Use case
A live wholesale availability feed for every brand you carry
Bridge to Brands turns each brand's dealer portal into a normalized wholesale availability feed: per colourway, sizes and widths by delivery window, quantities as the portal shows them, order limits, dealer and retail price, and an as_of timestamp. Use it to show vendor stock on your site, power endless-aisle selling, or plan buys.
One shape for every brand
Every brand returns the same AvailabilityGrid: columns keyed like 7.0/B, rows for at-once and each future delivery date, and cells with qty, display and order_limit. Where a portal caps what it shows (for example “200+”), the cap is preserved in display and reported in cap_threshold and cap_applied_by.
What people build with it
- Endless aisle: show “ships from the brand” for sizes you do not stock.
- Buying sheets: pull the next delivery windows for a style before a rep meeting.
- Agents: let an AI assistant answer “do they have the 10.5 wide in black?” from live data.
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Frequently asked questions
How fresh is the availability data?
As of 16 October 2026, every availability response carries as_of, the time the brand portal was asked. Bridge to Brands reads the portal on demand, paced per brand connection, rather than serving a stale nightly file.
What does the availability grid look like?
As of 16 October 2026, the grid has columns (size and, where the brand uses it, width) and rows (at-once now, plus future delivery dates), each cell with a quantity, the portal's display text such as 200+, and any order limit.
Can I pull availability for many items at once?
Yes. As of 16 October 2026, POST /v1/brands/{brand}/lookup accepts up to 200 items by UPC, SKU or style, colour and size and returns each one's immediate availability, future windows and price.