Why running Faire by hand breaks down

Most brands start on Faire manually — upload the catalogue once, key orders in as they arrive. It works until the channel succeeds:

Double-entry orders

Every Faire order re-typed into the ERP is time lost and an error waiting to happen — misskeyed quantities, missed lines, duplicated orders.

Overselling

Faire sells from a stock figure you uploaded last week while your trade store sells from today's. Two versions of the truth means cancelled orders and let-down retailers.

Price drift

Wholesale prices maintained by hand in Faire slowly diverge from the ERP price file — and someone eventually sells at last year's price.

Catalogue lag

New products and discontinued lines reach Faire late or not at all, so the marketplace never quite reflects what you actually sell.

The channel spiral

Faire is rarely the last channel. Each one added by hand multiplies the workload — until adding a channel costs more than it earns.

Corey's note

"A marketplace should be an extension, not a destabiliser. Faire connects to the hub the same way every other channel does — so adding it follows an established pattern instead of creating another fragile integration."

Automated Faire flows, ERP in control

The hub's Faire connector combines webhook-driven events with scheduled bulk syncs, so the marketplace stays consistent in real time and reconciles on a schedule you control:

Products & variants out

Your catalogue flows to Faire from the same product data every other channel uses — new lines appear, discontinued lines disappear.

Inventory sync

Stock levels flow from the ERP to Faire, accounting for the quantities Faire has already committed to retailer orders — every channel sells from one governed pool.

Prices out

Faire pricing is governed centrally, so the marketplace stays aligned with your pricing policy instead of a hand-maintained copy of it.

Orders in

Faire orders arrive by webhook, are validated by the hub, and land in your ERP correctly attributed — one order book across every channel.

Scheduled reconciliation

Bulk syncs run per store and per data type on schedules you control — catching anything real-time events can't carry.

Audit & visibility

Every sync is logged and auditable. When something looks wrong, you can see exactly what moved, where and when.

Faire + your ERP, through one hub

Faire connects to the hub; the hub connects to the ERP that runs your business. The same pattern applies whichever system is your source of truth:

Faire + Brightpearl

Products, stock and prices flow from Brightpearl to Faire; Faire orders flow back — alongside B2B, D2C and Shopify channels. Brightpearl integration hub →

Faire + SAP Business One

Faire joins B2B and D2C channels around SAP B1, with SAP governing stock, pricing and financials. SAP B1 integration →

Faire + Caliq

Wholesale brands on Caliq add Faire through the same hub that runs their trade ordering. Caliq integration →

ERP-first clarity

The marketplace never becomes the master

Faire is a sales channel, not a system of record. Through the hub, your ERP remains authoritative for:

Inventory availability

One stock truth, allocated across Faire, trade ordering and D2C — not a separate pot per channel.

Pricing governance

Channel prices derive from the ERP's pricing policy, not hand-maintained copies.

Order & financial integrity

Every Faire order lands in the ERP validated — reporting, fulfilment and accounts stay whole.

The integration hub ensures marketplace growth never creates a "shadow ERP" you have to reconcile later.

Added in stages, when your operation is ready

Marketplace expansion works when it is sequenced deliberately — an argument we make at length in our marketplace integration essay:

Core channels first

B2B trade ordering and D2C stabilised before the marketplace joins — so Faire extends a working operation rather than complicating a shaky one.

Controlled stock exposure

You decide what Faire sees: which products are listed and how availability is presented, governed through the hub's per-store rules.

Validated before live

Catalogue, stock and order flows are proven against real data before retailers depend on them.

Monitored in production

Sync health is visible and auditable from day one — exceptions surface instead of festering.

Designed for wholesale brands taking Faire seriously

This is a fit if you:

  • Sell — or plan to sell — wholesale on Faire
  • Run your operation on an ERP (Brightpearl, SAP Business One, Caliq)
  • Are tired of re-keying marketplace orders and reconciling stock by hand
  • Run, or are adding, B2B trade ordering and D2C alongside the marketplace
  • Want channels to be extensions, not destabilisers

Faire integration questions

Do you integrate with Faire?

Yes. Coretonomy has a purpose-built Faire connector in the Integration Data Hub — webhook-driven order flow plus scheduled bulk syncs for products, stock and prices, with your ERP remaining the system of record.

How does Faire inventory sync work — will we oversell?

Stock levels flow from your ERP to Faire through the hub, and the sync accounts for quantities Faire has already committed to retailer orders. Every channel sells from the same ERP-governed pool, which is what prevents overselling.

Can you connect Faire to Brightpearl?

Yes. Faire connects to Brightpearl through the Integration Data Hub: products, stock and prices flow from Brightpearl to Faire, and Faire orders flow back into Brightpearl — alongside your B2B store, D2C and other channels.

Can Faire prices differ from our trade store prices?

Yes. Pricing is controlled per channel through the hub, so Faire can carry its own price list while your direct trade customers see theirs — all governed from the ERP rather than maintained by hand in each system.

Do Faire orders go into our ERP automatically?

Yes. Faire orders arrive by webhook, are validated by the hub, and land in your ERP as clean, correctly attributed sales orders — one order book across Faire, your trade store and every other channel.

When should a wholesale brand add Faire?

Once your core channels are stable. Faire is an extension, not a destabiliser: because it connects through the same hub as everything else, adding it follows an established pattern rather than creating a new fragile integration.

Discuss your Faire channel

We start with your ERP, your current channels and how Faire fits your operation, then recommend the lowest-risk path forward.