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Mass update and synchronization of product catalogs across platforms

**Purpose**

1.1. Automate mass update and synchronization of product catalogs across multiple sales, inventory, and e-commerce platforms for a pneumatic tools supplier.
1.2. Ensures data consistency for SKUs, inventory levels, prices, descriptions, and attributes in real-time or on scheduled intervals.
1.3. Automatedly reduces manual effort, eliminates errors, and enables scaling of multi-platform wholesale operations.
1.4. Streamline synchronization to support rapid product launches, promotions, and cross-platform catalog management in the industrial equipment sector.

**Trigger Conditions**

2.1. Catalog update in primary ERP or product information management system (PIM).
2.2. New product addition, SKU change, or bulk price adjustment.
2.3. Scheduled automation (e.g., hourly, daily) or event-based (e.g., webhook/API notification).
2.4. Manual trigger by sales/admin team through automator dashboard.

**Platform Variants**


3.1. **Shopify**
• Feature/Setting: Product API (PUT /admin/api/2023-01/products/{product_id}.json) for automated catalog updates.

3.2. **Magento (Adobe Commerce)**
• Feature/Setting: REST API (PUT /V1/products/{sku}) automates bulk SKU and price updates.

3.3. **WooCommerce**
• Feature/Setting: REST API (PUT /wp-json/wc/v3/products/{id}) automates inventory, metadata, and price synchronizations.

3.4. **BigCommerce**
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API (PUT /stores/{store_hash}/v3/catalog/products/{id}) updates product info automatedly.

3.5. **Amazon Seller Central**
• Feature/Setting: SP-API (POST /listings/2021-08-01/items/{sellerId}/{sku}) for automated product catalog sync.

3.6. **eBay**
• Feature/Setting: Inventory API (PUT /inventory_item/{sku}) automates description and quantity adjustments.

3.7. **NetSuite**
• Feature/Setting: SuiteTalk API (updateList operation) for automated catalog and inventory changes.

3.8. **SAP Business One**
• Feature/Setting: Service Layer API (PATCH /Items('{ItemCode}')) automates catalog attribute updates.

3.9. **Odoo**
• Feature/Setting: XML-RPC API (write method on ‘product.template’) automates product modifications.

3.10. **Salesforce Commerce Cloud**
• Feature/Setting: OCAPI (PATCH /s/-/dw/data/v21_3/products/{id}) automates attributes, pricing.

3.11. **Pimcore**
• Feature/Setting: Datahub GraphQL API (mutation updateProduct) for product data automation.

3.12. **Salsify**
• Feature/Setting: Salsify API (PATCH /api/products/{id}) automates syndication to connected channels.

3.13. **Akeneo PIM**
• Feature/Setting: REST API (PATCH /api/products/{code}) mass automates catalog synchronizations.

3.14. **Mirakl Marketplace**
• Feature/Setting: API (PUT /api/products) used for automating partner catalog bulk updates.

3.15. **Microsoft Dynamics 365**
• Feature/Setting: Web API (PATCH /products({productid})) automates inventory and product detail sync.

3.16. **Google Merchant Center**
• Feature/Setting: Content API (products.insert or products.patch) automates product feed into Google Shopping.

3.17. **WooCommerce**
• Feature/Setting: REST API (again for integrations with multiple WordPress-based storefronts, if needed).

3.18. **Zoho Inventory**
• Feature/Setting: Products API (PUT /inventory/api/v1/items/{item_id}) automates stock and product changes.

3.19. **QuickBooks Commerce**
• Feature/Setting: API (PUT /products/{id}) for automated inventory and catalog updates.

3.20. **Lightspeed Retail**
• Feature/Setting: Retail API (PUT /products/{productID}.json) automates bulk product data modifications.

3.21. **PrestaShop**
• Feature/Setting: Webservice API (PUT /api/products/{id}) automates catalog/stock entries.

3.22. **Square**
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API (BatchUpsertCatalogObjects) automates item and variation sync.

3.23. **Linnworks**
• Feature/Setting: Linnworks API (InventoryUpdate) automates cross-channel inventory consolidation.

**Benefits**

4.1. Automates catalog harmonization across sales channels, reducing manual interventions.
4.2. Automatedly preserves data accuracy and prevents overselling or inconsistent listings.
4.3. Optimizes speed of product rollouts and change propagation.
4.4. Enhances compliance with marketplace rules and dynamic price automation.
4.5. Reduces labor costs, errors, and admin workload, boosting overall business automation readiness.

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