Dear Systems Training #1
How to setup product feeds between Shopify or WooCommerce and Dear Systems
- Setting to update Category / Brand <-> Dear / WooCommerce
- Setting to change QTY globally or individually
- Never change too much in WooCommerce (Dear will handle that)
- Descriptions can be pulled from WooCommerce and update Dear
- Leave the pretty interface changes and images for the web-developer
- Dear’s Product Descriptions and SKUs can be changed but needs to be manually synced to WooCommerce.
- Via the item self
- Via the integration interface
- Qty and Price changes happens automatically
- Push Qty and Price changes to WooCommerce
The benefits of integrating Dear Systems with WooCommerce and/or Shopify
- Stock levels are automatically updated from DEAR systems to WooCommerce and/or Shopify
- DEAR inventory then allows online orders to be Picked, Packed, Shipped and Fulfilled
- Order information can be synced with your shipment applications to create manifest
- Dear inventory then sync inventory costs and movements to Xero or Quickbooks
- This means one integrated/centralised inventory management to manage all channels of sales
A list of the types of data that are exchanged between Dear Systems and Shopify and/or WooCommerce
- Downwards -> Orders and additional charges
- Both ways of making payments (setting)
- Both ways of new products (setting)
- Upwards -> DEAR to WooCommerce/Shopify stock quantities
- Downwards -> Customers
An example of what happens when you integrate
- The existing products can be downloaded from WooCommerce or Shopify, or listed/uploaded from DEAR
- Each sale from WooCommerce/Shopify will first go into Pending Sales, where stocks will be allocated
- Consolidation of online sales for the day can be enabled (settings)
- Changes to stock levels are pushed from DEAR SYSTEMS back to WooCommerce / Shopify
It is important to take note of what does not integrate
- Stock quantities are not imported automatically from WooCommerce to DEAR and need to be set in DEAR.
- It is recommended to ensure the quantities are the same on both platforms before you start.
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