Product Preparations
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The Seller Center and Shopify organize their products slightly differently.
Shopify's product structure consists of two levels: Product and Variant, with Options serving as attributes that define the variants. Here's a clearer representation:
Component
Purpose
Examples
Product (Style)
Base item with general attributes like the name and in which collections the product is
"Men's T-Shirt"
Variant (Size, Color etc.)
Specific versions of the product, defined by options
"Medium Red T-Shirt"
Options(Attributes)
Characteristics used to differentiate variants
Size (Small, Medium), Color (Red)
The Seller Center (and ABOUT YOU) work with a slightly more restrictive product structure.
Component
Purpose
Examples
Master (Style)
Contains basic product information like the name and what brand and category it belongs to. Also named "Style".
"Men's T-Shirt"
Product (Color)
Differentiated by the Color of the Product
"Red T-Shirt"
Variant (Size)
Differentiated by the Size of the Product
"Red T-Shirt in Size S"
The Seller Center will do its best to map the options defined at the variant level to the respective levels in the Seller Center. You can make that work easier for you by assigning certain Options to your products.
So if you define a "Size" Option, we will try to map it to the sizes we have attached for the Category you choose.
A basic example of this could be seen in the Shopify Admin Interface. A common pattern is that on Shopify, the products are separated by Color. So the product name indicates the color of the product e.g. "Red T-Shirt".
In this case, we can automatically map the Size, not the Color, and you must define it when syncing your products.
In this case you need to map the sizes manually.
To make mapping even easier you can define the color and size as options. In this case we automatically map your product to our product layout
Make sure that every variant has an SKU. This SKU must be unique for your shop. We use it to identify this product in your system, so also reusing SKUs for new Variants might lead to problems.
The barcode is optional
You must mark every variant you want to use as a physical product.
Law requires the weight, country of origin and HS Code.
To make sure we can match the brand in the Seller Center, make sure to add the brandname in the Vendor section of your product.
Once you've done these steps, you're ready to sync your products in the next step!
Sometimes we can't map the sizes you defined to our system. For example when you have defined a kid's Top with the sizes S,M and L and ABOUT YOU expects international sizes like 32, 38, 40, 44 etc.
