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Square Amazon Integration

Nventory syncs products and inventory between Square POS and Amazon in real time. In-store sales and marketplace orders draw from one stock pool to prevent overselling.

5 data entities bridging your Square register to Amazon Seller Central in real time
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Sync Matrix

5 data entities in the sync matrix — 1 bidirectional, 4 one-way. Tap any row for details.

Good to Know

Platform restrictions outside any integration tool's control

Amazon FBA inbound shipment creation

Creating FBA shipping plans requires Amazon's Send to Amazon workflow. Nventory reads FBA levels but does not create inbound shipments.

Amazon advertising and Sponsored Products

PPC campaigns are managed through Amazon Ads Console with a separate API outside Nventory's sync scope.

Customer profiles and loyalty data

Customer databases and loyalty program data cannot be synced between POS and marketplace platforms through Nventory.

Gift card balances

Gift cards and store credit balances are platform-specific and cannot be synced between POS and ecommerce systems.

Square Loyalty points and rewards

Square Loyalty points and reward tiers are Square-only instruments managed inside Square Dashboard.

Things to Consider

Platform-specific details and how they affect this integration.

Challenge

Amazon's Inventory Feed API does not apply quantity changes instantly. Even when Nventory pushes an update within seconds of a Square sale, Amazon's internal processing can take several minutes to reflect the change on the listing.

Nventory's Approach

Nventory accounts for this delay by reserving a configurable safety buffer on Amazon listings. For high-velocity items, the buffer is larger to cover the processing window.

Who Uses Square Amazon Integration

Common scenarios for connecting Square and Amazon.

Electronics retailer selling accessories in-store via Square and nationally through Amazon FBM
Specialty food store with a retail location and an Amazon Storefront for DTC shipping
Sporting goods shop expanding from local brick-and-mortar into Amazon marketplace
Beauty and cosmetics boutique testing Amazon demand while keeping the flagship store stocked
Book and media retailer managing used and new inventory across Square and Amazon

How It Works

Nventory sits between your platforms and keeps everything in sync.

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1

Link Square and Amazon Seller Central

Authorize both accounts in Nventory. The platform pulls your Square catalog and Amazon ASIN/SKU listings to build the product mapping.

2

Map Products Across Channels

Nventory auto-matches items by SKU or UPC. Review the mapping and manually link any products that have different identifiers between systems.

3

Configure Inventory Pools

Decide whether to share 100% of stock across both channels or reserve a buffer for in-store customers. Set thresholds for low-stock alerts.

4

Activate Bidirectional Sync

Nventory listens for Square sales events and Amazon order notifications. Each event triggers an immediate inventory update on the opposite channel.

5

Route Amazon FBM Orders to Your Store

When an Amazon FBM order arrives, Nventory sends it to your Square location queue. Staff pick and ship from the shop floor using their existing workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

Nventory syncs both. For FBA, it reads your warehouse-level inventory from Amazon so you can see total available stock. For FBM, it actively syncs quantities from your Square locations and routes FBM orders to your store for fulfillment.

Nventory pushes the inventory feed to Amazon within seconds of the Square transaction. Amazon's own feed processing typically reflects the change within a few minutes, which is the fastest their API allows.

During initial sync, Nventory can set conservative inventory buffers on Amazon to prevent any listing-level stockouts while the system calibrates. Once sync is validated, you can open up full availability.

Yes. Nventory lets you reserve a minimum quantity for either channel. For example, you can hold five units for walk-in customers while listing the rest on Amazon, or vice versa.

Nventory aggregates available stock from every Square register location you designate and pushes a combined quantity to your Amazon FBM listings. Each Square location maintains its own count, and Nventory recalculates the Amazon feed in real time whenever a register sale, return, or stock adjustment occurs at any location.

Yes. Every transaction completed at your Square register, including cash drawer sales, barcode-scanned items, and tap-to-pay purchases, triggers an immediate inventory adjustment on Amazon through Nventory. This closes the oversell window so customers browsing your Amazon listing never purchase an item that was just sold at the counter.

First, check whether Nventory is aggregating stock from all relevant Square locations — if a location is excluded, its counts won't factor into the Amazon feed and you'll see phantom shortages. Next, verify how FBA and MFN quantities are allocated, since FBA stock managed by Amazon warehouses should not be double-counted with your Square on-hand totals. Finally, review your sync frequency settings in Nventory; batch intervals longer than real-time can allow drift during high-volume sales periods.