WooCommerce product synchronization ensures your inventory stays accurate between your online store and physical locations. When products are sold through any channel – whether online or in-person – your inventory automatically updates everywhere to prevent overselling and maintain accurate stock levels.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to use Jovvie, a WooCommerce Point of Sale system, to automatically sync your product inventory across all sales channels. We’ll walk through everything from installing the necessary POS plugins to setting up real-time inventory tracking.
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a fully synchronized system that updates automatically whenever a sale happens online or in your physical store.
How to synchronize WooCommerce and physical inventory with Jovvie
Once you’ve purchased your Jovvie POS license, you only need to follow a few simple steps to start synchronizing your inventory. Here’s the step-by-step guide to enable WooCommerce inventory sync using Jovvie.
Install Jovvie
1. Get the necessary plugins
Download the Point of Sale API connector plugin and the Point of Sale WP UI self-hosted plugin, both available here.
Jovvie is available as a self-hosted plugin for your WooCommerce store from $39/mo, and comes with a 30-day full feature free trial so you can test everything out before you commit. No credit card required!
You can also choose to get Jovvie as a cloud hosted service, all the features of the self-hosted plugin, plus guaranteed performance on a dedicated server with real-time syncing and updates all taken care of for you. Choose your plan here.
2. Install the plugins
Go to your WP admin dashboard, select ‘plugins’, and upload the plugins you’ve downloaded. Complete installation and activation. Jovvie will connect to your POS station through plugins in the WP admin dashboard.
3. Enable cloud or self-hosting
If you’ve chosen Jovvie Cloud, enable your Cloud Connection. If you’re self-hosting, enable your Self-Hosted Connection!
Choose Jovvie Cloud to get your POS hosting done for you. Using Jovvie Cloud makes real-time WooCommerce inventory synchronization no problem for your store. Self-hosting, however, lets you run your POS on your own hosting infrastructure. Real-time WooCommerce inventory synchronization is still available with self-hosted, but bear in mind you’ll need capable hosting to handle large order volumes.
Set up POS to Sync Products
4. Access a POS station
Click POS > Stations, and select the station you want to use.
5. Set up your Point of Sale device
Connect your iPhone, iPad (Download from App store) or Android device (Download from Google Play) with the BizSwoop app or access the POS using any modern browser: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge or Opera by visiting your WordPress admin dashboard.
This will allow you to take orders from customers at your physical store. From here, you can sit back and watch Jovvie enable WooCommerce inventory sync for and across your storefronts.
6. Sync inventory
All your products, customers, cashiers, managers, and WooCommerce store settings will be imported and synchronized automatically. Whenever a customer purchases an item online or in-store via your point of sale device, the inventory will be automatically updated across all your shopfronts.
When you add a new customer, their details reflect on both your online and physical storefronts.
Here’s how a store checkout with an accurate, real-time view of your inventory looks using Jovvie:
7. Track SKUs in real-time
Jovvie’s functionality isn’t just limited to purchases – if you sell perishable items, for example, you can manually update your inventory levels as and when you dispose of your products, allowing online customers to see how much stock you have left. To do this, use the search field in the POS interface to look for the Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) number of the product that you want to find and update the stock levels accordingly.
Drive big benefits with WooCommerce inventory sync
Stop juggling multiple inventory systems and worrying about overselling. With Jovvie’s real-time WooCommerce sync, you can:
- Sell confidently across all channels, knowing your inventory is always accurate
- Save hours of manual updating and eliminate human error
- Delight customers with reliable stock information and faster service
- Manage everything from a single, intuitive dashboard
Ready to transform your inventory management? Start your 30-day free trial today and experience the power of automated WooCommerce sync. No credit card required, no complex setup – just seamless inventory management across all your sales channels.
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