LitCommerce, a powerful multichannel selling tool, allows you to list and sell products on top marketplaces effortlessly, managed from one dashboard.
With this app, you can experience flawless performance, a user-friendly interface, and seamless synchronization across sales channels.
This guide will cover detailed steps on using LitCommerce to help you save time and elevate your selling capabilities. Here are the basic steps in the LitCommerce usage guide:
Step 1: Sign up for LitCommerce’s free trial
Step 2: Connect your Main Store
Step 3: Connect to your Sales Channels
Step 4: Import and link your listings to LitCommerce
Step 5: Sync inventory and create inventory rules
Step 6: Set up pricing rules
Step 7: Sync and manage orders
LitCommerce Basics: What Do You Need to Know?
Before learning how to use LitCommerce, let’s grasp the basics of LitCommerce and how it works.
What is LitCommerce?
LitCommerce is your all-in-one solution for easy multichannel selling. It’s a user-friendly platform designed to simplify the process for businesses of any size. You can effortlessly create listings, sync inventory, and manage orders on various marketplaces from a single dashboard.
LitCommerce now supports the seamless integration of
Marketplaces:
- TikTok Shop
- eBay
- Etsy
- Amazon
- Walmart
- Wish
- Reverb
- OnBuy
- Shopee
- Google Shopping
- Facebook Shops
Shopping Carts:
How does LitCommerce work?
LitCommerce makes your online store work more smoothly by linking it to different sales channels using API. This automatic syncing lets you control all your sales channels from the LitCommerce system. It’s easy to bring products from your main store to many channels, keep your inventory consistent with syncing, and handle orders from all tracks effortlessly.
Here are some key features of the LitCommerce integration app:
- Multichannel connect: With LitCommerce, you can connect all your stores, whether it’s your web store built with shopping cart platforms or its store on best-selling marketplaces like TikTokShop, eBay, and Etsy, and manage all of them in one place.
- Listing products in bulk: Manage product listings on sales channels like Etsy, eBay, Walmart, etc., from LitCommerce, providing a comprehensive view of all product listings.
- Templates and Recipes: Apply a template or recipe to many listings; changes made will update all listings with that template.
- SKU Sync: This feature updates SKUs on sales channels to match those in the main store catalog. Activate it individually for each channel, and LitCommerce will sync SKUs automatically.
- Inventory sync: Your inventory is nearly synchronized in real-time among all your sales channels, helping you avoid out-stocking or inaccurate inventory data.
- Order Sync: Enable Order Sync on a sales channel to import all orders to your Mainstore, centralizing and managing them on one dashboard.
- Team User: The User and Permissions feature lets you add users to help manage your account with customizable permissions. Account owners can restrict access to certain features.
And more!
That’s all you need to know about the basics of eCommerce. You can enjoy most of the above powerful features of LitCommerce with the free trial. Want to use more advanced features? Check out LitCommerce Pricing to find the best fit for you.
Let’s move on to the next part, where you’ll learn how to use LitCommerce and set it up for your multichannel selling business.
How to Use LitCommerce in 7 Simple Steps
Step 1: Sign up for LitCommerce’s free trial
The first step is to register for a LitCommerce account.
- go to the LitCommerce app homepage.
- On the sign-up page, provide your Name, Email address, and Password, and click the “Create Account” button.
Step 2: Connect your Main Store
Once you register for LitCommerce’s free trial, you can connect to your central eCommerce platform.
With LitCommerce, your online store will bring products and manage orders from various sales channels. Here’s a simple guide:
- Log in to your account, and LitCommerce will head you to the Main Store setup page.
You can set up your Main Store with your shopping cart.
- Click “Connect” to choose the eCommerce platform you use for your store. LitCommerce are supporting Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Wix, and Squarespace.
- Fill in the required information for your chosen platform – each platform has specific requirements.
Let’s use Shopify as an example in this guide.
- Click “Connect” under Shopify
- Then, click “Connect Your Account” and keep setting up your eCommerce platform.
Once you’ve finished connecting your Main Store to Litcommerce, all your products will automatically be pulled into LitCommerce, making it easy to list your products to the marketplaces you want.
Step 3: Connect to your Sales Channels
After connecting your Main Store, it’s time to choose the selling channel you want to integrate on LitCommerce through the First Channel Setup page. Currently, LitCommerce supports integration with seven marketplaces: TikTok Shop, Amazon, eBay, Walmart, Etsy, Facebook, Google Shopping, Wish, On Buy, and Reverb.
Here are our video tutorials on connecting to your specific sales channel:
Etsy Setup
- Create an account, give it a channel name, and select Connect Your Account on Etsy.
- Follow the instructions on the screen to finish your Etsy store setup.
- Note that Etsy listings may have additional costs.
eBay Setup
- Enter your Channel Nickname, click Connect Your Account, and choose your store’s region.
Amazon Setup
- Provide your Channel Nickname, and choose your store’s region.
- Then, click Connect Your Store to integrate it with LitCommerce.
Facebook Shops Setup
- Fill in your Channel Nickname, then select your store’s region.
- Then click Connect Your Store to connect it with LitCommerce.
Google Shopping Setup
To link your Google Shopping account with LitCommerce, you’ll need to:
- Have your Google Merchant ID and administrator privileges ready.
- Login to LitCommerce and click on Connect a New Channel.
- Choose Google Shopping from the list.
