Hi 👋, we’re glad you’ve decided to give Sumtracker a try.
Here’s a quick walkthrough of things to do on your first day with Sumtracker.
1: Connect Your Stores
Ensure you’ve connected your stores whose inventory you want to manage or monitor using Sumtracker.
Check out this help article on how to connect your stores: Connecting Sumtracker with online stores
2: Ensure Product listings on the online store have SKUs
Verify that all product listings on your online stores have SKUs. Only listings with SKUs will be synced to Sumtracker.
For multiple stores, ensure that identical products have the same SKUs. Learn more.
3: Learn how to adjust inventory in Sumtracker
You can view and change your inventory from the Stock by Location page.
You can make inventory changes to multiple products from the Adjust Stock forms. Learn More.
4: Setup Bundles
In Sumtracker, once you define a bundle and its components, the bundle's inventory updates based on the stock of its individual parts.
You can setup bundles after turning on the inventory sync as well. Learn More.
5: Turn on Inventory sync
Once the inventory sync is turned on, Sumtracker becomes the source of truth for your inventory.
The inventory from Sumtracker will be updated to online stores every 10 minutes.
Any inventory change should only be done on Sumtracker. Learn More.
6: Understanding how data is synced between your stores and Sumtracker
Inventory levels are synced from Sumtracker to your store every 10 minutes.
Orders and their status are synced from your store to Sumtracker every 10 minutes.
Products are synced from your store to Sumtracker, even if inventory sync is turned off, as long as the store is connected. Learn More.