Inventory Source Vs Spark Shipping

An Overview of Inventory Source

Inventory Source is dropshipping automation software with an integrated supplier network of over 180 pre-integrated suppliers. With Inventory Source, you can automatically upload products, sync your inventory, and route orders with dropship suppliers to your online store or marketplace platforms.

However, there are several limitations to using Inventory Source as your dropshipping automation solution, including:

• Limited vendors: Inventory Source only works with their predefined list of vendors rather than allowing you to work with any vendors you like.

• Only one vendor per product listing: The solution links products to one vendor rather than allowing you to link one product to multiple vendors. This means you must have a product listing for each vendor.

• Pricing: Vendor markups will not change automatically if products are out of stock. This can impact your profit margins.

• Inventory: Your inventory is based on one product per vendor rather than having multiple products with various vendors.

• Order routing: This solution doesn’t allow for intelligent order routing, meaning orders aren’t automatically sent to, for example, the cheapest in stock vendor after they are placed in your online store.

• Electronic data exchange (EDI): EDI integrations are not available with Inventory Source, and orders aren’t automatically sent to vendors in the format they require.

• Fitment support: Inventory Source doesn’t offer fitment support, so you may experience catalog and inventory errors, and customers can’t search for auto parts by year, make, and model.

An Overview of Spark Shipping

Spark Shipping is dropshipping and eCommerce software that integrates with your existing eCommerce store with ease. It automates uploading products, updating inventory, sending orders, and receiving product updates.

With Spark Shipping, as your orders come in, you can intelligently send them to the correct vendor with automated routing.

There are a number of ways our solution addresses the issues with Inventory Source:

• Vendors: Our solution has over 150+ preintegrated suppliers, but also works with any vendor by using custom integrations. You aren’t limited to a predefined list of vendors, and you can work with any one of your choosing.

• Multiple vendors: Spark Shipping automatically links products to multiple vendors. This allows you to list a product in your store and have multiple vendors fulfill it without having to create multiple listings.

• Pricing: Our solutions allow for markups based on the lowest-cost stock vendor, boosting your profit margin.

• Inventory: Spark Shipping allows you to fully automate your inventory, ensuring you never have to tell a customer you can’t fulfill an order. If any of your vendors have stock, you can access the product.

• Order routing: You can automatically route orders according to your selected routing rule, for example to the vendor with the product in stock at the lowest cost!

• Electronic data exchange (EDI): Our product offers EDI integrations that allow you to automate order processing. Spark Shipping will intelligently send orders in the correct format to your suppliers.

• Fitment support: We offer added fitment functionality for specific vendors to reduce catalog and inventory errors, allowing your customers to browse based on year, make, and model.