PromoStandards and AI: What Distributors and Resellers Should Know

Where AI Can Help

🔍 Handles messy data

Suppliers don’t always follow PromoStandards rules perfectly. AI can spot and extract the right product or inventory info—even when it’s not in the right place.

🧭 Finds differences between suppliers

Different suppliers often return data in slightly different ways. AI tools can help detect these small inconsistencies, which keeps your store from breaking when switching vendors.

⚙️ Speeds up basic coding

AI can write simple “starter” code to help programmers save time. It doesn’t replace a developer, but it can take care of the repetitive stuff and keep the project moving faster.

📚 Summarizes documentation

PromoStandards specs are long and technical. AI can pull out the key parts and answer questions, which helps new team members or busy business owners stay in the loop.

🧪 Handles hard-to-read responses (once)

If a supplier’s response is confusing, AI can help extract the right info. But since AI tools charge by the word, it’s smart to store that cleaned result in a local database to avoid paying again for the same data.

Where AI Falls Short

⚠️ May give wrong answers with confidence

AI tools sometimes invent things—like fields or formats that don’t exist—and make them sound legit. If no one checks the code, that mistake can lead to integration failures.

🚧 Doesn’t understand your business rules

AI doesn’t know what’s important to your store or customers. Only real humans can apply judgment about which data matters and how it should be displayed.

🔐 Privacy matters (sometimes)

If your integration handles customer details or order data, you have to be careful with what you paste into an AI tool. Product info is fine—but private data needs extra care.

🤖 Still needs a real developer

AI is helpful, but not a replacement. A human developer still has to put the pieces together and make sure the integration is stable and secure.