Download connector to connect your Magento store with ShopSimon™ Portal. There are multiple options for Magento 1 and Magento 2.
Adding Connections
A connection is a way to connect your Magento store to the ShopSimon™ portal. Retailers will need information from the portal to configure a connection:
- URL of your ShopSimon™ Portal Back Office (ex. https://marketplace.sspo.com/api)
- API Key: My User Settings > API Key > Generate a new key
- Shop Simon Portal Shop ID: My Account > Settings > ID XXXX
To get started, in the menu bar of Magento, select Seller > Connections > Add New. Fill in the requested information and click “Save Connection.”
There are additional configurations you can set with the Magento 1 & Magento 2 once you have established a connection.
Adding Listings
A listing is a subset of your Magento Catalog, it is usually made up of entire categories of products, or a selection of products. Listings is how you will define the list of products you want to send to the ShopSimon™ marketplace.
To create a listing please follow the below steps:
1. In the Magento menu bar: Seller > Listings > Add New
2. Select the ShopSimon™ connection to export your listing of products and hit “Continue.”
3. Configure your listing.
4. Define conditions and filter products to export.
*You will need to assign category values at the simple product level or select individual skus to generate catalog/listing export.
5. If additional fields, define their value.
6. Click Save.
Export Your ShopSimon™ Listing
Once you have successfully created your ShopSimon™ listing within the seller connector, the next step is to export your product file for mapping in the ShopSimon™ portal. You must map your catalog structure (attributes, value lists, catalog categories) with the ShopSimon™ catalog structure to be able to automatically export your products to the marketplace.
To export your product file, please follow the below steps:
1. In the Magento menu bar, select Seller > Listings.
2. Click a listing.
3. Click the Products / Prices & Stocks tab.
4. Click the ‘Download Products for Mapping’ button to download the CSV file containing your products.
ShopSimon™ Mapping Wizard
The final step to is to map your product catalog using ShopSimon™ Configuration Wizard. You will need to complete this step any time you add new products to your ShopSimon™ assortment. This will ultimately import your product data into the ShopSimon™ portal.
See below steps to complete the mapping wizard. You will need to click and drag your values into the operators values at each step.
- Export File From Connect
- Import Product File Into ShopSimon™ Portal
- Identify Field Used For Categorization
- Category Mapping
- Attribute Mapping
- Value Mapping
- Define Rules (Optional)
- Summary And Validation
Once you complete this step, your products will land in the ShopSimon™ portal where a member of our operations team will review the catalog and publish once validated. At this time, we will request that you activate both offer and order synchronization to complete the connector configuration.
Click here for more information on the ShopSimon™ mapping wizard
Please contact ShopSimon™ Seller Support if you have any questions or need additional information - sellersupport@shopsimon.com