Automated product import/update from supplier catalogues

Purpose

1. Automate and streamline the product import and update process from various supplier catalogues, reducing repetitive manual data entry for apparel retailers.

2. Enables beachwear stores to automatically sync inventory, prices, variants, descriptions, and images from multiple external supplier feeds and platforms.

3. Drives efficiency by automating SKU matching, out-of-stock updates, new arrivals, discontinued items, and real-time price changes.

4. Reduces inventory errors, automates product onboarding, and enables near real-time catalogue availability.

5. Supports multiple data formats (CSV, XLSX, XML, API, FTP) for import automation across supplier networks.

6. Ensures compliance with MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) and automates rules for specific catalog segmentations.

Trigger Conditions

1. Supplier uploads or updates catalogue file on FTP/SFTP or cloud storage.

2. Scheduled automation to check for new/updated feeds hourly, daily, or on a custom interval.

3. Webhook-based triggers on supplier APIs for real-time event-based updates.

4. Manual trigger for ad-hoc bulk product imports.

5. Delta file detection or checksum changes in the supplier dataset.

6. Automated detection of new arrivals or product range expansion at supplier.

Platform Variants

1. Shopify

• Feature/Setting: Use Product API endpoint to automate bulk creation, update, and deletion of products; configure scheduled automation tasks.
  

2. WooCommerce

• Feature/Setting: REST API for automated product posting and updating; automate using webhooks for supplier notifications.
  

3. BigCommerce

• Feature/Setting: Catalog Products API automates synchronized inventory and product details import/update.
  

4. Magento

• Feature/Setting: Automate using REST or SOAP API for productInsert, productUpdate, and inventorySync.
  

5. Lightspeed Retail

• Feature/Setting: Products API endpoint automates catalogue synchronization with supplier feed mapping.
  

6. Square

• Feature/Setting: Automating via Catalog API for product import and modification.
  

7. Vend by Lightspeed

• Feature/Setting: Use Product API to automate synchronization between supplier data and retail inventory.
  

8. Zoho Inventory

• Feature/Setting: Automate with Products API and CSV import automation triggers.
  

9. NetSuite

• Feature/Setting: Item API for automatable product catalog sync and import management.
  

10. SAP Business One

• Feature/Setting: Automate using Item Master Data Service for product import automation.
  

11. QuickBooks Commerce

• Feature/Setting: Product endpoint automates product and variant import from external feeds.
  

12. Odoo

• Feature/Setting: Automated product synchronization using Inventory module’s import features and XMLRPC API.
  

13. PrestaShop

• Feature/Setting: Web service Product resource automates the addition/updating of products from supplier files.
  

14. Salesforce Commerce Cloud

• Feature/Setting: Product Data API automates the product lifecycle by automating import jobs.
  

15. Akeneo PIM

• Feature/Setting: Product Import and Connector API for automated catalogue enrichment.
  

16. Mirakl Marketplace

• Feature/Setting: Products API automates ingestion from supplier sources into marketplace product pools.
  

17. Salsify

• Feature/Setting: Product Content API automates the transformation and synchronization with supplier data.
  

18. Orderhive

• Feature/Setting: Automate via Catalog APIs for product creation and automated update flows.
  

19. ChannelAdvisor

• Feature/Setting: Inventory API endpoints for automating multi-supplier feed integration.
  

20. Linnworks

• Feature/Setting: Inventory Import automation through Automation Engine or Stock Item API.
  

21. Google Sheets

• Feature/Setting: Automate import using Sheets API to parse new supplier data for downstream inventory updates.
  

22. Dropbox

• Feature/Setting: Automate monitor/upload events as triggers for catalogue synchronization scripts.
  

23. Amazon S3

• Feature/Setting: Automator watches for new/changed files to trigger download and catalogue parsing.
  

24. FTP/SFTP Servers

• Feature/Setting: Automate product data pulls by monitoring folders for latest supplier uploads.
  

Benefits

1. Automatedly reduces time spent on manual data input and product onboarding.

2. Automates error-prone steps, improving data accuracy in inventory and SKUs.

3. Supports multi-catalogue, multi-supplier environments with automatable rules.

4. Enables faster product launches and automates real-time inventory availability.

5. Automates catalogue compliance (e.g., pricing, images, attributes).

6. Reduces out-of-stock issues by automating product status updates.

7. Eliminates repetitive work and automates integration for scalability.

8. Increases speed-to-market by automating every catalogue update cycle.

9. Limits overselling by automating near real-time stock updates.

10. Improves customer experience by automating accurate product and pricing display.