S&S Activewear Shopify Integration

Overview

This guide explains how to connect S&S Activewear to Shopify to automate inventory management, imports products, and price synchronization. S&S Activewear is a leading apparel and accessory distributor, with a widespread presence across North America. Manually updating catalogs can be a time-consuming and error-prone task, especially when there are frequent changes in product availability, pricing, etc. By enabling S&S Activewear automated product sync with Shopify, you can streamline stock updates, minimize errors, and ensure pricing accuracy.

Using S&S Activewear API and Shopify integration, you can optimize product listing and ensure efficient catalog management, creating a smoother shopping experience for your customers. The Shopify Inventory Sync application also helps avoid overselling and maintain accurate pricing through auto-update of S&S Activewear prices on Shopify.

Key Features of S&S Activewear Shopify Integration

• Sync Shopify Store with S&S Activewear Inventory: Enable S&S Activewear live inventory sync with Shopify to automatically update your store whenever there are changes in stock levels.
• Inventory sync across multiple platforms: Auto sync between Shopify and S&S Activewear for accurate stock tracking across multiple platforms (Shopify stores, marketplaces, etc.)
• Instant Stock Notifications: Receive alerts instantly whenever there are changes in product availability (low stock, out-of-stock, or restock) to keep an accurate track of inventory levels.
• Scheduled Stock Sync: Set up scheduled updates for S&S Activewear automated product sync with Shopify at regular intervals (up to two times a day) to maintain correct prices and stock levels in your stores.
• S&S Activewear to Shopify SKU Mapping & Variant Sync: Maintain accurate product listings on your stores using S&S Activewear Shopify integration to ensure seamless synchronization of multiple variants (size, color, pricing, etc.)
• Auto-update S&S Activewear Prices on Shopify: Enable S&S Activewear price sync with Shopify to automatically update pricing based on supplier changes, with the option to apply custom pricing rules.
• Order & Returns Management: Streamline fulfillment by syncing your Shopify store with S&S Activewear inventory, ensuring automated updates for order placements, shipments, and returns.

Pre-requisites for Shopify S&S Activewear Integration

Before you connect S&S Activewear to Shopify, you need to ensure that you have:

• A fully functional Shopify store.
• miniOrange Shopify Inventory Sync installed.
• API access to easily import S&S Activewear products to Shopify.

Configuration Steps

Follow these simple steps to set up S&S Activewear automated product sync with Shopify:

Step 1: Install Shopify Inventory Sync App

• Add the Shopify Inventory Sync application to your store to start S&S Activewear Shopify integration.
• Click "Create Connection" to begin the setup.

Step 2: Choose Connection Source

• Select S&S Activewear as the connection source from the list of suppliers.

• Select S&S Activewear as the connection source from the list of suppliers.

Step 3: Connection Setup

• To establish the connection, provide a suitable “Connection Name” to identify the connection.
• Enter your S&S Activewear credentials, which include your ”User Name” and “S&S API key”
• Click on the “Test Connection” button.

Step 4: Location Mapping

• Choose your Source Location i.e, S&S Locations and Destination Location i.e, Store Location.

• Click on the "Add location" button to map multiple locations.
• Click on the "Save & Next" button.

Step 5: Schedule Sync

• Enable the “Schedule sync” option to choose how often to sync inventory products.

• Choose “Select Schedule” from the dropdown how often you want to sync your inventory products (i.e, Hourly, Daily, Weekly)
• Enter the “Sync Interval”. (In case you have selected Schedule as “Hourly”, you will be required to enter sync interval in hours, while in all other cases you should enter a “Time” at which you want your import or sync to start.)
• Click on the “Save & Next” button.

Step 6: Price Update

• Enable the “Price Update” button to apply the pricing rule to all products in the store.

• Click on the “Add Rule” option to add pricing rules. (You can add pricing rules from the list. There are three different types of pricing rules available, e.g, Fixed Amount, Percentage, and Custom expression.)

Custom Expression — This option allows you to manually define how a value should be calculated rather than using a fixed number or pre-defined formula. You can enter your mathematical formula in the form of an expression like “Price*5/2”, Where price — A variable representing the original price, * — Multiplication operator, / — Division operator. To configure a pricing rule, select 'Updated by', 'Operations', and 'Value'.

• To configure a pricing rule, select 'Updated by', 'Operations', and 'Value'.
• Then, click on the “Save & Next” button.

Step 7: Publication

• Choose all “Sales Channels” where you want to publish your products.
• Then, click on the “Save & Next” button.

Step 8: Manual Sync

This is optional. If you have already configured the schedule sync option, the products will be imported and synced automatically at the scheduled time. The Schedule Sync option is recommended to import and sync the products regularly.
Use this option if you want to import the products right away.

• Click on “Import Products” to transfer your products from source to store.

• Once the “Import Products” button is clicked, the transfer of products from the source to the store starts immediately. However, the completion of the process may take about an hour.

• The process of product import is complete.

Benefits of S&S Activewear Shopify Integration

• 1. Reduce Manual Work with Automated Sync: Integrate S&S Activewear with Shopify to ensure automatic inventory tracking, product imports, and pricing updates without the need for manual intervention, saving time and effort.
• 2. Improve Product Organization: Avoid misalignment in product details with S&S Activewear and Shopify variant mapping to manage multiple product variants and SKUs with precision.
• 3. Maintain Accuracy with S&S Activewear Price Sync with Shopify: Stay up to date on pricing changes from the supplier by syncing product price from S&S Activewear to Shopify at regular intervals.
• 4. Offer Expansive Product Catalog: Scale your business with ease and expand your product catalog without worrying about stock inaccuracies through S&S Activewear product sync with Shopify.
• 5. Deliver Improved Customer Experience: Ensure customers always see correct stock levels, prices, and details with S&S Activewear Shopify automated product sync, reducing order cancellations and improving buyer confidence.

Additional Resources

• Shopify Security Solutions
• Shopify Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Shopify Content restriction
• Shopify Subscription Management
• Shopify Inventory Management

Get in Touch

Please reach out to us at shopifysupport@xecurify.com, and our team will assist you with setting up the Shopify Inventory Sync application. Our team will help you to select the best suitable solution/plan as per your requirement.