Overview
Sellercloud can manage your inventory on Amazon to help prevent overselling while maximizing product exposure. There are a few different inventory options that can be set on a company level and on an individual product.
For information on this function in Sellercloud’s original interface, download this file.
Update Inventory on Amazon
Automatic Updates
Automated inventory updates are controlled by a company-level setting.
- Access your company > Toolbox > Amazon Settings > General Settings.
- Click Edit > Controls > Enable Inventory Upload > Save.
Manual Updates
Whether or not automated inventory updates are enabled, manual inventory updates can be initiated:
- Access Catalog > Manage Catalog > choose your product(s).
- Click Action Menu > Update Inventory on Channel.
- Choose Amazon > select your products > Update.
Inventory levels
Inventory updates are sent to Amazon using the Seller Central API via XML, and only minimal information is sent regarding the product’s inventory level without updating all of the product’s information. Lead time to ship, or Fulfillment Latency, is also sent via the inventory update.
There are a few options to control the quantity value sent to Amazon when updating:
| Quantity value | Definition |
| Safety Quantity | A Safety Quantity helps reduce the risk of overselling by subtracting a number of units from the available quantity. For example, if there are 5 units available and the Safety Quantity is set to 1, only 4 will be sent to Amazon. Safety Quantity can be set on a company level so that it defaults for all products, but it can still be overridden on a product level at Amazon Properties. There are two settings, one for regular products and one for replenishable products. Typically Safety Quantity is set to “0” when replenishable since there is no strict inventory for replenishable products. |
| Inventory Max Quantity | The Inventory Max Quantity can limit the inventory available for Amazon so that it will never show the full quantity on Amazon even when there really is more available. For example, if there are 500 units available for a specific product and the Inventory Max Quantity is set to 10, a quantity of 10 will be sent to Amazon. But if the available quantity drops to 5, only a quantity of 5 will be sent to Amazon.
Inventory Max Quantity can be set on a company level and on a product level on “Amazon Properties.” For example, when enabled on a company level with Inventory Max Quantity set to 10, all products will default to 10. By setting the Inventory Max Quantity on an individual product to a quantity of 5, only a quantity of 5 will be sent to Amazon while a quantity of 10 will be sent for all other products. |
| Amazon Fixed Quantity | For products marked as replenishable. While your listing may post, it will appear to the customer as unavailable. Set a fixed quantity using the Amazon Fixed Quantity setting and a set quantity will always post that product with that set quantity value. This can be set on a company level using the Default Quantity setting, or on a product level at Amazon Properties. |