Sync product inventory only

This guide explains how to sync inventory quantity only from your Source store to your Destination store without changing other product data like price, images, or description.

✅ What does “Inventory only sync” mean?

Tipo Sync will:

• Update stock quantity (available units) in your stores
• Sync inventory based on your location mapping
• ❌ Not update product content (description, images)
• ❌ Not update pricing (unless you enable price sync separately)

This is ideal if your stores share the same products, but you only want to keep stock levels consistent.

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🛠️ Select which product information to sync

1. Open the app Settings on destination store > Product Fields to Synchronize
2. Select option Ignore for the product data you do not want to sync

Ignore: The field will not be synchronized; it remains independent in the Destination Store.

3. Click Save

Select option Create only for product title and variant title

Reason: Product title and variant title are required when syncing a new product from the Source Store to the Destination Store for the first time.

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🛠️ Enable inventory sync

In Source store:

Open the app in Source store > click Settings > select one of the 2 inventory settings > Save

• One-Way Inventory Sync: Syncs inventory changes from the Source Store to the Destination Store only.​
• Two-Way Inventory Sync: Allows inventory changes from both stores to sync with each other.

In Destination store:

1. Open the app in Destination store > create a new connection or check the current connection

2. In Matching & Imports part, select one of the product sync rules

If you want to…	Recommended Option
Keep both stores fully synchronized	🔄 Create & Update
Update existing products only	🔁 Update Only
Import new products only	➕ Create Only

3. Move to the Products sync setting in the connection detail, select products need for syncing inventory and complete the connection.

4. Click Save

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🧪 Example: Syncing Product Inventory Only

Stores:

• Source Store: https://urbanwear-eu.myshopify.com
• Destination Store: https://urbanwear-us.myshopify.com

Product Being Synced:

• Product Name: Slim Fit Denim Jacket
• Handle: slim-fit-denim-jacket
• This product already exists in both stores with the same handle and variants.

What is being synced?

✅ Only the inventory level is synced.

❌ Product details like title, description, price, images, etc. are NOT synced.

❌ No new product is created.

Before the Sync

Store	Product Handle	Inventory Level
Source Store	slim-fit-denim-jacket	50
Destination Store	slim-fit-denim-jacket	30

After an Order in the Source Store

• A customer buys 5 jackets from the Source Store
• New inventory in Source Store: 45

After the sync runs:

Store	Inventory Level
Source Store	45
Destination Store	45 ✅

The inventory is updated in the Destination Store to match the Source.

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