Scheduled syncing in SKU Stock Sync

Learn how due groups are processed on the regular and daily schedules in SKU Stock Sync.

How scheduled syncing works

Scheduled syncing helps SKU Stock Sync keep your inventory up to date without needing you to run every sync manually.

The app works through due groups. A due group is simply a group that is ready to be checked and synced based on its schedule. When scheduled syncing runs, the app looks for groups that are due and processes them.

If you want a broader overview of the syncing process, see How syncing works.

The two schedules

Due groups can be processed on one of two schedules:

This is the more frequent schedule. Groups on the regular schedule are processed sooner than groups on the daily schedule. How soon depends on your plan's update speed, which is within 60 minutes on the trial and Starter plans.

The app uses these two schedules to balance freshness and usage, so the groups most likely to need attention are processed more often.

Why some groups are processed less often

Groups with higher stock are usually less urgent, so the app processes them less often. This helps focus usage on groups that matter more, especially the ones more likely to run low or change in a meaningful way.

Right now, the threshold is 50:

Groups with estimated current stock above 50 are processed on the daily schedule.
Groups with estimated current stock 50 or below are processed on the regular schedule.

If a due group is currently being processed on the daily schedule, it is not stuck there permanently. When the app estimates that the group’s current stock has dropped below the threshold, that group can move back to the regular schedule and be processed more often again.

Note

You may sometimes hear this described as different sync “lanes.” On this page, that simply means the two schedules above: the regular schedule and the daily schedule.

Do scheduled runs use group syncs?

A scheduled run only uses group syncs for the groups it actually updates. A run that finds nothing due costs nothing.

This means your update speed does not spend your included group syncs on its own. A store on a 60 minute update speed does not use 24 group syncs a day just because the schedule ran 24 times.

For more details, see Plans, limits, and usage.

If you want to sync sooner

If you have due groups on either schedule and you want them processed sooner, you can run a manual sync instead of waiting for the next scheduled run.

To learn more, see Manual syncing.

Tip

If you are checking whether a group will be processed soon, review your due groups first so you can see what is waiting to sync and whether manual syncing would help.

You can also learn more about timing on When inventory gets synced and review your due groups in the Manual sync section.

At a glance

Scheduled syncing processes groups that are due.
Due groups are processed on either the regular schedule or the daily schedule.
The regular schedule runs more often. How soon a due group is processed depends on your plan's update speed.
The daily schedule runs less often.
Scheduled runs only use group syncs for groups they actually update.
Groups with higher stock are processed less frequently so usage stays focused on groups that matter more.
The current threshold is 50, so groups above 50 are processed on the daily schedule.
If estimated current stock drops below the threshold, a group can move back to the regular schedule.
If you want a due group processed sooner, you can use manual sync.