That's all well and good but when it is dictated that you use a Data Sync type process your chat is thrown right out the window.
Thanks, Ann x3470 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Linxwiler Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:43 PM To: Travis Truax Cc: Earl Wertheimer; justinalderman0617; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] What is Data Sync? Sorry guys...I know I will get tomatoes thrown at me but I couldn't resist the plug...$10 per item is not fiscally practical nor should it be acceptable. The SPS Universal Catalog will satisfy your requirements for a fraction. Let me know if you wish to chat about it. On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:10 PM, Travis Truax < [email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > >>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] > > > -- Stay Connected, Eric Linxwiler http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericalinxwiler [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ ... 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