Automated updates to catalog with new supplier products

Purpose

1.1. Automate addition or updates of new supplier products in a dive shop’s catalog to ensure real-time accuracy, minimize manual entry errors, and expedite onboarding of new diving gear offerings.
1.2. Automate synchronizing product specs, pricing, images, and stock levels from multiple suppliers, making inventory management scalable and dynamic.
1.3. Automates the detection of new supplier product releases via APIs or file drops to instantly reflect new items online and in point-of-sale systems.
1.4. Automate centralization of data distribution so that catalogs in both physical and e-commerce stores remain consistent.

Trigger Conditions

2.1. Automate when a new product file (CSV, XML, JSON) is uploaded to a shared cloud directory (e.g., Dropbox, Google Drive).
2.2. Automator triggers when supplier sends webhook/API push about new or updated products.
2.3. Automation executes on scheduled polling intervals for REST/SOAP-fed supplier feeds.
2.4. Automated trigger from email receipt with downloadable product attachment.

Platform Variants

3.1. Shopify
• Feature/Setting: Products API; automate via Products/Create, Products/Update endpoint — using supplier SKU as identifier.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API Products endpoint for automated create or update; configure basic authentication and JSON payloads.
3.3. QuickBooks Commerce
• Feature/Setting: Products API automation to update inventory and catalog upon supplier product feed refresh.
3.4. Salesforce Commerce Cloud
• Feature/Setting: OCAPI Shop API Product resource, automate PATCH or POST calls for catalog synchronization.
3.5. Magento 2
• Feature/Setting: ProductRepositoryInterface API automation; POST new products and PUT for updates.
3.6. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Catalog Products API, automate PUT/POST endpoints for batch product catalog automation.
3.7. SAP Business One
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API Items endpoint for automating master data updates from supplier feeds.
3.8. Oracle NetSuite
• Feature/Setting: REST SuiteTalk API automation for inventory items, automatedly ingesting supplier product feeds.
3.9. Zoho Inventory
• Feature/Setting: API/Products endpoint; automate with POST/PUT on supplier catalog changes.
3.10. Square POS
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API automation for upserting inventory and catalog SKUs.
3.11. Lightspeed Retail
• Feature/Setting: Products API; automated creation and updating based on supplier data ingestion.
3.12. Vend
• Feature/Setting: Products API — automate POST/PUT to maintain accurate product catalog.
3.13. Microsoft Dynamics 365
• Feature/Setting: OData Product entity API; automate PATCH calls on new supplier data detection.
3.14. Shopify Flow
• Feature/Setting: Custom trigger from supplier data source; automate workflow for catalog update.
3.15. Google Sheets/Google Apps Script
• Feature/Setting: Script automation to parse supplier file drop and invoke e-commerce APIs.
3.16. Dropbox API
• Feature/Setting: File webhook trigger; automate download and parsing of supplier product lists.
3.17. Amazon S3 (with Lambda)
• Feature/Setting: S3 put event trigger; automate Lambda to parse feed and push catalog updates.
3.18. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automate new card creation for manual approval of supplier catalog updates.
3.19. Airtable
• Feature/Setting: Script/Automation to parse incoming rows from supplier updates; automate outbound API calls.
3.20. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automated notification channel for new supplier product launches; integration with catalog automation pipelines.

Benefits

4.1. Automates manual catalog updates, reducing errors and labor costs.
4.2. Automatedly expands catalog in real time to include latest diving gear inventory.
4.3. Increases supplier onboarding agility and data accuracy with connected automation.
4.4. Automates pricing and inventory synchronization, preventing overselling and stockouts.
4.5. Frees up staff for higher-value tasks by delegating recurring catalog tasks to automation.