Automated product catalog updates

Purpose

1.1. Enable continuous, real-time updates of product catalogues for amusement machine suppliers to prevent stock discrepancies, sync across channels, reduce manual labor, and support bulk imports, removals, and modifications.
1.2. Automate inbound supplier feed parsing, price and stock reconciliation, online platform publishing, and compliance with industry-specific SKU conventions.
1.3. Disseminate regular updates to all relevant endpoints: ERP, B2B portals, e-commerce storefronts, marketplaces, and sales/marketing tools.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Supplier stock file upload via SFTP, email, or cloud storage.
2.2. Price change notification from supplier API.
2.3. Inventory threshold reached (low/out-of-stock alert).
2.4. New product listing in master ERP or POS.
2.5. Time-based triggers (e.g., hourly/daily scheduled sync).

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• API: Product Listings (REST Admin API); configure webhooks for product update events; map CSV feeds on import.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Function: REST API product endpoint/Batch product update; enable incoming webhook processing for stock changes.
3.3. Magento
• API: CatalogProductRepositoryV1; set cron for catalog sync, automate import of supplier catalogs via DataFlow Profiles.
3.4. BigCommerce
• API: Products V3 API; set up API token; enable automated batch product sync job.
3.5. Netsuite
• Integration: SuiteTalk REST API; script catalog import; schedule catalog batch update via Map/Reduce scripts.
3.6. SAP Business One
• Function: DI API for Inventory and Item Master Data; set up periodic jobs to receive catalog input.
3.7. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• API: Dynamic Data Entities; schedule Data Import Projects for product catalog.
3.8. QuickBooks Commerce
• API: Products endpoint; enable webhook-based auto-updates.
3.9. Unleashed
• API: Product and Stock endpoints; schedule automatic catalog import.
3.10. Zoho Inventory
• API: Items endpoint; activate auto-import from email/file triggers.
3.11. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Function: OCAPI/Shop API; automate import/export jobs for catalog.
3.12. Square POS
• API: Catalog Objects API; auto-push changes using webhooks and batch file import.
3.13. Vend by Lightspeed
• API: Product endpoint; configure webhook polling.
3.14. Linnworks
• Integration: InventoryAPI; schedule/run catalog import from FTP/Email.
3.15. ChannelAdvisor
• Function: API Inventory Batch Update; automate supplier feed ingestion.
3.16. Google Merchant Center
• Feature: Content API for Shopping; auto-update product datasheets via feeds.
3.17. Amazon Seller Central
• API: Inventory Loader feeds or SP-API Listings Items; Python/CSV batch automation.
3.18. eBay
• API: Sell Inventory API; set periodic updates for listings.
3.19. Odoo
• Integration: Inventory/Product API endpoints; automate scheduled catalog updates via automated actions.
3.20. Lightspeed Retail
• API: Product API; automate periodic product upload.
3.21. Smartsheet
• Feature: Update Rows API; synchronize inventory spreadsheets with catalog sheets.
3.22. Airtable
• API: Upsert records in Inventory Tables; map supplier feed columns.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual catalog updates, reducing human error.
4.2. Maintains real-time stock accuracy across all sales channels.
4.3. Enables multi-channel publishing and instant update propagation.
4.4. Supports rapid adaptation to supplier price and stock changes.
4.5. Minimizes out-of-stock and overselling risks.
4.6. Streamlines onboarding of new suppliers and SKUs.
4.7. Speeds up time-to-market for new arcade machines.
4.8. Provides compliance-ready, always-synced product data for audits.