There’s a mini heart attack 90% of dropshippers get when they receive an order and then realize the supplier either ran out of stock or hiked the price overnight. The remaining 10% of sellers? They’re using automated monitoring tools and sleeping just fine.
AutoDS’s Price & Stock Monitoring feature tracks supplier changes and updates your listings automatically to protect your margins and keep your store one step ahead of costly surprises.
In this article, we’ll explain everything you need to know about this tool: why it’s so important in dropshipping, how it works, and how to set it up in just a few clicks.
Automation prevents costly surprises. AutoDS’s Price & Stock Monitoring updates your listings automatically whenever suppliers change prices or run out of stock, protecting your margins 24/7.
Full control, zero stress. AutoDS gives you all the tools to customize how each product syncs, set dynamic pricing rules, and even pause listings automatically to avoid overselling.
It’s 100% built for scalability. Whether you manage 10 products or 10K, AutoDS keeps everything updated in real time. This way, everything continues working the same as your store grows.
The Importance of Price & Stock Monitoring When Dropshipping
Dropshipping sounds easy on paper. You know, list some products, watch the orders roll in, and let your supplier handle the rest. But here’s a quick reality check: you need to stay on top of listings—constantly.
Suppliers don’t always send you a heads-up when they run out of stock or suddenly raise prices. Not monitoring these changes? Then expect your profit margins to disappear out of the blue, or sell something you can’t actually deliver.
That’s where price and stock monitoring becomes your behind-the-scenes MVP. It keeps your store aligned with your supplier in real-time. It saves you from both awkward order cancellation emails and financial headaches.
In short: if you’re not monitoring your prices and stock levels, you’re basically crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. And hope is not a business strategy. So, yes: dropshipping can actually be easy, as long as you have automation by your side to do the heavy lifting.
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AutoDS Price & Stock Monitoring Feature
AutoDS’s Price & Stock Monitoring feature automatically checks your suppliers every hour for any price changes or stock updates. If something changes, your product listings adjust accordingly, so your store always reflects what’s actually available, at the right price.
It’s kind of like having a super-alert assistant who never sleeps and keeps everything under control for you. You can choose to sync price, stock, or both. And you can also set smart pricing rules to protect your profit margins.
For example, if your supplier raises the price, AutoDS will update your product price based on the markup rules you’ve defined based on your pricing strategy. And if an item goes out of stock? AutoDS can pause the listing until it’s back or just set the quantity to zero.
It doesn’t matter how big your store is. The system keeps everything in check, so you don’t have to. Just set it up, and AutoDS takes it from there.
“The reason why I like stock monitoring and price monitoring is because, at the end of the day, if your supplier changes the price and does not tell you, this will adjust your selling price of this product so that you can continue to keep staying profitable with the margins that you’re looking for.” – AC Hampton, dropshipping expert
Key Capabilities of the Price & Stock Monitoring Feature
So, how does the Price & Stock Monitoring Feature actually work? It covers a few fronts. Let’s see:
- Price monitoring: AutoDS keeps all prices and profit settings updated in real time, thanks to 24/7 monitoring.
- Stock monitoring: It lets you set limits like minimum quantity or max shipping days to keep listings active only when it makes sense based on your own settings.
- Dynamic profit: The feature allows you to create profit rules by price range so you always hit your target margins, no matter how much they change.
- Compare price: Use the price slasher to show discounts and give buyers that extra urge to buy.
- Break-even calculator: The built-in break-even calculator takes all expenses into account, like supplier fees, to keep your profits real.
- Round to XX cents: AutoDS allows you to set prices to end in .99, .97, or whatever works, so you can tap into different pricing strategies with every product.
- Shipping prices visual: This capability includes shipping costs into the product price, so you can offer “free shipping” no matter what your supplier charges.
💡 Pro Tip: When using the Price and Stock Monitor tool, make sure to set up your pricing rules. This way, the system is not just tracking prices and stock, it’s also protecting your margins and updating your listings based on your own desired settings.
All in all, the AutoDS Price & Stock monitoring feature works with all supported suppliers, including retail giants like Amazon, Walmart, and AliExpress, as well as private suppliers.
Quick Setup Guide To Enable Price & Stock Monitoring
Enabling price and stock monitoring on AutoDS is pretty simple. In just a couple of clicks, you can have a full-time autopilot watching over your supplier data to keep your store accurate and updated at all times.
Here’s a quick setup guide to apply it to all your products:
Step 1: Log in to your AutoDS account. Go to Settings on the left sidebar, and then make sure you’re on Supplier Settings (you’ll land there by default).
Step 2: Pick the store you want to set up price and stock monitoring in, which you will find on the left drop-down menu, along with all your connected stores. Then, pick the supplier you want to monitor, like eBay, Amazon, Walmart, and more (also on the left side).
Step 3: On the Lister tab, scroll down to Price & Stock Monitoring Settings.
Step 4: Activate both, or just the one you want to turn on. This activates it for all items on the specific store and supplier you’ve picked. If necessary, repeat this process for other stores and suppliers.
You can also activate price and stock monitoring individually for each product. In that case, you can just find the item on your dashboard, select it, and turn it on.
And finally, AutoDS’s inventory dashboard lets you edit multiple items in bulk in just a few clicks. Want to activate price and stock monitoring for just a few products? Just select them, click on Bulk edit, and select Stock Monitoring, Price Monitoring, or both. And that’s it!
💡 Pro Tip: AutoDS’s bulk editor tool goes beyond just price and stock monitoring. You can update and optimize multiple products at once with +20 parameters, like fees, quantity, shipping methods, titles and descriptions, and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is there a trial version of the price & stock monitoring on AutoDS?
Yes! There is a 14-day trial for just $1 to test the price and stock monitoring on AutoDS.
How often does AutoDS update all of my prices and stock?
AutoDS updates prices and stock every hour, 24 hours a day. In other words, it is constantly monitoring changes to keep your listings updated.
Do I really need price and stock monitoring if I’m just starting out?
Yes, you need price and stock monitoring even if you’re just starting out, since manual updates are risky even with just a few products. This is especially true if you’re selling from big retail suppliers like Amazon or AliExpress, where stock and prices can change daily.
What happens if a product goes out of stock?
If a product goes out of stock, the AutoDS price & stock monitoring feature automatically updates it on your listing to avoid overselling. You can set rules to automatically unpublish the listing or set the quantity to zero.
Can I customize how price updates work on AutoDS?
Yes, you can customize how prices work on AutoDS. You can create pricing rules to automatically adjust your profit margins based on your pricing strategy.
Can I turn off automatic updates for some products?
Yes, with AutoDS, you can turn off automatic updates for some products, since you can manage price and stock sync settings per product, giving you full control of what gets updated and when.
Keep Your Prices And Stock Updated With AutoDS
When you have a few listings, managing your dropshipping store manually is no big deal. But once you start scaling, keeping up with supplier updates is not just overwhelming… it’s nearly impossible.
That’s where this little tool for price and stock monitoring makes all the difference. It tracks changes and updates your listings automatically. No stalking your suppliers, no manual inputs.
All in all, the AutoDS Price and Stock Monitoring feature protects your margins, avoids overselling, and keeps your listings perfectly aligned with your suppliers 24/7. This type of automation isn’t just convenient, it’s a necessity.
Start your $1 trial today for 14 days and see how AutoDS keeps your business running smoothly.
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