Walmart streamlines order management for third-party sellers
Sellers on Walmart Marketplace have a new option to automate how they send and receive data with Walmart.
The discount giant is integrating its Walmart Marketplace hosted sales platform with the TrueCommerce ERP solution. This will enable third-party sellers using TrueCommerce to automatically exchange order, fulfillment, custome and inventory data between Walmart.com and their own business, third-party logistics, shipping and/or warehouse management systems.
In addition, sellers can handle all their Walmart transactions from any location without managing multiple portals and processes, and can seamlessly cover inbound orders from marketplaces, outbound fulfillments and outbound inventory.
Other capabilities sellers can gain include creating new customers in their business systems based on inbound Walmart Marketplace orders.
"Our integration with Walmart Marketplace represents a significant expansion of TrueCommerce's e-commerce capabilities,” said Ryan Tierney, senior VP of product at TrueCommerce. “By enabling our customers to seamlessly publish inventory availability and process orders on one of the world's largest online retail platforms, we are opening enormous growth potential for businesses of all sizes. This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to connect and integrate the entire supply chain, allowing our clients to reach millions of new customers through Walmart's trusted brand and extensive reach.”
Walmart Marketplace sees growth
Walmart has been expanding the scope of Walmart Marketplace. Recently, the retailer began making hundreds of pre-verified sneakers from online marketplace StockX available directly on its site, with significant expansion planned for 2025.
And at its annual "Let’s Grow! 2024 Walmart Marketplace Seller Summit," the discount giant announced new offerings including a resale storefront, expanded categories, and several fulfillment and logistics services.
Other recent examples include offering third-party sellers of Chinese products a new avenue to sell directly to Walmart customers and connecting tire sales on its online marketplace to its in-store auto care centers.
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According to the retailer, Walmart Marketplace has achieved more than 30% sales growth in each of the past four quarters and is helping drive double-digit U.S. e-commerce growth for six consecutive quarters. The number of sellers listing items on Walmart.com grew 20% during fiscal 2023.
Headquartered in Bentonville, Ark., Walmart Inc. operates more than 10,500 stores and numerous e-commerce websites in 19 countries.
