Unleashed BigCommerce Integration by SKUPlug1

1. Unleashed BigCommerce Integration by SKUPlugs In the fast-moving world of e-commerce, inventory mistakes are costly: overselling, stockouts, manual reconciliation, and delayed fulfillment all eat into revenue and customer trust. For merchants using Unleashed-a powerful cloud inventory management system-together with BigCommerce-a flexible e-commerce storefront-the right integration turns two great systems into a single, smoothly operating engine. SKUPlugs' Unleashed BigCommerce integration does exactly that-synchronizing products, stock levels, orders, and pricing so merchants can focus on growth, not spreadsheets. Why Integrate Unleashed with BigCommerce? Unleashed is purpose-built for inventory complexity: multi-warehouse control, serial and batch tracking, bill of materials, and cost accounting. BigCommerce is designed for flexible storefronts, multi-channel selling, and a conversion-focused shopping experience. Separately they excel — together they solve a modern merchant’s toughest operational headaches: •Real-time stock accuracy on the storefront avoids oversells and reduces cancellations. •This prevents the manual entry of orders, saving staff for better-value-added functions.

2. •Harmonized product data-SKUs, descriptions, prices, and attributes-will enhance the shopping experience and reduce returns. •Scalable operations allow you to add channels, warehouses, and marketplaces without multiplying complexity. SKUPlugs creates an integration layer, which respects the business rules of both systems while keeping the setup and mapping, and ongoing maintenance, simple. Core capabilities of the SKUPlugs integration SKUPlugs focuses on practical, merchant-centric features that deliver immediate operational benefits: 1. SKU-based product mapping BigCommerce and Unleashed use the industry standard of SKU to link products. With SKUPlugs, you can map existing SKUs or create new ones during the sync, matching variants, bundles, and composite items so every storefront item reflects the correct inventory master record. 2. Two-way inventory sync (near real time) When stock in Unleashed changes (sales, purchases, returns, fulfilments), SKUPlugs pushes updates to BigCommerce so available-to-sell quantities are always correct. Conversely, orders that occur in BigCommerce reflect back in Unleashed to decrement the stock and drive fulfilment workflows. 3. Order & fulfilment automation Orders placed in BigCommerce are automatically imported into Unleashed as sales orders-or directly to your warehouse/POS, including customer, shipping, taxes, and line details. This eliminates the requirement for manual order capture and hastens fulfilment, batching, and pick/pack operations. 4. Pricing and cost synchronization

3. SKUPlugs can synchronize retail prices and, when relevant, push pricing rules or updates from Unleashed to BigCommerce. It also retains cost data in Unleashed for the purposes of appropriate margins and reporting without exposing sensitive cost information to the storefront. 5. Multi-warehouse and location awareness If your business operates from multiple locations, this integration will honor the warehouse allocation rules. Stock on the storefront can represent availability from a central or location-based inventory, depending on your fulfillment model. 6. Variant, bundle, and BOM support It deals carefully with complex products, be they variants, such as size or color; bundles; or even products built from BOMs, so that SKUs, serials, and batch tracking remain intact. This is important for manufacturers and distributors selling configurable items. 7. Returns and adjustments handling Returns or stock adjustments in either system are synced to keep on-hand quantities accurate. Reverse logistics can be captured on BigCommerce and pushed to Unleashed for inventory reconciliation and restocking. 8. Logs, alerts, and reconciliation With transparent audit logs, synchronization reports, and error alerts, operations staff can identify mapping issues, mismatches, or failed updates in order to quickly resolve these issues. Scheduled reconciliation jobs ensure the long-term integrity of data. Business benefits : what merchants actually gain Faster order fulfillment By automating order import and stock updates, the merchant reduces manual work and ships orders sooner, thus improving customer experience and repeat purchases.

4. Fewer stockouts and oversells Near real-time communication of inventory between Unleashed and BigCommerce prevents the two most damaging errors in e-commerce: selling items you don’t have and missing sales you could have made. Better merchandising and consistent data With the centralization of product attributes and images, inconsistencies at category pages and product listings are reduced, raising conversion rates while reducing returns. Cleaner accounting and inventory costing Because Unleashed remains the single source of truth for costs and stock valuation, finance closes faster, and reports truly reflect accurate COGS and margin by channel. Scalable operations With accurate multi-warehouse support and automated workflows, merchants can add marketplaces, warehouses, or B2B channels without multiplying back-office headcount. Typical implementation steps SKUPlugs designs integrations to be low-disruption while being flexible enough for custom business rules. Typical rollout may follow these phases: 1.Discovery & mapping: identity SKUs, variants, warehouses, pricing strategies and fulfilment flows. 2.Sandbox Setup - Connect test BigCommerce and Unleashed accounts, import a subset of SKUs.

5. 3.Mapping & Transformation of Data: Mapping of attributes, SKUs, tax codes, shipping methods; bundling and BOM rules configuration. 4.Pilot sync: Run a pilot on a limited product set, monitor logs, and reconcile the results. 5.Go-live: cutover to production with continuous monitoring for the first 72 hours. 6.Optimization - tune sync frequency, error handling, and performance as volumes grow. SKUPlugs usually provide admin dashboards and support in each phase so that teams are comfortable with the flow and exceptions. For whom is this integration? •Distributors and wholesalers that require precise channel stock and B2B storefronts. •Retailers selling across marketplaces, with BigCommerce as their direct channel, and who need centralized inventory control. •Companies that have complex bills of materials and multiple SKUs, looking to tie sales and production together. •Growing e-commerce businesses looking to eliminate manual order entry and scale operations. Risks and mitigations No integration removes the need for good data hygiene. Here are some common pitfalls and how SKUPlugs addresses them: •Duplicate or inconsistent SKUs: These are dealt with at the time of discovery through remapping and canonicalization tools.

6. •Misconfigured tax or shipping rules — tested in sandbox, validated during pilot. •Complex bundles causing stock confusion: SKUPlugs supports BOM logic and explicit allocation rules. Clear pre-flight checks, pilot runs, and reconciliation tools minimize launch risk. ROI-what to expect In general, merchants observe increases in the speed of order processing and a reduction of errors within the first month. Cost savings come from reduced manual labour, fewer cancellations/returns, plus improved conversion from accurate product data. The exact ROI depends on order volume and the degree of previous manual processing — but merchants frequently recover integration costs within a few months through operational savings and increased sales capacity. Final thoughts Combining Unleashed's robust inventory engine with BigCommerce's storefront flexibility is a powerful foundation for modern retail and wholesale. SKUPlugs' Unleashed–BigCommerce integration transforms that foundation into a working system—automating the messy, error-prone tasks, enforcing a single source of truth for inventory and pricing, and freeing teams to focus on customers and growth. For merchants looking to scale without multiplying headaches, this integration represents a practical, high-impact step toward a streamlined e-commerce operation.