Inventory data onboarding
Sync inventory CSV files from every supplier, automatically
Your suppliers send stock levels, prices, and product catalogs as CSV, Excel, and XML files, each in their own format. FileFeed picks up every file, maps it to your inventory schema with AI, validates every row, and delivers clean data straight into your system.
Why inventory CSV sync breaks
Importing supplier inventory by hand does not scale. Every source sends a slightly different file, and one broken export can corrupt your stock counts.
- One supplier sends SKU, another Item Number, a third product_id, all meaning the same thing.
- Quantities arrive as whole numbers, prices as dollars in one file and cents in another.
- Files land over SFTP, email, and supplier portals on different schedules.
- A supplier renames a column and the import silently breaks until stock goes wrong.
What FileFeed delivers instead
Always current
Files are pulled automatically as soon as they land, so inventory stays fresh without manual uploads.
One schema
Every supplier file is mapped to your canonical inventory schema, no matter how their columns are named.
Validated, not guessed
Rows with a missing SKU or impossible quantity are flagged before they ever reach your system.
How it works
From supplier file to clean inventory in four steps
Receive
Each supplier drops files over managed SFTP, email, or a watched cloud folder. FileFeed pulls them automatically.
Map
AI field mapping matches SKU, Item Number, and product_id to your schema, with no per-supplier code.
Validate
Every row is checked. Missing SKUs, negative stock, and malformed prices are flagged and held back.
Deliver
Clean, normalized inventory is pushed to your system via webhook, REST API, database, or outbound SFTP.
Who uses it
Built for teams drowning in supplier feeds
E-commerce & marketplaces
Pull stock, price, and catalog feeds from hundreds of suppliers into one normalized product database.
3PL & distribution
Ingest warehouse and inventory exports from partners in any format and keep your system of record in sync.
ERP & retail platforms
Onboard each new client's supplier feeds without writing a custom parser for every file layout.
Why FileFeed
More than a Shopify inventory app
Tools like Stock Sync and EasyCSV sync inventory into Shopify. FileFeed is platform-agnostic and built for messy, enterprise-grade supplier data. It delivers normalized inventory to any destination, your own backend, an ERP, a data warehouse, or a database, and it handles multi-sheet Excel, XML, and EDI with real validation rules and transformations, not just column matching. If your inventory has to land somewhere other than Shopify, or your supplier files are too messy for a simple mapping tool, this is the difference.
Building an AI agent that reasons over live inventory instead? See how to sync inventory into your AI agent. Want the step-by-step? Read how to import supplier inventory data.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How does FileFeed sync inventory that arrives as CSV files?
FileFeed picks up each supplier's inventory file automatically from SFTP, email, or cloud storage on a schedule, maps their columns to your inventory schema with AI, validates every row, and delivers clean records to your system through a webhook, REST API, database, or outbound SFTP. No manual upload and no per-supplier parsing code.
How is FileFeed different from Shopify inventory sync apps like Stock Sync or EasyCSV?
Shopify-ecosystem apps sync inventory into Shopify specifically. FileFeed is platform-agnostic: it delivers normalized inventory data to any destination, your own backend, ERP, warehouse, or database. It also handles messy enterprise supplier files, multi-sheet Excel, XML, and EDI, with validation rules and transformations that go beyond simple column matching.
What file formats can FileFeed ingest for inventory data?
CSV, Excel (XLSX, including multi-sheet workbooks), XML, JSON, and EDI. Every supplier can keep sending their file in their own format. FileFeed normalizes all of them to one schema before delivery.
Can FileFeed handle suppliers that change their column names or formats?
Yes. AI field mapping recognizes when a supplier renames or reorders columns, and validation flags rows that no longer fit your schema before they reach your system. Schema drift is caught early instead of silently corrupting your inventory data.
How do suppliers send their inventory files to FileFeed?
Each supplier gets their own managed SFTP credentials, a dedicated email address, or a watched cloud storage folder (S3, GCS). FileFeed pulls new files automatically as soon as they land, so inventory stays current without anyone uploading anything by hand.
What does FileFeed do with rows that fail validation?
Bad rows (missing SKU, negative quantity, malformed price) are flagged and held out of the clean delivery, so one broken export never poisons your inventory. You see exactly what failed and why in the pipeline dashboard, and can reprocess once the supplier resends.
Stop importing supplier files by hand
Connect a real supplier feed in minutes, or book a demo and we will normalize one of your supplier exports live.