Product Sync Types

NetSuite Connector provides the following two types of product syncs:

Full product sync
Price and quantity sync (sometimes referred to as Price/Qty sync)

Full Product Sync

NetSuite Connector syncs full product data such as title, description, images, price, and quantity from NetSuite to the storefront.

Note:

Price and quantity sync is part of full product sync. Therefore, when you do a full product sync, you need not enable price and quantity sync separately.

In full product sync, you should create new items in NetSuite and rely on NetSuite Connector to create new listing in the storefront.

Price and Quantity Sync

NetSuite Connector only syncs the data of price, quantity, or both from NetSuite to the storefront. In this sync, NetSuite Connector sends only the price, quantity, and the SKU information. Therefore, the SKUs using this sync must already exist in the storefront along with the title, description, images and other information.

Mappings

You can configure both types of product sync mappings from the Product Mappings page of NetSuite Connector.

For more information, read Mapping Product or Inventory Sync in NetSuite Connector.

Difference between Price/Quantity Sync and Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync

There are differences between normal Price/Quantity Sync and Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync. Although both syncs may update the same fields, the main differences between the two is the timing.

Price/Quantity Sync

The normal Price/Quantity Sync only syncs the price or quantity of an item from NetSuite to your marketplace/cart. After the items are posted to NetSuite Connector, the Price/Quantity sync will post item updates to the marketplace/cart at 60-minute intervals.

Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync

Likewise, Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync only syncs the price or quantity of an item from NetSuite to your marketplace/cart. However, Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync depends on the scripts in NetSuite. Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync will run on every updated record and posts the data to NetSuite Connector almost immediately after the record has been updated. If you have the real-time sync enabled, NetSuite Connector will post the item updates almost immediately to the marketplace./cart.

These two syncs have limitations based on the volume of items updated and other factors.

For more information, see Product Sync Mechanisms.

Leading Practices for Full Product Sync

NetSuite Connector syncs items data in NetSuite with existing SKUs on your storefront. NetSuite Connector overwrites the mapped fields with the data from NetSuite but does not change any fields that are not mapped for sync. For some storefronts, if nothing is sent on the sync for a field, the storefront uses a default value for the field.

NetSuite Connector considers NetSuite as the primary record for your SKU data. Therefore, you should enter all the product data you want to see on an SKU into NetSuite and let NetSuite Connector sync the data.

Full Product Sync

Price and Quantity Sync

Mappings

Difference between Price/Quantity Sync and Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync

Price/Quantity Sync

Real-Time Price/Quantity Sync

Leading Practices for Full Product Sync

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