FAQs Related to Inventory Sync Settings
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In this tutorial, we will discuss:
Introduction
Q&A: Will changing the configuration on this page affect inventory level on TikTok Shop?
Q&A: What are the calculation rules of Quantity?
Q&A: What are the calculation rules of Out-of-stock threshold?
Q&A: How dose Warehouse locations work?
Q&A: How does it work when combining all these settings together?
AfterShip Feed admin > Settings > Inventory sync
We offer two means of avoiding overselling. Here you can set a Quantity, which is a percentage of your e-commerce platform available Inventory being synced to TikTok Shop, and an Out-of-stock threshold. You can also choose to sync Inventory from one or more specific locations to TikTok Shop out of all your Warehouse locations.
Note: For variants or products that are set as Continue selling when out of stock on e-commerce store, all your inventory settings on AfterShip Feed don't take effect and AfterShip Feed will directly synchronize inventory as 99999 to TikTok (TikTok Shop inventory cannot exceed 99999).
Yes, any changes made on this page will trigger a immediate inventory synchronization of all products that has already been synced to TikTok Shop with the latest configuration, in order to keep the consistency between e-commerce and TikTok Shop. This process may take some time depending on the number of your items. During this time, you cannot make any further changes to the configuration, so please be careful before clicking Save.
AfterShip Feed will synchronize e-commerce inventory to TikTok Shop according to the Quantity percentage.
eg: The e-commerce inventory is 100, and the Quantity percentage is set to 80%, so the synchronized inventory to TikTok Shop is 80.
Out-of-stock threshold can help you manage inventory across two platforms, preventing over-selling. When the e-commerce inventory is less than or equals to the set threshold value, AfterShip Feed will synchronize the inventory as 0 on TikTok Shop.
eg: The e-commerce inventory is 10, and the Low quantity threshold value is set to 10, so the synchronized inventory to TikTok Shop is 0.
The warehouse location feature can help you manage multiple warehouses. You can specify that some warehouse inventories are synchronized to TikTok. This configuration works for all products and cannot be targeted for individual products.
eg: The merchant has three shipping locations: A, B, and C. The inventory at location A is 10, the inventory at location B is 20, and the inventory at location C is 30. When the merchant selects A and C as warehouse locations on this page, the synchronized inventory on TikTok Shop is 40.
Firstly, calculate the inventory of the variant based on the Warehouse locations, and then check if it is less than or equal to the Out-of-stock threshold. If so, synchronize 0 directly to TikTok. If not, calculate the final inventory based on the Quantity percentage. These inventory settings are not mandatory, and if not set, it will be skipped during the calculation.
eg:The merchant has three shipping locations: A, B, and C. The inventory at location A is 10, the inventory at location B is 20, and the inventory at location C is 30.
📢 What you'll learn
In this tutorial, we will discuss:
Introduction
Q&A: Will changing the configuration on this page affect inventory level on TikTok Shop?
Q&A: What are the calculation rules of Quantity?
Q&A: What are the calculation rules of Out-of-stock threshold?
Q&A: How dose Warehouse locations work?
Q&A: How does it work when combining all these settings together?
Introduction
AfterShip Feed admin > Settings > Inventory sync
We offer two means of avoiding overselling. Here you can set a Quantity, which is a percentage of your e-commerce platform available Inventory being synced to TikTok Shop, and an Out-of-stock threshold. You can also choose to sync Inventory from one or more specific locations to TikTok Shop out of all your Warehouse locations.
Note: For variants or products that are set as Continue selling when out of stock on e-commerce store, all your inventory settings on AfterShip Feed don't take effect and AfterShip Feed will directly synchronize inventory as 99999 to TikTok (TikTok Shop inventory cannot exceed 99999).
Will changing the configuration on this page affect inventory level on TikTok Shop?
Yes, any changes made on this page will trigger a immediate inventory synchronization of all products that has already been synced to TikTok Shop with the latest configuration, in order to keep the consistency between e-commerce and TikTok Shop. This process may take some time depending on the number of your items. During this time, you cannot make any further changes to the configuration, so please be careful before clicking Save.
What are the calculation rules of Quantity?
AfterShip Feed will synchronize e-commerce inventory to TikTok Shop according to the Quantity percentage.
eg: The e-commerce inventory is 100, and the Quantity percentage is set to 80%, so the synchronized inventory to TikTok Shop is 80.
What are the calculation rules of Out-of-stock threshold?
Out-of-stock threshold can help you manage inventory across two platforms, preventing over-selling. When the e-commerce inventory is less than or equals to the set threshold value, AfterShip Feed will synchronize the inventory as 0 on TikTok Shop.
eg: The e-commerce inventory is 10, and the Low quantity threshold value is set to 10, so the synchronized inventory to TikTok Shop is 0.
How dose Warehouse locations work?
The warehouse location feature can help you manage multiple warehouses. You can specify that some warehouse inventories are synchronized to TikTok. This configuration works for all products and cannot be targeted for individual products.
eg: The merchant has three shipping locations: A, B, and C. The inventory at location A is 10, the inventory at location B is 20, and the inventory at location C is 30. When the merchant selects A and C as warehouse locations on this page, the synchronized inventory on TikTok Shop is 40.
How does it work when combining all these settings together?
Firstly, calculate the inventory of the variant based on the Warehouse locations, and then check if it is less than or equal to the Out-of-stock threshold. If so, synchronize 0 directly to TikTok. If not, calculate the final inventory based on the Quantity percentage. These inventory settings are not mandatory, and if not set, it will be skipped during the calculation.
eg:The merchant has three shipping locations: A, B, and C. The inventory at location A is 10, the inventory at location B is 20, and the inventory at location C is 30.
| Warehouse location | Out-of-stock threshold | Quantity percentage | Will sync to TikTok‘s inventory |
|---|---|---|---|
| not set | not set | not set | 10+20+30 |
| not set | not set | 80% | (10+20+30)*80% |
| not set | 10 | 80% | (10+20+30)*80% |
| not set | 100 | 80% | 0 |
| not set | 10 | not set | 10+20+30 |
| not set | 100 | not set | 0 |
| A and C | not set | not set | 10+30 |
| A and C | 10 | not set | 10+30 |
| A and C | 100 | not set | 0 |
| A and C | 10 | 80% | (10+30)*80% |
| A and C | 100 | not set | 0 |
| A and C | 10 | 80% | (10+30)*80% |
Updated on: 28/08/2023
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