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Shopping Providers Recommended Inventory File Content

When listing to Comparison Shopping Sites you will be required to send the required data designated by each provider. The table below outlines the fields required for some of the most popular providers. For a full list of fields that are required and accepted you will need to visit each site to obtain this information.

To learn about the various formats available to upload your inventory file into ChannelAdvisor as well as the methods available to deliver those files please visit the  Upload File Formats  and  File Delivery Methods  pages.

 

= Required

  = Conditionally Required

  = Highly Recommended

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Field Name

Description

Google

Amazon

Shopping.com

NexTag

Price Grabber

Become.com

Shopzilla

Action URLTrackable URL for the specific product offer. The URL should take the customer directly to the product detail page where they can purchase the item.

Age GroupThe age range most commonly assoicated with the item.

(US) Apparel

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BrandThe distinctive name or trademark under which the product is marketed.

Category/ClassificationYour category hierarchy for this product, with a delimiter between levels, with no preceding or trailing delimiter. Use a delimiter other than the one separating fields in your feed. Note: Send only the primary category (most relevant, most descriptive) to which this product should be assigned. 

ConditionA classification of the condition of the product 

N/A

     
ColorThe color of the product

(US) Apparel

N/A

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
GenderThe gender most commonly associated with the item

(US) Apparel

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
HeightThe Height of the product

     
Image File/Reference Image URLURL for image that represents the product offer. The URL must begin with http:// and end with the image file type extension (.gif, .jpg).

 
Item Group IDThis is the shared identifier for product variations ("variants"). It is not needed for products that don't have variations. If you have a Parent SKU that is shared by all variants of a product, you can provide that as the value for this field. 

(US) Apparel

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
LengthThe Length of the product    

 
Long DescriptionText describing offered product. 

ManufacturerThe name of the company that created the product. (Not necessarily the same as the Brand) N/AN/A

N/A
MPNManufacturer Part Number - A unique identifier assigned to a product by the manufacturer 

N/A 
MSRPManufacturers Suggested Retail Price N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A N/A  N/A  
PriceThe regular price of the product offer. Do not include commas or dollar signs in this field. If there’s only one price value, please populate either CurrentPrice or both RegularPrice and CurrentPrice. 

 
Product FeaturesTechnical features of a product 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A N/A N/AN/A 
Product IDA standard, alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the product. This could be a UPC or EAN. This is a required field if product-id-type is provided. 

 
Search Terms / KeywordsSearch keywords that will help customers locate your product 

 
Size The size of the itemN/AN/AN/A N/A  N/AN/A 
SKU or Inventory Number or ModelA ID (number) used to uniqely identify a product, most often your SKU number or inventory tracking number. 

Stock StatusStock designates the quantity of products currently on-hand or if the product is in-stock. Use a numerical value to represent quantity in-stock; alternate designations include: In-Stock, Back-Order, Pre-Order, Out of Stock, Limited Quantity, Special Order, See Site 100 to represent 100 units in stock

N/A

Sub Category IDA site specific value used to determine where a product will be visible in a browse hierarchy 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/AN/A 
Title or Product NameConcise name of the offered product. Some sites limit this field so longer product names may be truncated on certain sites. 

WeightThe shipping weight in pounds of the products 
WidthThe Width of the product 

 

When listing to Comparison Shopping Sites you will be required to send the required data designated by each provider. The table below outlines the fields required for some of the most popular providers. For a full list of fields that are required and accepted you will need to visit each site to obtain this information.

To learn about the various formats available to upload your inventory file into ChannelAdvisor as well as the methods available to deliver those files please visit the  Upload File Formats  and  File Delivery Methods  pages.

 

= Required

  = Conditionally Required

  = Highly Recommended

Download this Table in Excel

 

 

Field Name

Description

Google

Amazon

Shopping.com

NexTag

Price Grabber

Become.com

Shopzilla

Action URLTrackable URL for the specific product offer. The URL should take the customer directly to the product detail page where they can purchase the item.

Age GroupThe age range most commonly assoicated with the item.

(US) Apparel

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
BrandThe distinctive name or trademark under which the product is marketed.

Category/ClassificationYour category hierarchy for this product, with a delimiter between levels, with no preceding or trailing delimiter. Use a delimiter other than the one separating fields in your feed. Note: Send only the primary category (most relevant, most descriptive) to which this product should be assigned. 

ConditionA classification of the condition of the product 

N/A

     
ColorThe color of the product

(US) Apparel

N/A

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
GenderThe gender most commonly associated with the item

(US) Apparel

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
HeightThe Height of the product

     
Image File/Reference Image URLURL for image that represents the product offer. The URL must begin with http:// and end with the image file type extension (.gif, .jpg).

 
Item Group IDThis is the shared identifier for product variations ("variants"). It is not needed for products that don't have variations. If you have a Parent SKU that is shared by all variants of a product, you can provide that as the value for this field. 

(US) Apparel

N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
LengthThe Length of the product    

 
Long DescriptionText describing offered product. 

ManufacturerThe name of the company that created the product. (Not necessarily the same as the Brand) N/AN/A

N/A
MPNManufacturer Part Number - A unique identifier assigned to a product by the manufacturer 

N/A 
MSRPManufacturers Suggested Retail Price N/A N/A N/AN/A N/A N/A  N/A  
PriceThe regular price of the product offer. Do not include commas or dollar signs in this field. If there’s only one price value, please populate either CurrentPrice or both RegularPrice and CurrentPrice. 

 
Product FeaturesTechnical features of a product 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A N/A N/AN/A 
Product IDA standard, alphanumeric string that uniquely identifies the product. This could be a UPC or EAN. This is a required field if product-id-type is provided. 

 
Search Terms / KeywordsSearch keywords that will help customers locate your product 

 
Size The size of the itemN/AN/AN/A N/A  N/AN/A 
SKU or Inventory Number or ModelA ID (number) used to uniqely identify a product, most often your SKU number or inventory tracking number. 

Stock StatusStock designates the quantity of products currently on-hand or if the product is in-stock. Use a numerical value to represent quantity in-stock; alternate designations include: In-Stock, Back-Order, Pre-Order, Out of Stock, Limited Quantity, Special Order, See Site 100 to represent 100 units in stock

N/A

Sub Category IDA site specific value used to determine where a product will be visible in a browse hierarchy 

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/AN/A 
Title or Product NameConcise name of the offered product. Some sites limit this field so longer product names may be truncated on certain sites. 

WeightThe shipping weight in pounds of the products 
WidthThe Width of the product 

 

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