Quickbooks / Business Catalyst item number question

I just synced BC with my Quickbooks company file. Everything worked correctly except when sales receipts were created for orders on the site, it didn't use the product SKU (item number) that I have in BC and Quickbooks (both the exact same numbers associated with products), it created a new item called "Online Shop - Product" and used that for every product sold. This is a problem for us because we use Quickbooks to track our inventory. If BC isn't connecting its item numbers to the ones we have in Quickbooks, inventory isn't taken out when it should be. Is there something I can do about this or is this just how the QB/BC integration works? Very frustrating.
Thanks in advance for any help.

I've speced and quoted it 3-4 times, one client is looking to build end of the year, but it depends on the quickbooks version and some other factors (like how deep you want the integration and your expectations) so each quote and implementation is a little different, drop me a private message if you are looking to implement or happy to answer any questions here.

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