How to connect a Temu seller account to your inventory system (UK)

Use Temu's current seller documentation or approved onboarding path to confirm what connection details and permissions your seller account can provide.

• Keep credentials and secrets in an approved password or secrets manager.
• Grant only the permissions required for the agreed workflow.
• Do not assume shipping eligibility follows from a successful account connection.

Use the supported MaxInvent onboarding flow to add the approved Temu connection details and verify that the expected seller account is connected.

• If validation fails, confirm the seller region, permissions and current Temu requirements.
• Treat seller credentials as secrets and rotate them if exposure is suspected.

Run the supported catalogue import for a representative subset first. Check the fields Temu makes available and reconcile variants, identifiers and current stock before widening scope.

• Record which system owns product content and which owns operational stock.
• Expect timing and available fields to depend on Temu's current API.

Link each relevant Temu item or goods identifier to one mapped central product and the correct variant. Review suggested matches rather than assuming an automatic match is correct.

• For a Temu-exclusive item, extract its details into a product preview, review the proposed record, choose Create, then confirm the new central product and mapping before enabling stock updates.
• Unmapped goods IDs will still import orders, but stock won't sync until they're mapped.

Enable only the supported, mapped and agreed stock and order flows, then test representative changes, polling, retries and unavailable-API behaviour. Update timing depends on Temu and other connected APIs.

• Set any stock buffer from actual velocity, replenishment and oversell risk.
• Record the observed order-import and stock-update behaviour for the connected account.

For an eligible order, choose from Temu's returned services, buy the selected platform label and print it. Separately test a permitted own-courier order through an enabled integration or manual carrier/tracking entry.

• Temu controls eligibility, returned services, prices and commercial terms.
• Confirm the platform label and tracking details against the created shipment.
• For automatic own-courier booking, verify carrier credentials, mappings and enabled services.
• Test manual carrier/tracking entry and a rejected tracking submission where permitted.