Link/Unlink existing marketplace listings in Valigara

How to link/unlink existing listings created outside Valigara (f.i. directly on the sales channel or though a different platform) to products in Valigara? 

• Link single listings   
• Link multiple listings  
• Unlink single listings   
• Unlink multiple listings

Link Single Listings

To link a listing to a single product:

• Go to Catalog > Products
• For the relevant product click the drop-down next to the blue icon edit icon under Tools column and select "Link this product to store"

• In the "Link this product to an existing list on" pop-up select the sales channel 
• In the "Please select Account to Link product from X store" pop-up define the account and identifier:

• Amazon - ASIN, displayed in the browser URL when an Amazon listing is open, also in its Product information
• eBay - eBay ID, string of numbers displayed in the browser URL when an eBay listing is open, also in top right corner of its Product description
• Etsy - Listing ID, string of numbers displayed in the browser URL when an Etsy listing is open
• Sears - Sears Item SKU, value can be found in the Sears inventory
• Walmart - Walmart Item SKU, value can be found in the Walmart inventory
• Shopify - Shopify ID, value can be found in the Shopify inventory
• Woocommece - Woocommerce ID, value can be found in the Woocommerce  inventory
• Lightspeed POS - LightspeedID, value can be found in the Woocommerce  inventory

• Click Link and see confirmation message for successful link

Link Multiple Listings

To link listings to multiple products in bulk:

• Go to Catalog > Products and select the relevant products
• In channel actions menu select "Link products to listings"

1. Link by SKU - fetches SKUs from listings on the selected account and compares them to the existing products SKUs in Valigara. If the same SKU appears in more than 1 listing, multiple listings are connected to the matching product.

• Click Yes and check the results in the generated "Link by SKU (Fetch)" batch

2. Upload File - forwards to a dedicated Channel Bulk Link page. Select the desired account and upload the xls file with values in the format:

• Column A - Catalog code (SKU)
• Column B  - Listing Identifier, one of the following: 
  • Amazon ASIN
  • eBay ID (Item ID)
  • Etsy Listing ID
  • Sears listing SKU
  • Shopify ID
  • Walmart listing SKU
  • WooCommerce ID
  • Magento 2 ID
  • BigCommerce ID
  • Lightspeed POS ID
• Column C (Amazon only) - Parent SKU. Skip the column for listings with variations.
• Column D (Amazon only) - Parentage - valid values = Child, Parent, Single. Use Single to link listings without variations
• Click Upload and check the results in the batch

Unlink Single Listings

To unlink single listings:

• Go to Catalog > Products
• For the relevant product click the "Unlink" icon under Tools on the right hand side
• In the "Unlink" pop-up check the channel, account and active listing

• Unlink
  • removes the link between the product and the specific listing ID
  • the history of the unlinked listing will be lost

Unlink Multiple Listings

To unlink listings from multiple products in bulk:

• Go to Catalog > Products and select the relevant products
• In channel actions menu select "Unlink listings"
• In "Unlink Listings" pop-up select the account and click Yes

• Check the results in the "Products listings unlink" batch

Best Practices: Use Copy Data to set, transfer or merge values in bulk  Use Content Generators to add missing or improve existing content Complete the listing synchronization after linking. You can also move listing from one product to another