In this article, we will get an overview of the main Insert order errors you may encounter when using the Koongo Order Synchronisation service. You will learn how to easily identify and address these types of errors and warnings to get your orders transferred smoothly.
Order item is out of stock
The order can not be inserted into the store because one of the items is either out of stock or without the minimum quantity required. The problem might occur when the product synchronization is not properly set up or the same product has been ordered on multiple places (channels, online store) at the same time.
How can you fix the issue?
If you want to transfer the order into your online store even if the products are out of stock, you will need to increase the stock of these products in your online store and ask Koongo support team to reinsert the order.
How to avoid the issue next time?
It is necessary to review the product syncing to ensure smooth product data updates.
Take a look at the order detail (tab Items) and try to find the product ids of the order items.
Investigate the product syncing for the given channel (e.g. Bol, Amazon) and check if the products were properly updated.
In case you can not find the product in the product submission report, it might be necessary to adjust the export profile in order to update out-of-stock products too.
Usually, it is enough to set the option Export out of stock product = Yes (available at Channel details > Edit Settings > Product Filter tab) and resubmit the feed.
If you are not sure about the settings, you can review the overall configuration of the product syncing for the given channel. Please see our guides for particular channels.
Order item not found
The order can not be inserted into the store because the item included is not found in your store.
The problem might occur if the selling channel/marketplace account contains products that were added manually or from another data source (other than the current online store). The issue might happen also in case a product was deleted at an online store and not properly removed at the selling channel due to wrong product synchronization.
How can you fix the issue?
If you want to transfer the order with unknown items into your online store, you can use the Force Order Insert button (available for Shopify only). For some platforms (e.g. Magento, Prestashop, and others) it is impossible to insert orders with items/products, which are not defined in the store. The limitation is given by the architecture of particular platforms and Koongo can not get over it.
How to avoid the issue next time?
It is necessary to review the product syncing to ensure smooth product data updates.
Take a look at the order detail (tab Items) and try to find the product ids of the order items.
Investigate the product syncing for the given channel (e.g. Bol, Amazon) and check if the products were properly removed from the marketplace.
The products are usually removed from the marketplace by the Remove or Delete feed and you can check the update status within the product submission report (search for specific product id) at API submission > Show Products.
In case you can not find the product in the product submission report, it might be necessary to adjust the export profile in order to remove deleted products.
Usually, it is enough to set the option Export Removed Products = Removed Only (available at Channel details > Edit Settings > Product Filter tab) and resubmit the feed.
If you are not sure about the settings, you can review the overall configuration of the product syncing for the given channel. Please see our guides for particular channels.
Invalid Shipping Method (WooCommerce)
The order can not be inserted into the store because it contains a shipping method that is not available in the related WooCommerce store.
How can you fix the issue?
It is necessary to select a valid shipping method in related store settings at your Koongo account.
Navigate to > Edit Store and find section > Order Settings (you can find the button Edit Store on the Channels or Orders page within your Koongo account)
Select shipping method at field Default Shipping method.
Then, please ask our support team to reinsert orders into your WooCommerce store.
How to avoid the issue next time?
If you have properly configured the shipping method for your store at the Koongo account (described in the section How you fix the issue? above), then the issue should not happen again.
Country X is not an active country (Prestashop)
The order can not be inserted into the store because the country is not allowed in your Prestashop backend.
How can you fix the issue?
Please, try to access your Prestashop backend and check International > Locations > Countries section to enable all needed countries.
How to avoid the issue next time?
Most of the selling channels will allow you to start with cross-border sales and you will get orders from many different countries. You just need to be sure that all countries opened in those selling channels are opened (allowed) as well in your Prestashop backend. Once the country is enabled, please get in touch with the Koongo support team to request the order re-insertion.
Cannot create address: (Prestashop)
The order can not be inserted into the store because it's not possible to create the order address.
How can you fix the issue?
The issue is related to your 'tax identification number' settings in your Prestashop backend. Please check your 'tax identification number' settings and make sure it's turned off.
Once the Prestashop 'tax identification number' setting is turned off, please ask the Koongo support team to reinsert the order.
How to avoid the issue next time?
Once you turn off your 'tax identification number' settings in your Prestashop backend, all new orders will be processed correctly.
Product price and totals missing
The order can not be inserted into the store because the item price and even the order total price amounts are missing.
How can you fix the issue?
Try to identify the specific item purchased and check if the price value is available within Koongo > Products > View Details. In case the items do have a valid price value imported into Koongo, do not hesitate to contact us, we will adjust the item price and update the totals forcing a new order re-sync.
How to avoid the issue next time?
Try to ensure all the items do have a valid price amount imported into Koongo. Furthermore, try to check the selling channel > Feed Preview to confirm a valid price value is exported. This error is usually caused by missing details in the order of data received via API.
Order address is missing
The order can not be inserted into the store because the billing or the shipping address is missing.
How can you fix the issue?
Please, navigate to Koongo > Orders and check the specific order id with issues. Try to click the ℹ info icon next to every order and double-check the > Address tab to confirm either the Billing or Shipping addresses are missing. In that case, try to access your Seller Central and check the order with issues to get a valid Billing and Shipping address.
How to avoid the issue next time?
This type of error might need to be fixed by the Koongo support team. Please, do not hesitate to contact us if you need us to force the order re-insertion. We will need the order id with issues plus valid Billing and Shipping addresses to be used.
Invalid customer email address
The order can not be inserted into the store because the customer's email address contains invalid values. e.g. email has suffix ".con" instead of ".com".
How can you fix the issue?
Please, navigate to Koongo > Orders and check up on the specific order with issues. Try to click the ℹ info icon next to every order and double-check the > Address tab to confirm the customer details and specifically the email inserted.
How to avoid the issue next time?
This type of error might need to be fixed by the Koongo support team. Please, do not hesitate to contact us if you need us to force the order re-insertion. We will need the order id with issues and a valid email address to be used.