Selling with WooCommerce? Here’s How to Take Control of Stock, Orders & Purchasing

If you’ve launched your online store with WooCommerce, you’ve already got a flexible, budget-friendly ecommerce platform that gives you full control over how you sell online. It’s powerful, open-source, and works brilliantly with WordPress - making it a go-to choice for merchants who want a customisable online storefront without hefty licensing costs.

But while WooCommerce is great for creating and managing your website, it’s not built to run the rest of your business.

If you’ve ever wrestled with out-of-date stock levels, manual purchase orders, or scattered spreadsheets, then what you really need is a WooCommerce stock control integration — and that’s where Merchanter comes in.

WooCommerce integration in action - Smarter Components

Why WooCommerce isn’t enough on its own

WooCommerce does a lot of things well:

• Product listings and categorisation

• Checkout and payment gateways

• Plugins for SEO, marketing and shipping

• Customer accounts and order tracking

  
  

But when it comes to managing what happens after the sale — it’s missing a few crucial features, like:

• Real-time stock control across multiple branches or warehouses

• Managing stock by length, weight, batch or custom pack

• Smart reordering based on sales trends and stock levels

• Order processing for trade, in-store, and phone sales

• Pricing rules by customer, quantity or delivery method

• Supplier and purchasing management

  
  

Trying to bolt on multiple plugins to solve all this quickly leads to a tangled system — with more room for errors, delays and missed orders.

Why merchants add an ERP system to WooCommerce

A proper ERP system like Merchanter bridges the gap between your online store and your business operations, giving you:

• Centralised order management

• Up-to-date stock levels across channels

• Streamlined fulfilment and purchasing

• Improved accuracy and speed

• Better customer service

• More time for your team to focus on growth, not admin

  
  

This is especially vital for businesses dealing with trade products like timber, plumbing supplies, steel or hardware — where unit size, batch tracking and price accuracy really matter.

How Merchanter integrates with WooCommerce

Merchanter is a cloud ERP system built specifically for merchant-style businesses. The integration with WooCommerce is designed to be seamless and straightforward:

• Stock sync – WooCommerce displays real-time stock pulled directly from Merchanter

• Order import – Orders placed online are fed automatically into Merchanter for processing

• Customer linking – Orders link to existing customer records via email

• Product sync – Product details and pricing managed in Merchanter update your WooCommerce store

• Cross-channel visibility – Phone, counter, and ecommerce orders all managed in one system

• Smart purchasing – Sales data from WooCommerce informs smarter, automated reordering

  
  

No double-entry. No spreadsheets. Just a clear, connected system.

Designed for how merchants actually work

Merchanter supports the complexity of real-world stock — whether it’s sold by metre, weight, pack or sheet. Features include:

• Multi-location stock control

• Length/weight-based product tracking

• Advanced pricing rules

• CRM, document and delivery management

• Alerting and automation

• Full visibility across ecommerce, trade counter and back office

  
  

It’s the operational support WooCommerce was never designed to provide — but now you don’t have to choose between them.

Who is this for?

This WooCommerce integration is ideal for:

• Merchants already selling online who need better stock and order control

• Businesses struggling to manage orders across channels

• Trade-focused companies handling complex products and fulfilment

• Growing businesses who want a joined-up system without losing WooCommerce

  
  

Want to try it for yourself?

You don’t need to commit to anything.We’ve set up a simple demo system so you can try Merchanter for yourself — and see how it connects with platforms like WooCommerce.

👉 Get instant demo access here — and find out why so many merchants say: "Blimey, This is much more impressive than I expected."