Overview
MercadoLibre, Inc. is an Argentine company headquartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, incorporated in the United States that operates online marketplaces dedicated to e-commerce and online auctions, including mercadolibre.com. As of 2021, MercadoLibre, Inc. had approximately 139.5 million unique active users. Sellercloud can establish an API connection with Mercado Libre via plugin integration. You’ll need to request your Seller ID and Oauth Token from Mercado Libre.
Prerequisite
There are three plugins you will need to be installed on your server in order to integrate:
- Mercado Libre Order Import
- Mercado Libre Documents Import Order Export
- Mercado Libre Product Export
Reach out to the Sellercloud Support team to have the plugins installed on your server.
Integrate with Mercado Libre
In order to execute the plugins for Order Import and Inventory and Invoice Import, you’ll need to create the following company settings in Sellercloud under the company, where the task will be configured. You can find more information on Company Settings here
SETTING NAME | DESCRIPTION |
ORDER RELATED COMPANY SETTINGS | |
Mercado Libre seller id | The unique seller ID. Provided by the channel |
Mercado-LibreOAuthTokenId | OAuth token, provided by the channel |
CUSTOM PRODUCT COLUMNS | |
MercadoLibreSKU | If populated, the MercadoLibreSKU will be used instead of the default Sellercloud SKU when mapping products. The MercadoLibreSKU needs to match the value of the Seller SKU on the Mercado Libre listing. |
CUSTOM ORDER COLUMNS | |
MercadoLibre_ShipmentId | This will be populated with the ID of the shipment as it is in Mercado Libre |
Reach out to the Sellercloud Support team to create the custom columns on your server.
Automate Order Download and Inventory Upload
The initial task configuration must be performed and is currently only available in Sellercloud’s Alpha interface.
Create a Scheduled Task for Order Import
- Click Settings > Select your company > Toolbox > Scheduled Tasks.
- The New Task Type drop-down menu shows all tasks available for scheduling. Choose Import Orders > Go.
- Enter a start time. The start time includes a calendar date and time. You can select both values from the Calendar and Time View pop-ups.
- Under Create Orders for Company select the company under which your Mercado Libre integration is.
- Under Order Processor Plugin/Profile select Mercado Libre Order Import
- Click Get Token** from the scheduled task configuration page. It will populate the token from the custom setting, mentioned above.**The Get Token action will only be available if Client setting Enable Plugin Configurations is enabled.
- For Export To select None, since the connection is hardcoded in the plugin and it will be done automatically.
- Press Save
Create a Scheduled Task for Inventory Export
- Click Settings > Select your company > Toolbox > Scheduled Tasks.
- The New Task Type drop-down menu shows all tasks available for scheduling. Choose Export Products > Go.
- Enter a start time. The start time includes a calendar date and time. You can select both values from the Calendar and Time View pop-ups.
- Select Mercado Libre Product Export plugin under Export Via:
- Select a User ID and a pre-created Saved Search under that user, which filters the desired products for export
- Press Save