Mandatory Product Information
Mandatory Product Information
Basic information and required fields that must be present in each product in your XML file.
Content
Unique ID
name
Product link (product link)
Image link (image link)
price
availability
Category (category name)
Manufacturer
MPN
Mass
Unique ID
Unique product code
It exists in the database of your store and connects accordingly to ours. In fact, it represents the “identification” of the product and should not change, since the product is updated accordingly in AlpaDiscounters.
Name
The name/title of the product
The name should have a certain structure and include such important characteristics as the type of product, manufacturer, model, color, capacity, type, gender (male/female), etc.
The reason why the above information should be listed in the header is that it plays a very important role in the search for AlpaDiscounters visitors. You should make sure that it is no longer than 7-10 words.
In most cases, this is the same as what is shown in your store, but it is not necessary. You can have one header in the store and another in your XML.
Product link (product link)
The link to the product page in your store
The product page should display all information about the product. Price, availability, photos, technical specifications, etc.
Product pages must have an SSL certificate and be encrypted with the https protocol.
Image Link (image link)
The link to the main photo of the products
This is the main photo that should represent the product that will be sent to the customer.
Product photos should be in the highest possible resolution. The higher the resolution, the better the product is displayed, which gives the user the opportunity to see more details in the image by zooming.
The minimum allowable limit for one of the two borderless photo sizes is 1000 pixels. The larger sizes you choose, the better photos of your products will be displayed to users.
In addition, the products must be displayed on a white background and without logos.
The page with photos must have an SSL certificate and be encrypted using the https protocol.
Photo dimensions
Photo margin
Photo resolution
Photo background
Logos and promotions
Shooting angle
Price
The final price of the product displayed in your store
The price reported by AlpaDiscounters must be the final price of the product. That is, the price after VAT and if there is an offer, then the price after the discount.
Availability
Product delivery time
This field concerns the delivery time of your product. The time during which the consumer will receive the ordered goods must be fixed.
Accessibility Dictionary
The accessibility verbs that you can define and that will be displayed to the end user are as follows:
Immediately Available:
Refers to items that are immediately available for express delivery. A special mark “Express delivery” appears only if the corresponding service in AlpaDiscounters operates in the store and the product meets the other criteria for participation in the service;
When the service is not active for the store, the products for which this availability is set will be displayed on AlpaDiscounters as “Available”.
Any products that you don’t want to have in “Express Delivery” should be listed with one of the following availability options.
Available from 1-3 days:
Refers to products that are in stock in the store or available for Suppliers from the warehouse and/or supplier and can be delivered within 3 days.
Available from 4 to 10 days:
It concerns products that are not available in the store, but in any case will be delivered within the specified period.
Available from 10 to 30 days:
Refers to goods that are not in stock and that are delivered only to order. In any case, the delivery period cannot exceed 30 calendar days, which is the maximum period established by the legislation on e-commerce and distance trading.
In addition, yours should pay attention to the following:
If the availability field says “2-5 days”, AlpaDiscounters will show “Available from 4-10 days”. Therefore, the upper bound sent is taken into account and compared with the AlpaDiscounters dictionary.
Inaccessible products are not displayed in the search engine at all, but it is recommended to remove them from XML.
To configure the above availability, you can refer to the technical instructions.
Category (category name)
Product category in your store
The path from the main page to the product category on your site.
For example: “Home > Women`s Fashion>.”
Manufacturer
Trademark or manufacturer of the product
There are products of an unknown manufacturer. To indicate that these products do not have a manufacturer, you must enter the word OEM in the manufacturer field. Avoid multiple OEM products in XML, as they may not be displayed in AlpaDiscounters.
MPN
The part number of the product Part
The part number is a unique number that the manufacturer assigns to the product. Many times it’s the same model. To make sure your part numbers are correct, you need to either check with your supplier or do an internet search.
Weight
Product Weight
It is necessary to calculate and display the delivery of the goods on the AlpaDiscounters page. In particular, in order for your products to be displayed in the search engine, you need to set up delivery rules on the management platform of our partners. The weight must be specified in grams or kilograms with the addition of a unit of measurement.
For example, for a 2.7 kg product, you should fill in 2700 or 2.7 kg.