TikTok Shop LIVE sales, accounted for in Shopify.

For TikTok Shop sellers who go LIVE, keep their stock in Shopify, and sell many different items through one generic product.

Short answer

Scan the real item as each TikTok Shop LIVE sale happens. ScanStation takes that exact item off its Shopify “available” count and logs it with the sale number, so selling through one generic product never leaves your stock count behind.

Where a generic product loses track

TikTok's Shopify app publishes the products you choose to TikTok Shop and keeps their inventory and orders in sync. That works for products listed individually. When you sell many different pieces through one generic product during a LIVE, every order names that one product, not the specific item you showed on camera.

So the real item stays “available” in Shopify, ready to be sold again on your website or your next stream.

How a TikTok Shop show runs with ScanStation

  1. A buyer wins your generic listing on TikTok Shop.
  2. You pick the real item on camera and scan its barcode.
  3. ScanStation takes 1 off that item's “available” count in Shopify, at your chosen location, and puts it on the packing list under the buyer's sale number.
  4. Scanned the wrong thing? Undo puts it straight back.
  5. When the show ends, print the packing list, download it as a CSV, or open your Google Sheet.

Sale numbers that line up

ScanStation numbers sales the way TikTok Shop counts buyers (1, 2, 3…), and you can correct the number mid-show. Bundles keep one sale number while one buyer takes several items, so the packing list matches who bought what.

Already using TikTok's Shopify app? Keep it.

TikTok's Shopify app is the right tool for products you list on TikTok Shop one by one: when one of those sells, its own stock updates. ScanStation is for the other kind of sale, the generic listing where you choose the item on camera.

Don't scan an item whose own TikTok Shop listing already updated Shopify, or it comes off your stock twice. Scan what you sold from a generic listing, and let the sync handle the rest.

ScanStation's scan screen after sale 7: a Baseball Hobby Box, Series 2, sold and logged with 5 left, above the list of the show's sales.
The scan screen. Each scan sells one: the item, its price, how many are left, and the sale number, with every sale in the show listed below.
A printable packing list: 7 sales and 8 items in sale-number order, each with a checkbox and its barcode.
Packing list. The packing list, in sale order, ready to print. It also downloads as a CSV, or fills a Google Sheet.

Real screenshots of ScanStation, taken with a pretend store. Your screen shows your shop's name and your products.

TikTok Shop questions

How do I track inventory for TikTok Shop LIVE sales from a generic product?

Scan each real item as it sells. ScanStation takes 1 off that item's available stock in Shopify and puts it on the packing list under the sale number. Undo puts it back if you scanned the wrong thing.

Do I still need TikTok's Shopify app?

Keep it for products you list individually; it updates their stock itself. Use ScanStation for items sold through a generic product, and don't scan an item whose own TikTok listing already updated Shopify.

Does ScanStation connect to TikTok?

No. It connects only to your Shopify store, so it works the same however you run your LIVE.

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Windows and Mac. Setup takes about 10 minutes inside the app.

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