LightSpeed WooCommerce - Creating New Products in WooCommerce by Kosmos eSync

Now that you have connected your LightSpeed to Woocommerce below you’ll see the criteria to create a new product, update an existing product and price.

Note trials are limited to 48 hours or two days of product updates. With paid subscriptions you can go back and look for products added or inventory updates over a year or longer. With paid subscriptions, you can simply update your Action Dates via the calendar to go back a year plus if needed.

Test with a single Action first

Criteria to Create a New Product in WooCommerce from LightSpeed

1. Create Simple Products & Update Price (Send Standard Action)

• Item SKU has been updated with new product_time_stamp in POS.
• Item has SKU in LightSpeed
• Item has a Weight in LightSpeed (not required)
• Item marked in LightSpeed for List Item on Sale on Web Store with ‘webstore’ tag.
• Item is Active in LightSpeed
• Item has a Product Name in LightSpeed
• Item has Inventory Value (Zero or higher) in LightSpeed
• Item has ‘Online’ Price Value (Zero or higher) in LightSpeed
  • Note also create ‘Online Sale’ to set sale price online.
• Item has a Category in LightSpeed
• Product Description in LightSpeed (not required)

List Item on Webstore - LightSpeed Web Store Module - It’s Free!

Contact LightSpeed support via Chat and inquire about getting the Free webstore module for 3rd party integrations.

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2. Create Matrix Products & Update Price (Send Matrix Action)

• Item SKU has been updated with new database time stamp in POS.
• Item has LightSpeed SKU
• Item has a Weight in LightSpeed (not required)
• Item marked in LightSpeed for List Item on Sale on Web Store
• Item is Active in LightSpeed
• Item has a Parent Product Name in LightSpeed
• Item has Inventory Value (Zero or higher) in LightSpeed
• Item has Price Value (Zero or higher) in LightSpeed
• Item has a Category in LightSpeed
• Item has Parent Product Description in LightSpeed (not required)
• Update Price - Matrix Parent Name must match POS and WooCommerce.
• • Example LightSpeed Parent Name: http://prntscr.com/m81stx
• • Example eCommerce Parent Name = SKU: http://prntscr.com/m824qv

Test creating a standard or Matrix product first and then view your Activity Logs. If you see this message Message for target resource failed validation: Woocommerce:products, then follow these steps to resolve.

Criteria to Sync Inventory with Existing Products Run your inventory only Actions to update inventory to WooCommerce after a new product has been created. You will also need to update your inventory time stamp after in order to trigger new inventory updates.

3. Sync inventory only Standard Products Action. (Send Standard Inventory Action)

• Item has a new time stamp in Lightspeed POS.
• Item has a SKU in LightSpeed
• Item is Active in LightSpeed
• Item marked in LightSpeed for List Item on Sale on Web Store

4. Sync inventory only Matrix Products Action. (Send Matrix Inventory Action)

• Item has a new Time Stamp in LightSpeed POS.
• Item has a SKU in LightSpeed
• Item is Active in LightSpeed
• Item marked in LightSpeed for List Item on Sale on Web Store

Note: The time stamp for creating products in LightSpeed is different from the time stamp to update inventory only in LightSpeed. So, running your Send Products Action after a sale in your POS will not update inventory. You will need to RUN your Update Inventory Levels Action in this case.

Simply view your TASK Activity logs and Upload the Full log to a Support Ticket for further assistance.

See video example on Bulk Migration of Items and Inventory from your POS to your Shopping Cart

Also, see the following help article for list of Activit Log messages.

If you’d like to purchase support hour support package, you can do so here.

If you have further questions, please post a ticket in our Help Desk