Insights from the SKU frontier. Real stories, proven strategies, and hard-won lessons from multi-3PL operations.
You're setting up your first 3PL integration with Shopify. Simple question: where do you put their SKUs? Your product BLUE-HOODIE-XL needs to map to ShipBob's BLUE-HOODIE-XL (easy) and Amazon's...
ShipBob's Shopify app is actually pretty good. Clean interface, decent inventory sync, reliable order routing. For a single 3PL setup with under 100 SKUs, it's honestly one of the better integrations...
You're selling the same product on Amazon FBA and your Shopify store. Simple, right? Wrong. Your black coffee mug is BLACK-MUG-001 in Shopify, but Amazon's system generated X00-ABC-1234 when you...
You log into your dashboard. Your internal system shows 500 units of Product X. 3PL Partner A reports 487 units. Partner B shows 503. Your Shopify store thinks you have 495.
Managing SKU mappings across multiple 3PL partners can feel like herding cats. One small mistake and you're dealing with misrouted inventory, delayed shipments, and frustrated customers.