Inventory Management - Online and Offline synch ecommerce store

I think you can use Superep from wrnty.com to suit your needs

Thank you Ryce

Not sure if this is it, but looks like it could be a solution. Going to look more into it

Hi Matthew,

I definitely think Solid Commerce might be a tool that would suit your needs. It was designed with multichannel inventory management in mind (and has since grown into an end-to-end eCommerce platform with a ton of functionality).

One of the core uses for Solid Commerce is exactly what you're talking about -- syncing up inventory across multiple channels, marketplaces, and stores. When inventory sells on one channel, the inventory for other channels will automatically update and stay synced, so the selling process is nice and streamlined.

With a system like QuickBooks POS or ConnectedBusiness, you (or your friend) would easily be able to use Solid Commerce to keep inventory nice and synced between your physical store, a webstore, and a marketplace like eBay or Amazon (or Sears or Rakuten, etc, etc).

It also takes care of things like repricing on Amazon (among a TON of other features) to help you keep the competitive edge.

You can check out SolidCommerce.com or you can PM me for some more info if you'd like.

Hope that helps!

Thanks for input. Can you take pictures with your iPad or phone with solidcommerce and have it uploaded to your store via an app?

Does it integrate with Woocommerce?

ahh yes. That would make sense. I think it's QuickBooks as well.

While synching is a huge issue (and looks like I have been given enough guidance to solve here), the next obstacle is ease of adding inventory to the store.

Taking a picture of it, and adding a title /price seems like it would be very easy. Haven't bought Superep or tried yet so not sure if that is the solution.

If I had to take a picture of the inventory, then transfer to pc to upload it would be a big hassle, only to find the product was sold a week later. Perhaps "unique" items and ecommerce don't mix too well if there is a good amount of volume.

If every item that they have is unique and they are moving inventory that fast, I would only use the website for items that are taking time to sell. There are extensions out there for Quickbooks and Quickbooks POS that will integrate with each of the two. You may want to look into Webgility. It is a great and easy way to integrate. I am not sure if this will import the image, but it will move inventory back and forth. The other good thing about webgility is that you can use it with many different platforms and not just woocommerce, so if you look at changing in the future, you have that option with no wasted money.

The other thing that you can look into depending on how deep they are into the site is PDG Software. I have heard both good and bad things about them. I can say in my dealings with them, they told me that they were the only option that was around. That really put me off from them since I already knew there were many different options.

We just did this with a retail store that generates about 50k in sales a month in store, so keeping up with inventory was something that we had to make sure of. Especially with the Christmas season, we did not want to run into any issue of overselling. I am in and out of the warrior, if you would like to talk more, PM me and we can move to email or skype.

Powerful pos software allows retailers to maintain absolute control over sales and inventory while presenting an easy customer checkout.

Hi Matthew, I'm actually currently developing the exact tool that you are referring to. You can check it out at app.boxtiq.com. Basically it's a smartphone app where merchants can snap photos of their products and see them listed across multiple selling channels. I haven't been building in support for Woocommerce yet though, working on Shopify currently. It would be great if I can chat with you or your friend so I can understand your specific scenarios and ensure I can include the right features.

@agnostic98 Your tool looks good, smart, fits the need and with some extra connectors and Android would have a good market. One question, how on earth do you expect to make any money with it.

It looks like you have put months of effort not including your experience to get to where you are, yet all the marketplaces are made up of way too many irrational buyers/sellers. If we had desire to use them as primary selling vehicles your tool would be worth $100s/mth but there's the problem. The irrational sellers expect it for free of $10/mth unless it was subsumed in to a much larger architecture and then they wouldn't use it anyway.

You are willing to talk to potential customers, adapt the service, it's a normal rational approach to product launch. Been down the same road, people don't value time and only the numbers especially on the marketplaces, really hope it becomes successful for you.