This article covers the Stock&Buy – Shopify integration and the way the two platforms interact behind the scenes.
Stock&Buy synchronizes with Shopify in real time, giving you the ability to manage your Shopify products, stock levels, and sales orders through Stock&Buy. This article outlines all the details on how data is synchronized between Shopify and Stock&Buy.
How is data synced through
The table below lists the actions and resulting transactions between Stock&Buy and Shopify
| Action | What happens? |
| Create a new product in Stock&Buy | This creates a new product on Shopify. This behavior is configurable. Check out the Shopify Installation Guide for more details. |
| Update a product in Stock&Buy | This creates a new product on Shopify. This behavior is configurable. Check out the Shopify Installation Guide for more details. |
| Delete a product in Stock&Buy | This deletes the corresponding product in Shopify. |
| Create a new product in Shopify | Creates a new product in Stock&Buy This behavior is configurable. Check out the Shopify Installation Guide for more details. |
| Delete a product in Shopify | The link between Stock&Buy and Shopify is deleted. The product remains in Stock&buy. To delete a product from Shopify and Stock&buy, you need to delete it in Shopify and then in Stock&Buy. |
| Update a product in Shopify | This will update the corresponding product in Stock&Buy. This behavior is configurable. Check out the Shopify Installation Guide for more details. |
| Create a sale order in Stock&Buy | The order remains within Stock&Buy and is not synced with Shopify. The inventory level changes resulting from the allocation or shipping of the order are automatically synced with Shopify. The stock level sync is configurable. Check out the Shopify Installation Guide for more details. |
| Create a sale order in Shopify | This creates an order within Stock&Buy. The inventory level changes resulting from the order are automatically synced with Shopify. The stock level sync is configurable. Check out the Shopify Installation Guide for more details. |
Create a refund in Stock&Buy | The refund remains within Stock&Buy and is not synced with Shopify. The refunded items will be put back to stock. The inventory level changes resulting from the allocation or shipping of the order are automatically synced with Shopify. |
Create a refund in Shopify | This creates a refund within Stock&Buy. Inventory is changed depending on the refund policy used in Shopify. No Restock refunds: This has no impact on the available stock. Canceled refunds: The refunded product units are put back into stock. Returned refunds: The refunded product units are put back into stock. |
