Upright Books Terminology Guide

Media

Any individual item categorized as a book, audiobook, DVD, or CD. Comic books and magazines WITHOUT advertising are also considered “media” regarding shipping regulations.

Inventory Unit

Single item assigned to a tracking unit product and has a unique ID

Unique ID

Inventory management identification code used to track quantity levels and allocate specific individual items during order creation 

“Parent SKU”

Shelf Identifier/ Shelf ID

Unique code assigned to books and printed on the media ticket to facilitate order picking and purging

“Child SKU”

Media ticket

Book details including title, shelf ID, and SKU barcode printed on receipt paper and placed into book pages to identify book

“Receipt Ticket” or “Item Ticket”

Warehouse Status

Inventory Units have specific statuses to indicate if the item has been assigned to an order: “committed” or is in stock and ready to be assigned to a new order: “available”

Term

Definition

Neatoscan Term

“Scanner” Role

A new permissions role, when assigned, users only have access to the “scan to sort” workflows in the desktop Lister app and the mobile app Link

Scan to Sort tool

Scan ISBN barcodes (using Bluetooth scanner, mobile device camera, or wired scanner) to receive an automatic sorting decision between: sell in store, e-commerce, or salvage

“Prescan”

Scan to List tool

Scan ISBN barcodes to receive an automatic sorting decision between: sell in store, e-commerce, or salvage – books meeting e-commerce criteria will automatically advance into a listing workflow and then back to scanning workflow after saving the listing

Reshelf

A workflow in the mobile app Link used to assign an inventory location to an item or reassign a new inventory location

Pick Orders

A workflow in the mobile app Link used for fulfilling new orders and marking ordered items as “picked”

Purge

A workflow in the mobile app Link used for removing unsold, stale inventory (status = recycled) from storage 

Condition

A field during the listing workflow that sets the defined condition used in each marketplace to grade an item

Condition Details

A multi-select field during the listing workflow that adds additional attributes into the description automatically from one or more of the seven selectable options

“Snippets”

Term

Definition

Neatoscan Term

Sorting Decision

The automatic assignment of sorting destination based on current market value of the item 

“Accept/Reject”

Sorting Destination

The response of where an item should be sold based on the sorting criteria and current market value of the item

Selling Duration

The length of time set (by admin roles) to determine how long an item will be actively listed (90, 180, 270, or 360 days)

Minimum Profit Value

The value set (by admin roles) to determine the lowest possible profit to be made on an item

“Minimum Profit”

Bottom Profit Price

An automatically calculated value that sets the lowest price an item will be listed for based on the estimated shipping cost and the minimum profit value

“Floor Price” 

Initial Listing Price

The median, real-time, market value of a book (set using the Amazon product API) automatically assigned to the listing when using the scan to list workflow

Repricer/Repricing

Automatic reduction of the price of each active listing incrementally each day until the end of the selling duration

Daily Price Change

An automatically calculated value that sets the price reduction amount each day across the selling duration. It is calculated by taking the median market value (the initial listing price) and subtracting the bottom profit price and dividing by the selling duration days.