Seller Sync vs bulk scanners
Scanners give you data. Seller Sync gets you to the order.
A bulk scanner looks up UPCs and hands you rows to work through. Seller Sync matches every line, works out the fees and profit, and PO Assistant recommends what to buy and how many cases. You build the order.
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The whole workflow, compared
Scanners do what they say. They look up a UPC, return a listing and hand you a filtered spreadsheet. Then the week starts: someone works out the fees, someone chases the lines that came back empty, someone sizes the order. Seller Sync is built for the part after the lookup. No product is named here, because the comparison is not with a product. It is with the week.
| What it takes | Spreadsheet + VA | Bulk scanners |  Seller Sync |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finding the Amazon listing | Spreadsheet + VA:By hand, line by line | Bulk scanners:UPC match; title on some tools | Seller Sync: UPC, title and brand search on every line |
| Scanned PDF price lists | Spreadsheet + VA:Retyped by hand | Bulk scanners:Spreadsheets only | Seller Sync: Read directly |
| Fees, COGS and profit | Spreadsheet + VA:Typed into a spreadsheet | Bulk scanners:Yes | Seller Sync: Included |
| What to buy, and how much | Spreadsheet + VA:Your call, line by line | Bulk scanners:You pick from the list | Seller Sync: PO Assistant recommends, you decide |
| Stays inside a budget | Spreadsheet + VA:Tracked by hand | Bulk scanners:No | Seller Sync: Included |
| Purchase order PDF and CSV | Spreadsheet + VA:Built by hand | Bulk scanners:Basic, on some tools | Seller Sync: Ready to send |
| Price list to PO | Spreadsheet + VA:Days | Bulk scanners:Hours, then by hand | Seller Sync: Same day for most lists |
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Where the week goes
Three places a scanner leaves the work to you
- 01
UPC-only matching
Lines without a code come back empty, and a multipack that shares a code with the single unit lands on the wrong listing.
Seller Sync searches every line by UPC, title and brand, scores each candidate and labels the result, so a line with a missing or wrong barcode still finds its listing.
- 02
Gross vs net
A margin worked out before referral and fulfillment fees is not the number that lands in your account.
Every line carries net profit, ROI and margin after fees, at the current Buy Box price or its 90-day average.
- 03
Deciding what to buy
A scanner stops at the spreadsheet. Someone still decides what to buy and how many cases, line by line, and keeps the total inside the budget by hand.
Open a product and run PO Assistant on it: it recommends what to buy and how many whole cases, with the working behind the quantity. You decide what goes on the order.
After the numbers
A scanner stops at the spreadsheet
Seller Sync keeps going. Run PO Assistant on a product and it marks the price chart and recommends what to buy and how many whole cases, with the working behind the quantity. You add what you choose to your draft purchase order, and nothing is sent until you send it.
See how it works- 01
Upload the price list
CSV, Excel or PDF, exactly as your rep sent it.
- 02
Match every line
Each item found on Amazon by UPC, title and brand.
- 03
See the numbers
Buy Box, fees, COGS, net profit and ROI on every line.
- 04
Decide with the PO Assistant
One product at a time: a marked chart, a plain recommendation and whole cases.
- 05
Send the PO
A PDF for your rep and a CSV for your team.
When a scanner is enough
If your price lists are short, every line carries a UPC and your supplier sells single units, a scanner and an afternoon may be all you need. Seller Sync earns its place on the long, messy lists: missing codes, scanned PDFs and the order that comes after.
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Run a list your team already worked
Upload a price list you have already vetted by hand, and compare the two buy lists line by line.
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