Manage an E-commerce Store
E-commerce Management lets you give an existing employee Shopify context to review a connected store, research the market, and prepare a clear proposal before a live record changes.
TL;DR
Use E-commerce Management to turn store data and market research into one reviewable decision. Your employee inspects products, stock, orders, and comparable offers, then proposes the next move. Every Shopify store change waits for your approval.
How It Works
flowchart LR
A[Read the store] --> B[Research comparable offers]
B --> C[Show evidence and a proposal]
C --> D{Approve the store change?}
D -->|Yes| E[Apply the approved action]
D -->|No| F[Keep the store unchanged]
Shopify is the first guided store-management path. Your connected employee reads the store, identifies the exact product, variant, location, order group, or customer record in scope, and combines that with public market evidence. The result makes clear what is true, what is an assumption, and what change is being proposed.
What It Can Do
| Store work | What the employee does | Your control |
|---|---|---|
| Catalog and products | Reviews products, variants, collections, and catalog quality; proposes a focused update | Every live change requires approval |
| Inventory | Reviews quantities and locations; identifies stock risk and proposes an adjustment or replenishment task | Every quantity change requires approval |
| Orders, customers, and fulfilment | Reads the relevant state and prepares the next action | Every store-changing action requires approval |
| Competitor and price research | Compares matching offers with source, date, variant, currency, availability, and shipping context | Research does not change your store |
| Recurring review | Prepares a regular catalog or inventory review when you set a goal and cadence | No native low-stock alert yet |
How to Set It Up
- Choose the existing employee who should handle the review.
- Open that employee's Tools tab and connect Shopify. Review the provider permission screen before authorizing it.
- Start with one clear review, such as
Review the blue small variant at the Barcelona locationorCompare our travel mug with three comparable offers. - Review the evidence and the exact proposal. Approve the specific change only when it is right for your store.
- Add a recurring review after you agree on the location, threshold, owner, and cadence.
Start with a review, not a bulk update
The safest first task is a catalog, inventory, or competitor review that ends with No change proposed unless the evidence supports one focused action. This lets you see the employee's format and evidence before you approve anything live.
Tips & Tricks
- Define the threshold. Say what low stock means for a specific variant and location rather than using a store-wide guess.
- Compare like with like. A competitor price needs the same variant, currency, region, availability, and shipping context to be useful.
- Ask for the trade-off. A recommendation should name the expected benefit, risk, and confidence, not only the requested change.
- Use Ask first for full oversight. Shopify store changes always require approval. Choose Ask first in the tool settings when you also want approval before ordinary reads.
Good to Know
- Shopify is the guided workflow. Its current provider action catalog includes product, inventory, order, customer, fulfilment, and collection operations. This has not been proven end to end against a customer store yet.
- Other e-commerce connections are catalog-listed, not equivalent promises. ASIN Data API, Baselinker, Bestbuy, Booqable, Boxhero, Cloudcart, Instacart, Jungle Scout, Loyverse, RepairShopr, Retailed, Seat Geek, Storeganise, Storerocket, and Ticketmaster are available in the tools catalog. Their actions depend on the provider and account, and remain review-first while their read and write contracts are verified.
- There is no native low-stock alert or replenishment workflow yet. The employee can review inventory and prepare a scheduled review, but it does not currently watch a threshold by itself.
- You can review the work. Approval requests and activity show what the employee proposed or attempted. There is not yet a dedicated e-commerce proposal queue or store-operations dashboard.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can the employee change a Shopify product, price, or inventory level on its own? A: No. Every Shopify store change pauses for your approval, even if the broader tool setting is automatic. Declining the request leaves the store unchanged.
Q: Can it research competitors before I connect Shopify? A: Yes. Public product and price research can start without a store connection. Connecting Shopify is needed when you want the recommendation grounded in your live catalog, stock, orders, or customers.
Q: Does Shopify show the exact permissions it needs? A: The provider supplies the requested access at connection time. Review that permission screen before you authorize the connection because Sistava does not currently display a verified Shopify scope list of its own.
Q: What is the safest first demo? A: Ask the employee connected to Shopify to review a small product range or one inventory location and prepare a proposal. Review the evidence, then reject the change request to confirm that the live store stays untouched.