Open Commerce API — PATCH Product
• Sample: PATCH `/s/-/dw/data/vXX_XX/products/{product_id}`

3.19. Etsy
• Feature: Listings API
• Sample: PUT `/v3/application/shops/{shop_id}/listings/{listing_id}`

3.20. PrestaShop
• Feature: Webservice API
• Sample: PUT `/api/products/{product_id}` with new `price`

Benefits

4.1. Price consistency across all platforms, minimizing customer confusion and complaints.
4.2. Real-time reflection of market or cost changes to keep margins protected.
4.3. Drastic reduction of manual labor and human error.
4.4. Improved reporting accuracy and compliance through centralized price change logs.
4.5. Quicker rollout of campaigns and promotions spanning multiple sales channels.
4.6. Increased competitive agility in dynamic ethnic goods retail markets.