Keystone Automotive, from stock file to shipped order.

Connect your own Keystone dealer account. Syncetix keeps your listings in step with Keystone's stock and your cost, and can buy each sold item from Keystone for you.

Connect Keystone

What it does for you

Keystone's catalog, listed at your price and kept current.

Full inventory every day, with stock refreshed through Keystone's API between files.
Your cost and MAP, so every price follows your rule and never drops below MAP.
Pauses listings everywhere when Keystone runs out, and relists when it restocks.
Places purchase orders for sold items, after checking that no part would backorder.
Compares suppliers and buys from the cheapest one that has the part, if you use more than one.
Follows the order and sends tracking back to the channel.

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Daily inventory fileImported

Stock refreshBetween files

Order checkAll parts can ship

Purchase orderPlaced

TrackingBack on the channel

Permissions and data

What Syncetix uses from your Keystone account

You give Syncetix your Keystone file login and API key. They are stored encrypted and used only for your workspace, never shared with any other.

Reads

The inventory file: parts, your cost, stock, MAP and product details
Live stock for parts you sell
Order status and tracking for your purchase orders

Changes

Places purchase orders on your account for items your buyers bought

Never

Uses a shared account or someone else's pricing
Orders anything that isn't tied to a real sale
Changes your Keystone account details

Setup

What you need

1
Your own Keystone dealer account
With its inventory file access and API key, which Keystone provides.
2
Settings, Suppliers, Add Keystone
Enter the details and run the first import.
3
Set your pricing rule
Then review the drafts and publish.
4
To disconnect
Remove the supplier in Syncetix. You can also replace your API key with Keystone at any time.