How Provis connected the Cosmetology store to its Megaventory inventory system.
Cosmetology is a Johannesburg online beauty retailer, founded in 2016, that runs its store on WooCommerce and keeps its stock in Megaventory. Provis built the inventory sync between the two, so the store and the inventory system stay in step.
- Inventory sync
- WooCommerce
- Megaventory
Client: CosmetologyOnline beauty retailer, JohannesburgA store and a stock system that always agree.
- Stock sync
- store and Megaventory
- Both show the same stock, and it updates on its own, so nobody types it twice
- Kept as is
- Megaventory stays
- The owner keeps the stock system they know. Provis joined it to the store instead of replacing it
- 210+
- global brands
- The store shows this on its home page, so shoppers can see how wide the range is
At a glance
- The store
Cosmetology is an online beauty retailer in Johannesburg, founded in 2016, selling skincare, haircare, makeup, fragrance, health and dental hygiene products from many brands.
- What Provis built
An inventory sync between the WooCommerce store and Megaventory, the inventory system the client uses.
- Today
The store is live at cosmetology.co.za.
- Client
- Cosmetology
- Industry
- Beauty: skincare, haircare, makeup, fragrance, health and dental hygiene products from many brands
- Market
- South Africa
- Platform
- WooCommerce
- Services
- eCommerce development, ERP and inventory integration, automation
- Connected to
- Megaventory, the client's inventory system
A store whose stock lives in another system.
Cosmetology sells beauty products from many brands to shoppers in South Africa. Prices are in rand, and delivery is free on orders over R400.
Its stock is held in Megaventory, an inventory, orders and manufacturing system, while shoppers buy from a WooCommerce store. The two had to agree on what is in stock, which is the job Provis took on.
How a store with a separate stock system usually works
- Shopper ordersan order arrives in the online store
- Stock in the storeupdated by hand, or copied across now and then
- Stock systemholds a different number from the store
- Ordersretyped into the stock system
A typical flow for businesses like this, not a record of this client.
What usually slows an online store with a separate stock system down
Problems Provis often sees in projects like this, and how it fixes them.
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Stock typed in two places
A store and a stock system that are not joined need the same numbers entered twice, and sooner or later they differ.
What Provis builtOne sync between the twoThe store and the inventory system exchange stock on their own, so one number is the truth.
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Products sold that are not in stock
If the store shows old stock, a shopper can order something the warehouse no longer has.
How Provis approaches itStock that updates as it changesThe store reads the inventory system's stock again whenever it changes, not once a day.
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Slow, manual order handling
Orders copied by hand into the stock system take time and carry mistakes.
How Provis approaches itOrders passed on automaticallyEach order reaches the inventory system without anyone retyping it.
How Provis runs an inventory integration like this
- Discovery and auditProvis looks at what exists today, and agrees with you what to fix or build first
- Build or fixThe work is done in small pieces you can see and review as they land
- Test and launchEverything is checked on phones and desktops, and on real data, before it goes live
- SupportAfter launch Provis monitors, fixes and improves, around the clock
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Stock first: agree which system owns the stock, and what the store should show when it runs low.
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Connect and test: build the link between the store and the inventory system, then test with real products and orders.
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Watch it run: failed syncs are logged and watched, so a missed update is caught early.
Our approach:
Keep the system the owner knows.
Provis joins the store to the inventory system the business already uses, instead of replacing it.
Every Provis build comes with 24/7 monitoring and support after launch.
How Provis builds eCommerce storesShopping Cosmetology on a phone.
Five screens from the live store, from the home page to a product page. Select one to enlarge it.
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HomeShipping and sample offers up top
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Product cardsPrice, CosCoins and add to cart
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A categorySkincare, filtered by concern
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A productGallery and brand
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Product detailsShipping cut-off and add to cart
Live at cosmetology.co.za.
The store is live and selling beauty products to shoppers in South Africa. The figures below are from the store's own home page, October 2026.
- 210+
- global brands
- R400
- free delivery above this
- Same day
- shipping for express items
- Free
- samples with all orders
cosmetology.co.za (opens in a new tab)After launch
Live, and open to change.
The store sells in rand, with free delivery on orders over R400 and a cut-off time for same-day shipping.
On a phone it shows the search and the cart at the top, with the menu behind a button.
Provis has delivered 200+ projects since 2012, with a team of 25+ engineers, designers, QA and project leads.
Every Provis build comes with 24/7 monitoring and support after launch.
How every Provis project runs
- One project leadyour single point of contact
- A written weekly update and a demoof what was built that week
- A staging link and your repoyou see the work as it is built; the code goes straight into your repo
- QA before launchour QA team tests every feature
- Yours from day onecode repo, cloud account and domain in your company's name; our team joins as collaborators, and you can remove access at any time
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