Channel
WalmartWalmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS
Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS is one of Walmart's 8 EDI trading channels. It supports 7 document types including X12 860, X12 824, X12 856, X12 810, X12 850, and more.
- Documents
- 7 transactions
- Standards
- X12 + EDIFACT
- Transport
- AS2 · SFTP · API
Document catalog
EDI documents we support for Walmart Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS
7 EDI transactions ready to integrate.
- X12 860 Purchase Order Change Request Buyer Initiated View guidelines →
- X12 824 Application Advice View guidelines →
- X12 856 Ship Notice Manifest View guidelines →
- X12 810 Invoice View guidelines →
- X12 850 Purchase Order View guidelines →
- X12 846 Inventory Inquiry Advice View guidelines →
- X12 855 Purchase Order Acknowledgment View guidelines →
Document flow on this channel
How documents flow on Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS
This channel carries 7 of Walmart's 13 document types; the rest run on other Walmart channels (listed below).
Catalog & inventory
Partial on this channel- 832 Price / Sales Catalog not on Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS
- 846 Inventory Inquiry Advice
- 852 Product Activity Data not on Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS
Only available on other Walmart channels
- 204 Motor Carrier Load Tender on Walmart.com via Mercury Gate →
- 210 Motor Carrier Freight Details And Invoice on Walmart.com via Mercury Gate →
- 214 Transportation Carrier Shipment Status Message on Walmart.com via Mercury Gate →
- 816 Organizational Relationships on Walmart (Goods Not For Resale) →
- 864 Text Message on Walmart US (Goods for Resale) →
- 990 Response To A Load Tender on Walmart.com via Mercury Gate →
Network onboarding
Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS is routed through SPS Commerce
Stacksync maintains a certified SPS Commerce connection covering 74 trading partners across 94 channels. Onboarding with Walmart on this channel reuses that connection — no separate VAN contract or certification cycle.
SPS Commerce operates a full-service retail EDI network that the company describes as the world's largest, citing more than 1,000,000 connections and 4,000-plus retailers and distributors. Retailers route supplier compliance programs through SPS, which tests and certifies each supplier connection on the retailer's behalf. Traffic centers on retail order-to-cash documents: purchase orders (850), invoices (810), advance ship notices (856), acknowledgments (855), order changes (860), and inventory advice (846).
Connecting via SPS Commerce
- Open an SPS Commerce account, typically in response to a retailer compliance or onboarding campaign that names SPS as its EDI testing partner.
- Choose a connection model: the web fulfillment portal, a prebuilt integration to one of 100-plus ERP, WMS, or accounting systems, or direct EDI over AS2, FTP, or a VAN.
- Map documents to each retailer's specification; SPS consultants review the retailer-specific requirements.
- Complete the SPS testing and certification program: connectivity testing with retailer-specific test data, process validation, and an optional fulfillment trial.
- Cut over to production document exchange with the retailer.
Testing: SPS runs a staged program before go-live: consultants review the retailer's requirements, the supplier exchanges retailer-specific test data over its chosen transport (VAN, AS2, or FTP), the end-to-end process is validated, and an optional fulfillment trial exercises sample orders. Test data sets follow the retailer's order management model. SPS also maintains thousands of pre-mapped EDI connections across its network, which reduces map-building for common retailer requirements.
Timeline: SPS states that new trading partner setups averaging 8-plus weeks across the industry can complete through its testing service in 5 business days. Actual timing depends on the retailer's compliance calendar and how deeply the supplier integrates its ERP.
Most-traded documents on SPS Commerce
- 850 92 ch
- 810 91 ch
- 856 90 ch
- 855 87 ch
- 860 56 ch
- 846 29 ch
Other partners reachable via SPS Commerce
Walmart Drop Ship Vendor via SPS questions
Which network handles the Walmart drop-ship vendor channel?
SPS Commerce. All documents on this channel — 810, 824, 846, 850, 855, 856, and 860 — route through the SPS Commerce network rather than a direct Walmart connection.
Does this channel support a complete order-to-cash flow?
Yes. It carries 850 purchase orders and 860 changes inbound, with 855 acknowledgments, 856 ship notices, and 810 invoices outbound, plus 846 inventory advice and 824 application advice for status feedback.
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