Shopfront
Features

Sales detection and delisting

Quick answer

Owners and admins can turn on Enable Sales Detection in Settings → Marketplaces → Settings to check eBay, Depop, Grailed and Vestiaire Collective for sales on your plan's schedule; Shopify sales arrive automatically when the connection has order access. Cross-Channel Delisting then removes a sold item from your other channels.

How do I turn on sales detection?

Open Settings → Marketplaces → Settings.

Turn on Enable Sales Detection.

Turn on Cross-Channel Delisting as well if you want Shopfront to remove a sold item from your other channels.

Cross-Channel Delisting can only be turned on while Enable Sales Detection is on. Turning sales detection off also turns cross-channel delisting off.

Owners and admins only

Only owners and admins can change these switches.

Which sales does Shopfront detect?

  • eBay, Depop, Grailed and Vestiaire Collective: Enable Sales Detection controls scheduled checks of these marketplaces. With it off, Shopfront doesn't check them for sales.
  • Shopify: Shopify sends each order to Shopfront as it happens, whatever your plan and even with Enable Sales Detection off, when the connection has order access (the read_orders scope). A connection without it runs in listing-only mode, so Shopfront doesn't see Shopify sales. See Shopify connection.
  • Facebook Marketplace: sales detection doesn't check Facebook Marketplace.

If a sale isn't recorded, use Mark as → Sold on the product. See Delist or mark as sold.

How often does Shopfront check for sales?

Scheduled checks of eBay, Depop, Grailed and Vestiaire Collective depend on your plan:

PlanChecks
FreeEvery 12 hours
ProEvery hour
PremiumEvery 30 minutes
Premium PlusEvery 10 minutes

The Sales Detection card in Settings → Marketplaces → Settings shows when Shopfront last checked and whether your eBay, Depop and Grailed connections are working.

What happens when a sale is detected?

Shopfront records the order and marks the item sold, unless the listing that sold still has units left (see Stock and quantities). Recorded sales appear in Insights.

If Cross-Channel Delisting is on, Shopfront also delists the item from your other channels. This applies to Shopify sales too.

A sold item can stay live

Check the product's channel statuses after a sale: if a marketplace connection needs attention, a listing can stay live until you fix it or delist it yourself.

See Billing and usage limits for plan details.