Integrating B2B datebase

[JCKST1]

I am hoping someone in the know/tech knowledge can help.

We run an online company, we hold as much stock as possible and have accounts with a couple of the UK's biggest distributors. Like anyone in business we would like to increase our product range on the website but financially we cant stock any more items, we can list more stock which our distributors have but that would mean constantly checking stock levels daily on hundreds of items so realistically its not feasible.

Is there someway of integrating their stock levels/products on to our site but a program which will monitor stock, so for example a product goes out of stock with the distributor it will do the same on our site?

Our distributor also allows drop shipping and you can order until 10pm for same day dispatch with delivery the next day to the customer so it would work well for us and the customers.

I was planning on going direct to the distributor but I am sure if this is even a thing and dont want to look like an idiot if not

[Arnold Cunningham]

Absolutely possible and very common to do

[buggalugs]

Speak with your account manager at the disty they will point you at the right info

[JCKST1]

Cheers guys, I will drop them an email tomorrow and see if they can help. Can this be done on any type of website/platform?

[plasticpig]

Pretty much yes. You may have to pay a developer to integrate the stock level data from the disti's you use but it should be doable.

[Arnold Cunningham]

Depending on the products you're using - you might be lucky and they have prebuilt integrations for them to talk to each other. Or you might need some integrations custom developed as ^^

[akirk]

If possible, look for a platform which has an integration built in (depending on supplier system etc.) - it will cause you less headache and cost over time...
it is possible to build a bespoke connection - we have done it for clients, but it is complex and expensive...