Integration of multiple Shopify locations with suppliers

Customers running online stores on the Shopify platform are increasingly managing their inventory using multiple warehouses, rather than relying on a single default warehouse. The need arises for Megamo Integrator to be able to handle the assignment of individual wholesaler inventories to specific warehouses entered in Shopify. A key challenge, therefore, is to be able to assign the corresponding warehouse ID in Shopify to the corresponding wholesalers, enabling more accurate inventory management and order fulfillment.

Megamo’s integrator, which connects to Shopify via API, only retrieves the ID value of the default warehouse in the standard solution, which is sufficient for simple configurations. In order to solve the problem of assigning inventory to specific warehouses, the integrator’s functionality was extended to read the ID of any warehouse available in Shopify. This makes it possible to assign the appropriate warehouse to a specific wholesaler, allowing for precise inventory management.

1. Gaining access to the location in Shopify:

– Contacting the customer to obtain extended API permissions that allow access to the full list of locations (warehouses) in Shopify.

2. Downloading the list of warehouses:

– Downloading and saving key data such as the warehouse ID, its name and possibly additional information that may be useful for further configuration.

3. Assigning warehouses to wholesalers:

– Introducing a mechanism that allows individual warehouses (identified by their ID) to be mapped to specific wholesalers.
– Store these associations in the integrator configuration so that they are available during each data import cycle.

4. Modify the data import process:

– Modify the existing product and inventory import process in the Megamo integrator to take into account the relationships of warehouses to wholesalers ^[1].

5. Testing and validation:

– Conduct testing to ensure that the new functionality works properly and that inventory is correctly assigned to specific warehouses in Shopify.

With the solution in place, products from a specific wholesaler are automatically assigned to the selected warehouse in Shopify. This allows for more accurate and automated inventory management across multiple warehouses, resulting in better logistics organization and more efficient order fulfillment.

If you would like to integrate with wholesalers and manage Shopify locations by wholesaler automatically – contact us.

The introduction of Megamo integrator’s enhanced functionality allows Shopify to take full advantage of Shopify’s multi-warehouse management capabilities. This allows online stores to manage their inventory more efficiently, which is crucial in a rapidly changing e-commerce environment. The implementation of this feature responds to real customer needs and significantly improves the operability of their stores.