Price update synchronization across platforms

Purpose

1.1. Ensure real-time or scheduled price updates for agricultural products are accurately reflected across all online and offline sales channels, minimizing pricing errors, preventing revenue loss, and maintaining customer trust.
1.2. Automate fetching prices from internal ERP or master spreadsheets, push updates to eCommerce, POS, B2B wholesale portals, market feeds, distributor platforms, and communication tools.
1.3. Enable centralized management of rapidly changing prices due to seasonality, supply/demand, or currency fluctuation.
1.4. Log all synchronization events and notify relevant teams for oversight and compliance.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Price field change in ERP or master database (manual or batch).
2.2. Periodic timer (e.g., every hour, day).
2.3. Supplier API update for cost or margin changes.
2.4. Manual override or new inventory batch entry.
2.5. External market feed adjustment or competitor pricing alerts.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Admin API — updateProductPrice; Sample: Configure product variant endpoint with new price values via API key.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API — PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products; API credentials required for product update requests.
3.3. Magento
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API — products/{SKU}; Send authenticated PATCH requests with price payload.
3.4. Amazon Seller Central
• Feature/Setting: MWS Feeds API — POST inventory price feed; Populate SKU and price fields in flat file feed.
3.5. SAP ERP
• Feature/Setting: OData Service — Material Price Update; Configure endpoint to trigger price material update function.
3.6. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: Data Integrator — Price List Update Project; Map price fields and enable scheduled sync.
3.7. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: API — Update Inventory Item; Use PATCH /item with new price in request body.
3.8. Xero
• Feature/Setting: Items API — PUT /api.xro/2.0/Items; Update price value per item SKU.
3.9. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Product2 SObject API — PATCH record; Provide updated UnitPrice with authentication.
3.10. Netsuite
• Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk Web Services — Update Pricing Records; Invoke updateList operation for item pricing.
3.11. Oracle Fusion Cloud
• Feature/Setting: REST API — Item Price Service; Use PATCH price update for item IDs.
3.12. PrestaShop
• Feature/Setting: Webservice API — products resource; Update price in product node via HTTP PUT.
3.13. Square POS
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API — UpdateItem; Use product object with updated price field in request payload.
3.14. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: Retail API — Item Update; PATCH /Item/{itemID} for price.
3.15. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Store API — PUT /v3/catalog/products; Update price property of product objects.
3.16. WooCommerce (Mobile App)
• Feature/Setting: Sync mobile product updates using REST API endpoints per SKU.
3.17. Shopify Plus
• Feature/Setting: Bulk Price Update API; Configure GraphQL mutation for bulk updates of price.
3.18. eBay Seller Hub
• Feature/Setting: Trading API — ReviseFixedPriceItem; Pass new price parameter for item ID.
3.19. Alibaba Wholesale Portal
• Feature/Setting: Open Platform API — Post Product Price Update; Map new prices to productId.
3.20. Google Merchant Center
• Feature/Setting: Content API — Inventory resource; PATCH price for offerId on sync.

Benefits

4.1. Eliminates manual double-entry, reduces errors, and accelerates response to market fluctuations.
4.2. Ensures synchrony across all platforms, preventing pricing discrepancies.
4.3. Enables rapid price response during business shocks or rapid inflation/deflation.
4.4. Improves compliance, customer satisfaction, and internal team efficiency.
4.5. Logs and notifies for transparency, traceability, and audit-readiness.