>>Mandatory for Walmart? No (I'm pretty sure). We use data sync with Wal-mart. I agree with Earl in general - I think the answer is no, but the larger vendor you are - the harder they will push. I'm not sure why we do it, since we're a tiny speck of a vendor... They do email campaigns to vendors trying to get you on board. I don't think they say optional, but I don't think they fine you if you don't make the move - at this time, anyway.
>>Expensive? Yes. Last time I looked at it, it was about $10.00 per item and >>then $10 per item per year. If I remember right they use a sliding price model based on your company's annual sales. At the bottom, I think it's like $500 annual for <100 upcs. And that is not really doing data sync, just like the old catalogs, they have a website you can load your data into. For actual synching of records via automated xml communication - you're looking at like $15K at the bottom just to get the wheels turning. Expect that to be an extremely costly route to take. If you got it working it may pay for itself at least as quickly as your 1st gen Prius. >>1SYNC is one the the 'Data Pools' for UPC info. There are other Data Pools, >>including Inovis (previously known as QRS). The one useful thing to come of it was it got all the disparate online catalogs to start linking their data. Before we had one customer requesting a GXS catalog and another wanting a QRS catalog, etc. Just be glad it *actually exists* now. I started trying to set our company up when it was UCCnet. We wasted around $10k in fees for services that were basically vaporware. Precious little documentation, and what was there changed a few weeks after you read it. Travis- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Earl Wertheimer" <[email protected]> To: "justinalderman0617" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 3:39:03 PM Subject: Re: [EDI-L] What is Data Sync? Justin > What is Data Sync? Is it required to do business with Wal-Mart? I have > been looking into this and been referred to 1SYNC to start doing > business with walmart. It seems like an online catalog. Can anyone > help me with this question? Yes, it is an online catalog. You upload your UPC number (aka GTIN number), other related item info and give them lots of money. They allow your trading partners to download the product info into their databases. Mandatory for Walmart? No (I'm pretty sure). Expensive? Yes. Last time I looked at it, it was about $10.00 per item and then $10 per item per year. 1SYNC is one the the 'Data Pools' for UPC info. GS1 is the new organization which is making money from the UPC numbers... There are other Data Pools, including Inovis (previously known as QRS). Earl Wertheimer [email protected] http://www.spe-edi.com ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
