Description
eBay Akeneo Connector: With the help of eBay Akeneo Connector, you can create a product listing on eBay marketplace using Akeneo PIM platform. eBay-Akeneo integration allows you to manage thousands of products easily. You can connect your eBay store using multiple credentials, map categories, product attributes and do much more using multichannel PIM integration.
Please Note:
- If you want to use this extension on Akeneo EE Serenity mode, please contact us.
- For the Akeneo installation, your Akeneo server should meet these system requirements.
Features
- List your products and product with variations on eBay from Akeneo
- Works with multiple eBay account credentials
- You can map Akeneo categories with eBay categories
- You can map Akeneo product attributes with eBay product attributes
- Set the default configuration value
Compatibility with All Akeneo Edition
Akeneo PIM helps to centralize all your Product Information in a single place. You can create, manage, and enrich the product information and distribute it to various channels like ERP, eCommerce, Mobile App, POS, and Marketplaces. Webkul is the largest Akeneo solution provider in the World. We have covered more than ⅓ extensions among all the Akeneo extensions at their marketplace.
We have also started to provide the solution on the All Akeneo version including Akeneo Community Edition, Akeneo Growth, Akeneo Flexibility, and Akeneo Serenity Edition.
On Self-Hosted Server & PaaS(Platform as a Service)
Akeneo PIM provides open-source PIM software. Open-Source software is released under a license with source code and provides the rights to the users to modify the code. Anyone can easily access the code to create a set of tools or apps which are required for the integrations.
Akeneo Community Edition
Akeneo Community Edition is open-source. It is being trusted by many Enterprise Customers and downloaded more than 80K times. Akeneo Community Edition is the most popular PIM that can be hosted on any dedicated server which meets the installation requirements. We provide end-to-end support for Community Edition for Customization, Module Development, Support, and Training.
Akeneo Enterprise Flexibility Mode
Akeneo has an Enterprise version also. Akeneo Enterprise contains Akeneo Flexibility(PaaS) and Akeneo Serenity mode(SaaS). We do provide complete support for Akeneo Flexibility(PaaS). PaaS(Platform as a Service) is a service to allows customers to controls the software deployment with a limited option. The service provider provides the server, database, integration to the consumers. All the Webkul modules are compatible with the Akeneo Enterprise Flexibility.
SaaS-Based Akeneo
SaaS(Software as a service) is a software distribution model and a way of delivering the application over the internet. A SaaS product is centrally hosted and is licensed based on a subscription model. Saas is being popular as they are fast and bring limitless opportunities in development.
Akeneo Growth Edition
Akeneo Growth Edtion is a SaaS PIM. The Growth Edition provides Fast Deployment, Automatic Upgrades, Scalable, and Adaptable PIM solutions. All the Webkul Extension is compatible with the Akeneo Growth Edition. We do configure the Extension with Middleware software. It uses the Akeneo API for integration.
Akeneo Enterprise Serenity Mode
Akeneo Enterprise Serenity is also a SaaS-based like Growth. Akeneo EE has some advanced features like Asset Manager, Reference Entities, and Advance Rights Management. All the Webkul Extension is compatible with the Akeneo EE Serenity with Middleware software(Developed by Webkul).
Attributes Mapping
An attribute tells the characteristics of a product. It is used to share more information with the customer for purchasing of goods. The product attributes can be the physical or technical characteristics of the products.
For example, a mobile phone keeps both types of features technical and physical. Physical attributes are like color, weight and technical attributes are like Camera quality and Mobile storage.
In eBay Akeneo connector, you can map the attribute for send the product information from Akeneo to eBay. You can also send the images as an attribute and some item-specific attributes like colors, weight.
- It synchronizes Akeneo attribute mapping fields to eBay product fields mapping.
- You can send item-specific attributes
Connect Multiple eBay Accounts
If you are running multiple eBay account, you can connect them with Akeneo and do product synchronization simultaneously. For this, you have to set the credentials and named it.
In the credential setup fields, you can see all the credential saved by you. You can activate and deactivate those credentials.
In the credential, you can mention the details like common details, Listing details, Dispatch details, return policy, and shipping.
- You can send the product to different eBay account.
- You can set the common details for each account.
Categories Mapping
Category mapping allows you to link your Akeneo product categories to appropriate categories on eBay. Mapping of Akeneo categories with the eBay categories will save your time while listing of the products.
Category mapping is the easiest way to check that the product is listed in the eBay category or not. For the mapping of product category, you have to first map the primary eBay category and then its child category.
- Category mapping helps you in the product listing.
- It reduces the product export time.
Variant product export
In Akeneo to eBay connector, you can add product variant and export it to eBay.
Variant products are the product that comes in the more than one option such as color and size. Each combination of these creates a new product.
For example, if you have two clothes option like color and size. You have three colors red, green, and blue.
You have also three sizes option small, medium and large. Then the combination of color and size makes a variant product like the blue color and medium size.
- You can export more than one product listing with a single product.
- You can save more time than create a single product.
Filter the product
Product filtering allows the merchant to refine product while exporting from the Akeneo to eBay. A merchant can export the selected product.
You can filter your product on the basis of Family, Time condition, and Category.
- Family – You can select the product family which is indicating similar products.
- Time Condition – You can filter the product on the time like - Updated product from since this date.
- Category – You can filter the product on the basis of product category and sub-categories.
Akeneo 7.0.x Compatible -
- In Akeneo Version 7, SKU is no longer mandatory to create a product and now UUID is the new product identifier. (CE, EE).
- Smoother mapping and faster importing. (CE, EE).
- Tailored export can help to improve the readability of your product information export by defining rounding operations for measurement values. (EE)
- In Akeneo Version 7, you can now map columns in your source data to additional attribute types. (EE)
- Tailored imports help you to clean up your HTML Characters (EE).
- Using Tailored imports, we can find and replace specific words in Text and Text Area Attributes. (EE).
- Now we are creating a table attribute you can take advantage of measurement. (EE).
- Now we can use reference entities as a column type in the table attribute(EE).
Support
For any query or issue please create a support ticket here http://webkul.uvdesk.com/