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Updating Shopify product "cost per item"
Updating Shopify product "cost per item"

Product cost in Shopify is updated by the value saved in your POS.

Updated over a week ago

Overview

Mortar syncs the cost reported in your POS to your Shopify variant's "cost per item" for users on Grow plan or above.

If your POS uses a calculated average cost value, this will be synced to the cost per item. Otherwise, the default cost will be synced. 

It is expected that the cost will appear to be missing on brand-new products. Cost updates do not sync with the initial product creation cycle. Cost updates sync with inventory details, which occur shortly after a product is created on Shopify.

Shopify variant cost


Cost in POS

The average cost in Lightspeed Retail (R-Series) is synced to Shopify

Cost Calculations

How your POS handles cost varies from an editable cost field to an average cost calculation. In many pos and erp, these costs can vary from location to location.

POS

Method

Attribute Name

Notes

Lightspeed Retail (R-Series)

Average cost Default cost

Cost

The average cost is not directly editable.

Uses default cost if no average cost is populated or the item is non-inventoried.

Learn more from Lightspeed: Defining average cost

Lightspeed Retail (X-Series)

Average cost

Supplier price

The average cost is not directly editable.

Learn more from Lightspeed: What is average cost

Heartland Retail

Default cost

Default cost

The default cost is directly editable. Learn more from Heartland: What is the purpose of default cost


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