How do Dear Inventory and Zoho work together?

You pick the system of truth (usually the ERP or store for stock). Wherehouse keeps Dear Inventory and Zoho in step: stock, orders and pricing flow with your rules, so you are not recapturing data between them. A dedicated account manager sets this up with example orders first.

Do you replace Dear Inventory?

No. Dear Inventory stays the hub. Wherehouse is the connection from marketplaces and stores into it, with your own business logic on top.

What about marketplace fees in Dear Inventory?

Where Dear Inventory can take them, fees ride along so a Takealot sale is not booked at sticker price. Combined with cost, you see what you actually kept.

Is this Zoho Inventory or Zoho Books?

Both, together. Inventory holds stock and sales orders. Books holds the invoices and credit notes. The connection is designed around that pair.

Do you update a Zoho sales order after it is created?

We create the flow (order, optional invoice and payment, credit notes for returns). We do not keep rewriting a sales order once it exists. Get the first mapping right, then let it run.

Is there a setup fee?

No. There are no setup fees on any plan. During onboarding we ingest your catalogue and sync a couple of test orders and products, so you know it works before you rely on it. You only pay once the account is live. Billed monthly. Cancel any time.

How long does onboarding take?

Usually 1 to 10 business days, depending on how many platforms you connect and how specific your rules are. A dedicated account manager sets it up with you. We run specified example orders first. Nothing automatic goes through until those are right.

Do I have to live in the Wherehouse dashboard?

No. Most sellers keep working in the store, ERP or seller portal they already know. Wherehouse runs in the background. The dashboard is there when you want one view of stock, orders, fees and sync history.

Dear Inventory & Zoho integration

Connect Dear Inventory and Zoho without the double work.

Two systems, one picture:

Dear Inventory and Zoho stay in step: stock, orders and pricing flow with the rules you already run, so adding a channel does not add a second admin job.

Sync

📦

Stock

🛍️

Orders

🧾

Credit notes

Two platforms should not mean two jobs.

Every extra login is another place to update stock, recapture orders and reconcile fees. That is how overselling and messy books start. Dear Inventory and Zoho should share one picture, with your rules on top.

🛍️ Orders land in Dear Inventory

Takealot, Makro, Amazon, Shopify and the rest post as sales in Dear Inventory. No retyping, no missed picks.

📦 Stock the warehouse can trust

Availability on every channel follows Dear Inventory. When a unit sells anywhere, the rest of the shelves update.

🛍️ The full Zoho flow, if you want it

Sales order, confirm, ship, invoice, payment. Or just the sales order. You choose how far automation goes.

Your rules, not a generic sync

How it works

Connect both

Your Dear Inventory account and your Zoho account. You pick which one holds the truth.

See the flow

Stock, orders and pricing should move one way, on purpose. We map that to how you already operate, not a generic template.

Apply your rules

Buffers, price uplifts, which SKUs are allowed. A rule can apply to one platform and leave the other alone.

Stay in step

Dear Inventory and Zoho keep sharing the live picture in the background.

Connect Dear Inventory and Zoho without the double work.

🛍️ Orders land in Dear Inventory

📦 Stock the warehouse can trust

🛍️ The full Zoho flow, if you want it

How it works

Connect both

See the flow

Apply your rules

Stay in step

🔗 Get connected

Where do you sell?

Central inventory platform

Online store

Visibility Only Plan