Check out what’s new and the latest developments in Linnworks.
September 2022 Release Notes
Prefer to listen to our updates? Check out our July product recap webinar.
Inventory Management
Update FBA Shipments
Save valuable time by being able to adjust FBA shipments after submitting an original Shipping Plan. It will be possible to add new products, remove initially included products and edit quantities to ship.
Analytics
Stock Forecasting
Live
Know exactly how much inventory you need and when you need it to meet customer demand.
Stock forecasting uses past data, trends and known upcoming events to predict needed inventory levels for a future period. In short, this means no more overstocking or stockouts.
Book a demo to see how Stock Forecasting can benefit your business, or find out more about Stock Forecasting here.
Channels
TikTok
Reach new customers and expand your business by tapping into the social commerce opportunity with the new Linnworks and TikTok integration.
- Mediatel predicts that social commerce will reach $7.46bn in the UK by 2023 of which $3.3B will be from Live Shopping.
- TikTok Shop enables merchants to showcase and sell products for the TikTok community of >1BN monthly users, globally. The TikTok community can discover and purchase directly through in- feed videos, live streams, and a product showcase tab.
- By integrating with TikTok, you can now have one central location to manage your TikTok Shop listings, orders and inventory.
The Range
Expand your home & garden business and reach new customers with the Range and Linnworks channel integration.
- Access 45 million active home and garden consumers by selling on the Range, a highly recognised UK retailer with 30+ years of brand awareness.
- Free up your time by streamlining key tasks such as automatically pushing and synching product listings and any updates from Linnworks to The Range.
Amazon Belgium
Live
It's now possible to integrate the Amazon Belgium marketplace for order and inventory management as well as list products on this sales channel directly through Linnworks.
Amazon Vendor Central
Amazon Vendor is a supply chain strategy whereby manufacturers and distributors sell their products to Amazon in bulk. They act as suppliers to Amazon, who then resell the products to end consumers. With this integration you can improve your business performance by effectively managing Amazon Vendor orders directly through Linnworks:
1. Have complete visibility over purchase orders raised by Amazon.
2. Accept or decline purchase orders.
3. Print labels and fulfill Amazon purchase orders.
Shipping Management
Royal Mail Photo Verification
Live
Royal Mail have introduced photo verification for their tracked non-signature services, providing more reassurance for you and your customers that items have arrived safely.
You'll notice that the label design has automatically been updated to reflect this new feature. Find out more about photo verification here.
Integrations
Gorgias
The Gorgias integration gives merchants more control over their brand and customer experience. With Gorgias and Linnworks, merchants can manage customer support in one place, automate answers to common questions and increase support agency efficiency. Find out more.
Quickbooks
Quickbooks will be moving into Beta in October, if you would like to find out more or become a tester, please get in touch with marketing@linnworks.com
August 2022 Release Notes
Prefer to listen to our updates? Check out our July product recap webinar.
Channels
TikTok
Reach new customers and expand your business by tapping into the social commerce opportunity with the new Linnworks and TikTok integration.
- Mediatel predicts that social commerce will reach $7.46bn in the UK by 2023 of which $3.3B will be from Live Shopping.
- TikTok Shop enables merchants to showcase and sell products for the TikTok community of >1BN monthly users, globally. The TikTok community can discover and purchase directly through in- feed videos, live streams, and a product showcase tab.
- By integrating with TikTok, you can now have one central location to manage your TikTok Shop listings, orders and inventory.
BigCommerce Refunds
Live
This new feature allows you to process refunds on BigCommerce through Linnworks. Once the refund is completed in Linnworks, the order on BigCommerce will be updated with the refunded status, the refund amount will be specified, and the refund will be submitted to the payment gateway.
Inventory Management
Prepare FBA Shipments
You no longer have to use Amazon to prepare shipments when you’re sending stock to Amazon FBA Warehouses. You can now manage shipment details for Amazon FBA from the convenience of the Linnworks platform. This feature will allow you to:
- Pick a shipping option - ocean, ground or air
- Pick a shipping carrier
- Pick the size of the shipment
- Get a shipping quote
- Manage boxes and pallets
- Get shipping labels for pallets, boxes
FBA Expiry Dates
Live
You can now print expiry dates on FNKSU labels for your FBA products, providing you with extra flexibility.
Warehouse Management
Warehouse Transfers
Live
Save time by creating and booking warehouse transfers so you can seamlessly move stock between warehouses. Find out more
Analytics
Stock Forecasting Days on Hand
Live
You can now specify the number of days of stock on hand you wish to have at any time. Once you have selected how many on hand days you would like, this will then be included within the reorder quantity and date calculation. Find out more.
Insights Overview Dashboard
This dashboard provides users with a quick, clear and concise snapshot of key performance metrics, including:
- Gross Revenue
- Net Revenue
- Total Orders
- Average Order Revenue
- Top 5 channels by revenue
- Top 5 SKUs by revenue
- Total orders for the last 7 days
Integrations
Cogsy
Cogsy is an operations platform that helps ecommerce sellers take smarter actions to be more agile and grow faster. By integrating with Cogsy, Linnworks users can turn data into actionable insights, enabling better decisions around inventory forecasting, selling on backorder, growth planning and optimal purchase orders.
Interested in becoming a beta tester? Simply email marketing@linnworks.com if you’re interested.
July 2022 Release Notes
Prefer to listen to our updates? Check out our July product recap webinar.
Channels
Virtualstock
Live
Grow your orders with the Linnworks and Virtualstock integration.
- Virtualstock is a cloud-based platform that provides a single, frictionless connection between suppliers and retailers. It gives retailers visibility across their direct to customer supply chain - including stock availability, order status and delivery status.
- Virtualstock is integrated into the top 10 UK Retailers including John Lewis, Argos, Robert Dyas and B&Q. With the Linnworks integration, users can connect to these retailers to sync inventory and order routing alongside all other selling channels.
Inventory Management
Reorder low stock
Live
Receive recommendations on what products need to be reordered, in what quantities and from what supplier so you can easily restock your inventory back to the minimum levels.
FBA Inventory dashboard
Live
A new dashboard will provide visibility over stock levels and their status (such as Sellable, Unsellable, In Transit, Reserved, etc) for well-informed restocking decisions. Find out more
Purchase order export
Live
Save time by easily exporting a .csv list of your purchase order products and send it straight to your supplier. You can also customize the export with configurable options.
- Choose which orders to export.
- Choose what fields are exported from any of the fields you see on screen.
- Download the file straight to your computer.
Shipping Management
Amazon Shipping V2
Live
We completed our integration with Amazon’s latest version of their shipping service. Enhancements include performance improvements, as well as the addition of a new 2-day service.
