Patent ID: 8407110

Claim:
A system, comprising: a memory storing program instructions; and one or more processors coupled to said memory, wherein said program instructions are executable by at least one of said one or more processors to implement an inventory management system for a fulfillment services provider, wherein said inventory management system is configured to: determine identification information for a merchant; based on the identification information for the merchant, access, from an e-commerce provider of an e-commerce channel listing one or more items for sale for the merchant, listing information for the one or more listed items that are already listed for sale by the merchant with the e-commerce provider through the e-commerce channel; generate, based on the stored listing information, a user interface providing an indication of the one or more listed items that are already listed for sale by the merchant with the e-commerce provider through the e-commerce channel, wherein order fulfillment services for the one or more listed items are not currently provided by said fulfillment services provider and are instead provided by the merchant, wherein the user interface provides a single action user interface element for the merchant to register the one or more listed items for order fulfillment services provided by said fulfillment services provider instead of the order fulfillment services provided by the merchant, and wherein the single action user interface element corresponds to the one or more listed items accessed based on the identification information for the merchant; and in response to receiving an indication of activation of the single action user interface element, register the one or more listed items for order fulfillment services provided by said fulfillment services provider to transition order fulfillment responsibility for the one or more listed items from the merchant to said fulfillment services provider, wherein registering the one or more listed items for order fulfillment services provided by said fulfillment services provider includes one or more of: providing to said merchant information or items for conveying units of the one or more listed items to said fulfillment services provider, modifying one or more sales listings for the one or more listed items to indicate that orders for the one or more listed items are fulfilled by said fulfillment services provider, or including the one or more listed items as available for one or more promotional or special handling services offered for other items for which orders are fulfilled by said fulfillment services provider.