TABLE OF CONTENTS


Overview

This article will show you step by step how to assign marketplace categories to your products.  To access our Category Mapping Screen please follow either of these two steps to begin:


From the Dashboard see Need a category to list in  - Fix Now

OR

From the left hand menu navigation click Products - Marketplace Name (eg Kogan) - Need category to list

Both of these options will bring you to the Manage Listing - Need category screen. 


Options for assigning a category


There are 2 options to assign a category to products

  1.  Assign ALL products in one of your Retailer Categories to a chosen Marketplace Category (called Category to Category Mapping)
    1. This is the quickest option if your retailer categories are well aligned to the marketplace category. For example if your retailer category from your ecommerce store is Food Processors you can assign the eBay category 'Food Processors' so that ALL products from your retailer category are listed there.
    2. This DOES NOT WORK if your retailer categories are NOT well aligned to the marketplace category. For example, if the retailer category is 'blenders' and contains a variety of products including food processors, stick blenders, handheld blenders then there is not a corresponding category on eBay that matches it. You should then assign categories to individual products.
    3. Create mapping rules - when you add new products to a category in your ecommerce store and a marketplace category has been assigned in our system we will import the new product and assign the category automatically so that the new product lists on the Marketplace.
  2. Assign Products or a Product to a Marketplace Category (called Product Category Mapping)
    1. If your retailer categories do not match marketplace categories then you will need to assign categories to individual products.


Assign using Your Category to a Marketplace Category


  1. From the Dashboard, click 'Need a category to list in Fix Now'
  2. By default, you will see your retailer categories listed (your categories)

  3. If you are happy with the 'Suggested' marketplace category, click the check box and our system will apply that category.
  4. If the suggested category is not appropriate, click 'Choose Category'
  5. You  have 3 options on this screen.  You can start typing by keyword to see the different categories available or navigate to the marketplace category tree to click, look and choose. Once you have selected a category, click 'Save category'.



Assign a Product to a Marketplace Category


  1. From the Dashboard, click 'Need a category to list in Fix Now'.
  2. By default, you will see your retailer categories listed. Click 'Products' so that you can view all individual products.
  3. If you are happy with the 'Suggested' marketplace category, click the check box
  4. If the suggested category is not appropriate, select the products you want to map by adding a tick in the left hand box and click 'Choose Category' or if more than 1 product click 'Choose a category to list in'.
  5. You  have 3 options on this screen.  You can start typing by keyword to see the different categories available or navigate to the marketplace category tree to click, look and choose. Once you have selected a category, click 'Save category'.
  6. Remember you can assign the same marketplace category to more than 1 product by ticking the check box and clicking 'Choose a category to list in' at the top of the table. To find similar products, search by keyword first then select all.