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CloudHub is the enterprise multichannel commerce platform inside Vortex Apps. If your business sells across Amazon, eBay, Walmart, OnBuy, Cdiscount, FNAC, Rakuten, Shopify, and your own webstore, CloudHub is the single console that holds the master SKU, syncs inventory both ways, routes every order through one fulfilment workflow, reprices against competitors, and reports across the lot. You do not log into Amazon Seller Central, then eBay Seller Hub, then OnBuy, and reconcile by hand. You operate all of them from one screen.

What CloudHub does

CloudHub holds your common inventory as a master record and pushes it to each marketplace listing. It pulls every marketplace order into one pending orders queue, runs them through your warehouse pick, pack, and ship workflow, generates carrier labels and manifests, then writes shipment confirmation back to the source marketplace. Repricing against Amazon competitors runs continuously in the background. Reports cross-cut sales, inventory age, returns, late shipments, and shipping costs across all channels.

Supported marketplaces

CloudHub currently supports:

Amazon

Including FBA as a distinct fulfilment surface, multi-region (UK, DE, FR, IT, ES, US), and multiple Seller Central accounts.

eBay

Per-account order download settings and full listing management.

OnBuy

Inventory sync and order routing from the OnBuy marketplace.

Cdiscount and FNAC

French marketplace coverage including Cdiscount and FNAC / PriceMinister.

Rakuten and TradeMe

Rakuten (international) and TradeMe (New Zealand) marketplace integrations.

Shopify and BigCommerce

Webstore channels alongside marketplace channels, all in one inventory view.
Additional marketplaces supported: Allegro, Fruugo, Shopline, Abebooks, Wish, Alibris, Mano Mano, Game, and SKUCloud.

The eight service modules

CloudHub uses bracketed action verbs as its design language. Each verb is one module:
ModuleVerbWhat it owns
Inventory Management[Optimise]Master SKU catalogue, per-marketplace listings, imports and exports, listing status, FBA inventory
Order Management[Deliver]Pending orders, scan pack ship, manual orders, FBA orders, courier manifests, print logs
Repricing Automation[Compete]Amazon repricing dashboard, competition analysis, min/max price rules, per-SKU repricing status
Reporting and Analytics[Analyse]Sales, products, returns, late shipments, VAT, inventory age, website cart and search reports
Warehouse Management[Locate]Warehouse and stock locations, purchase orders, suppliers, goods received, stock movement log
Setup and Configuration[Configure]Marketplace accounts, order workflow, shipping carriers, repricing profiles, document templates, user permissions
Customer ServicesCreate order, customer-service-led order entry, website customers and sales lookup
Vendor CentralAmazon Vendor Central direct fulfilment, vendor retail, vendor inventory, vendor setup

Setting up CloudHub

1

Connect your marketplace accounts

Navigate to Configure → Marketplace Accounts. The page lists every supported marketplace as a tab. For each marketplace you sell on:
  1. Click the marketplace tab (for example, Amazon).
  2. Click Add a [Marketplace] Account.
  3. For Amazon, pick the country — each Amazon marketplace (UK, DE, FR, US) is a separate connection.
  4. Authorise via the marketplace OAuth flow (Amazon SP-API, eBay developer key, Shopify OAuth, and so on).
  5. Once authorised, the account appears in the grid. Toggle Status to Active to start syncing.
Repeat for every marketplace account you operate. Multi-region Amazon sellers typically add one account per region.
2

Configure your organisation settings

Navigate to Configure → Organisation Settings. Set your company name, trading address, VAT details, base time zone, and base currency. Your time zone setting controls how all timestamps appear in reports and order grids — get this right before you start processing orders. Upload your company logo (201px × 73px maximum) so it renders correctly on customer-facing invoices.
3

Set up email and shipping

In Configure → Email and FTP Settings, enter your SMTP credentials so CloudHub can send invoice emails and report notifications. A transactional email provider (SendGrid, Postmark, Mailgun) is recommended over a corporate email account to avoid rate-limit issues at multichannel order volumes.In Configure → Shipping & Carrier Configuration, assign your carriers (Royal Mail, DPD, Parcelforce, Interlink Express, and others) and set domestic and international service levels. CloudHub uses these to generate carrier labels and manifests during the ship step.
4

Define your order workflow

In Configure → Order Workflow, set your order processing workflow, stage flow, and calendar. CloudHub’s order management module reads from this configuration when routing orders through your warehouse. The Deliver Order Stages Settings page lets you toggle which of the 20-plus order stages are active for your operation.
5

Set up repricing profiles

If you sell on Amazon, configure your repricing profiles in Configure → Repricing Profiles (Buy-Box percentage or rule-based) and your per-account shipping rules in Configure → Compete Pricing Rules. The [Compete] module reads from these settings when adjusting prices against competitors.
6

Invite your team and set permissions

In Configure → User Permissions and Settings, create user role groups, assign permissions per group, and invite team members. Restrict Configure-edit access to an Admin role; grant CS agents and warehouse staff only the access they need for their specific modules.
Each marketplace channel has its own inventory rules. Amazon FBA inventory is tracked separately from FBM inventory. eBay listings can be toggled to auto-download orders or to require manual intervention. Cdiscount and FNAC have file-based listing requirements. Review the per-marketplace configuration in the Marketplace Accounts tab before activating a new channel to avoid listing errors or misdirected stock.

Inventory sync

CloudHub holds your common inventory as the master record in the Inventory Hub. Per-marketplace listings read from this master, so a stock quantity change in CloudHub propagates out to every active listing. Inbound stock (goods received in the Locate module against a purchase order) updates the master and flows to listings automatically. The Inventory Hub dashboard gives you a per-marketplace tab view across Amazon, eBay, OnBuy, Rakuten, Cdiscount, FNAC, TradeMe, Shopify, Allegro, Fruugo, Shopline, Abebooks, and FBA. The Fast Selling Lines panel on the main dashboard surfaces the ten SKUs with the highest units sold in the last 30 days alongside their current stock level — a zero current quantity on a fast seller is the single most actionable signal on the screen.

Order routing

Every marketplace order flows into the CloudHub pending orders queue regardless of which channel it came from. From there, your team processes orders through the warehouse workflow: pick, pack, scan, generate a carrier label, print a shipping note, and dispatch. CloudHub writes the shipment confirmation back to the source marketplace automatically. The Scan, Pack and Ship workflow supports barcode scanning for pick accuracy and integrates with your configured carriers for label generation. FBA orders, manual orders, and 3PL-routed orders each have dedicated sub-screens in the [Deliver] module.

The VendorDB multi-account model

CloudHub does not assume one user equals one company. A VendorDB code identifies the trading entity, and a single login can switch between several VendorDBs from the avatar menu. Each VendorDB has its own marketplace accounts, warehouses, repricing profiles, and SKU catalogue. This is how brand groups, multi-entity retailers, and 3PL operators run several distinct businesses on one login without cross-contaminating data.