How can I integrate consigners to see inventory on my site?

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How do I integrate consigners to have a login and be able to see inventory through the site. I saw an app in the Shopify store but it was $299/mo which is not in the budget. All I really need in the app is to show what inventory has sold and what is still active within the site? Is that even possible on a Shopify Site?

Thomas

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One option could be to have a linked google sheet like the one below. Each consignor can have a separate file where you can limit what data is visible to them.

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@TDG8902 There is no native system for this beyond giving them a staff account with few permissions but that will still give them to access to actions you wouldn’t want them to have.

If your unwilling to use the general solutions you will have to hobble something together using other apps and third party services and customizations.

Be sure to try different search term to try and find apps https://apps.shopify.com/search?q=vendor+admin

A simple way is using customer tags, like a wholesale membership theme customization, to expose product inventory only to specific conditions but that wouldn’t let you necessarily automatically show sales amounts.

You could use a tool like ez-exporter to build custom CSV exports.

(keep an eye out for future feature release of customer metafield definitions which will let you attach a file to a customer account)

For scriptable apps usemechanic.com can let you add data to specific customer accounts used for those vendors in tandem with a theme customization to display that info.

To hobble together an external dashboard system , some low-code third party services that let you build things with data:

zapier, airtable(see airpower app) , retool , internal.io, etc

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Hi @TDG8902

If you are still looking for a solution, you could try the free plan on the Sheet Master app. https://apps.shopify.com/sheet-master

Here’s a video of how this works - you list the SKU codes on a Google sheet, and share the sheet with your consignor. The app helps update the inventory levels to the sheet whenever the consignor needs it. Happy to help customize this if needed.