- Provide your Channel Nickname and Google Merchant ID.
- Then, click on Connect Your Account.
- If you have different Google accounts, choose the one you want to use.
Step 4: Import, list, and link your product listings
In this step, we divide into three specific use cases that are suitable for your store status:
Use case 1: List your products from the Main Store to your Sales Channels.
If you’re running a store using an eCommerce platform and want to expand to popular marketplaces to increase your sales, follow these steps below.
1 – Select products
- Create a new draft listing by navigating to “All Products” in the left sidebar.
- Tick the checkboxes next to the products you want to list on Etsy and click “List products to channels” under “Select Action.”
- Select “List All Products to Channels” under “Select Action” to list all items from this section to your channel.
- Then, choose the channel you want to list those products to.
Now, your products become Drafts in your sales channels on LitCommerce. You need to edit them before going live.
2 – Edit draft listings
You can navigate to the Listing section in the left sidebar.
Tick the checkboxes on the template you like and click “Apply a template.” You can edit in Simple Mode or use the Quick Grid feature (available for premium plans).
Save changes by clicking one of these buttons: “Save & Publish” for immediate publishing, “Save & Close” to keep it as a draft, or “Save Change” to continue editing.
3 – Publish listings
- After editing, choose “Active Listing” from the Select Action list to publish on Etsy.
- Your listing moves from the Draft to the Active tab once published.
Use case 2: Import product listings from your sales channel
If your products are already on sales channels, follow these steps to import and manage them:
- Import listings into LitCommerce by selecting your sales channel from the left sidebar menu. Click “Import from Etsy” (for example).
- LitCommerce can auto-create these listings on your eCommerce platform.
Create products on your eCommerce platform manually
From LitCommerce’s dashboard, select Etsy on the left sidebar menu. Then, follow our instructions:
- Select the listings you want to list on your eCommerce platform.
- Click “Create on BigCommerce” (or Shopify, WooCommerce, etc., depending on your platform).
Then, the new listing is instantly created on your primary store and added to the LitCommerce catalog.
Import newly added listing on Channel
If you add new listings on a channel, click “Import from Etsy” (for example) in LitCommerce. It will automatically import the new listings into LitCommerce for you.
Use case 3: Link the same products on both the Main Store and Sales Channel
If your products are on both your Main Store and Sales Channels, here’s how to import and sync them:
Import products from both the eCommerce platform and sales channel
- Click “Import from Etsy” on the Etsy listings page to pull listings onto the LitCommerce dashboard.
- Then, click “Begin Import” to create these listings automatically on your eCommerce platform.
Could you link your listings to LitCommerce?
Every listing on marketplace channels must be linked to a product in the LitCommerce catalog for accurate updates.
There are two ways to link your listing to products with LitCommerce:
Link listing to products using Listing Import
- During the first import, select “Yes, auto-build products.”
- Then, click “Begin Import.” LitCommerce will create and link products automatically.
Link listing to products manually
If SKUs don’t match or are missing, you manually link listings to products. Here’s how:
- Hover over the red unlinked icon and select “Link to a Product.”
- Type the SKU of the item you want to link.
- Choose the item when it shows up on the screen.
- You’ll receive a notification when the linking is done.
Step 5: Sync inventory and create inventory rules
You can link your listings to the LitCommerce central catalog to ensure effective synchronization. But how do you enable inventory sync and set up inventory rules? Let’s uncover it in this step.
Set up inventory sync:
You can manually enable inventory sync for each channel by following these steps:
- Visit the Listing section and click Channel Settings in the top right corner.
- Scroll to the Inventory section and toggle the switch next to Inventory Sync.
- Click “Save Settings” to save your changes at the bottom of the page. And you’re good to go!
Set up inventory rules:
Channels may have specific inventory restrictions. You can easily customize the quantity using rules found in the “Inventory” section:
- Quantity: Limit the items sent to your marketplace channel to a specific percentage of the current stock. For No Manage Stock listings, automatically set the quantity to 999.
- Maximum quantity: Determine the maximum amount displayed on a channel, which helps create a sense of scarcity.
- Minimum quantity: Display a minimum amount, regardless of your central catalog stock.
Step 6: Set up pricing rules
To create pricing rules, start by enabling Price Sync:
- Navigate to your channel in the Listing section on the left sidebar.
- Click on Channel Settings in the top right corner
- Scroll down to the Pricing section.
- Turn on Price Sync to automatically synchronize prices for your sales channel.
There are two points you need to notice here:
- Use Sale Price: LitCommerce uses the compare-at-price for synchronization by default. If enabled, LitCommerce will use the sale price for synchronization.
- Price Rules: You can customize prices by applying formulas to the initial catalog price. Choose to increase or decrease by a fixed amount ($) or percentage (%), and decide whether to round up or down the final price.
Step 7: Sync and manage orders
The last step to using LitCommerce is to sync and manage your orders. Here’s the detailed guide:
- Visit your sales channel in the Listing section on the left sidebar.
- Click on Channel Settings in the top right corner and down to the bottom.
- Turn on “Import Orders to Mainstore.”
Note: Ensure Inventory sync is enabled before enabling Import Orders to the eCommerce platform to manage and import orders seamlessly.
Try the LitCommerce App Now!
We hope this guide helps you understand how to use LitCommerce effectively for your multi-channel platforms. Even for those unfamiliar with code or technical issues, this app is outstanding with its dedicated support team.
