Learn the differences in what kind of sales channel connection you can have with Commerce in QuickBooks Online.
The primary difference is if you have inventory tracking or not. Inventory tracking offers an expanded way to track your company’s sales. Things like sales orders and invoices will be handled differently by QuickBooks if you turn on inventory tracking or not. Inventory tracking is not available for all subscription levels.
| Feature Option | No Inventory Tracking | Inventory Tracking • Import products from sales channels • Set Initial Costs • Track Cost of Goods Sold • Match products from sales channels • Create Inventory Count and Inventory Quantity Adjustment transactions |
| Subscription level | Included with QuickBooks Online Simple Start, Essentials, Plus, and Advanced subscriptions | Available to turn on with QuickBooks Online Plus and Advanced subscriptions |
| Connect multiple sales channels | ✔ Currently supports Amazon, eBay and Shopify | ✔ Currently supports Amazon, eBay and Shopify |
| Imports payouts from connected channels | ✔ Payouts are split into sales receipts, refund receipts, and expenses to record fees | ✔ Payouts are split into fees and deposits to match income from sales orders |
| Creates Aggregated sales receipts | ✔ When the payout comes into QuickBooks Online, an aggregated sales receipt is created and totals the sales across the orders. | ✘ |
| Creates Invoices | ✘ | ✔ Once an order is added in QuickBooks Online, an invoice is created. |
| Imports sales tax | ✔ Only the total sales tax payable amount is brought in per payout | ✔ Only the total sales tax payable amount is brought in per payout |
| Imports sales orders | ✔ View-only access No customer information | ✔ Includes product information On import, matching invoices, refund receipts and payments are created |