Magento Product Properties

Overview

The Magento Product Properties page in Sellercloud enables you to seamlessly manage the data of your Magento listings. Integrating Magento allows you to configure various product attributes, manage inventory, define prices, and Update Listings. This article describes all available Magento product properties in Sellercloud and includes links to related articles for more information. To explore other related topics, refer to our Magento Category.

See Bulk Update Products to learn how to bulk-update Magento product properties.

Magento Product Properties

To access and update a product’s Magento properties:

Go to a Product Details Page.
Click Toolbox and select Magento Properties.
Click Edit.
See the tables in the following sections for descriptions of the properties on the page.
Update properties and click Save.

General

Property	Description
Enabled	Enable Sellercloud to send product information and updates to Magento. With Variation Products, the parent and all the children must be Magento-enabled. When Bulk Updating products, use the MagentoEnabled column header and enter True.
Merchant SKU	The product’s unique Magento-specific identifier. You must enable a Client Setting called Enable Magento Merchant SKU for this property to appear.
Website IDs List	The IDs of Magento websites where the product will be posted and updated. If you leave this blank, it will be posted and updated on all websites.
Exported For Magento	Mark if the product has been exported to Magento or not for internal tracking purposes.
Inventory And/Or Price Update On Magento Needed	Mark if the product needs an inventory and/or price update on Magento for internal tracking purposes. It is enabled by default and gets disabled after an update.
Visibility	Determine where the product will appear on your Magento website.
Ready To Post	Indicates whether the product is ready to post to Magento. If you have an item that is not ready to be posted yet, hover over the section to see a pop-up that lists the missing product properties required to post the product.

Pricing

Property	Description
Apply Map	Determine if the Minimum Advertised Price (MAP) functionality is enabled for the product. Select Yes to enable it, No to disable it, or Use config to let the global configuration determine the functionality.
Display Actual Price	Determine when the actual price of a product (the price below the MAP) is displayed to the customer. In Cart: The actual price is displayed in the shopping cart. Before Order Confirmation: The actual price is displayed before the order is confirmed. On Gesture: The actual price is displayed when the user clicks Click for price to display it. Use config: The display of the actual price is determined by the global configuration.
Cost	The product cost from the Site Cost on the Product Details Page.
Price	The product price from the Site/Retail Price on the Product Details Page. To set the price manually, deselect the Default checkbox.
Special Price	A special discounted price for the selected product.
Special Price From Date	The first date of the special price promotion.
Special Price To Date	The last date of the special price promotion.
Tax Class	The product’s tax setting. To manually change this value, deselect the Default checkbox to stop applying the Default Tax Class set up in your Magento Account Settings.

Listing Details

Property	Description
Attribute Set	Select a pre-configured set of product attributes to add to the product. For more information, see Magento Products: Attributes.
Magento Categories	Specify the matching product category on Magento. To configure categories, go to Company Settings > Magento > Categories.
Product Title	The title of a product on Magento - up to 255 characters are allowed.
Short Description	A brief description of the product on Magento. By default, this is the same description as the Short Description on the Product Details Page. If you enable a Client Setting called Enable Magento Specific Product Description, this field turns into a unique description of the product that appears only on Magento.
Long Description	A full description of the product on Magento. By default, this is the same description as the Long Description on the Product Details Page. If you enable a Client Setting called Enable Magento Specific Product Description, this field turns into a unique description of the product that appears only on Magento.
Manufacturer	The product's Manufacturer.
Manufacturer Part #	A unique number issued by the manufacturer to identify the product.

Inventory

Property	Description
Disconnected From Inventory	Enable to prevent Sellercloud from sending further quantities to Magento. The last sent quantity will remain there.
Avail. Qty	The product's available inventory for Magento.
Qty For Channel	The actual quantity that will be sent to Magento.
Safety Qty	The product’s Safety Quantity to be subtracted from the Available Qty and prevent overselling. This amount won’t be included in the inventory feed. If you check the Default box, the default set on your company’s Magento Account Settings will apply.
Min Qty For Shopping Cart	The minimum quantity that can be purchased. If you check the Default box, the default set on your company’s Magento Account Settings will apply.
Max Qty For Shopping Cart	The maximum quantity that can be purchased. If you check the Default box, the default set on your company’s Magento Account Settings will apply.
Qty To Make Out Of Stock	The threshold quantity under which the product will be marked as out of stock. If you check the Default box, the default set on your company’s Magento Account Settings will apply.
Stock Available	Display the product on the front end of your Magento website.
Allow Backorder	Select Yes to display the product on Magento even if it is out-of-stock, allowing it to be purchased in Backorders.
Inventory Last Sent	Indicates the last quantity, date, and time when inventory was sent to Magento. If no updates have been sent yet for the SKU, this field will display N/A.

Shipping

Property	Description
Shipping Weight	The shipping weight of a single product unit.
Enable Free Shipping	Offer free shipping for the product.

Tier Pricing

This panel allows you to configure special discount pricing for bulk buyers. In this type of discount, you reduce your product’s price by a specified amount based on the ordered quantity. The discount must be offered to a specific Magento Customer Group and can be set as either a percentage or a fixed amount. Learn more about Magento Tier Pricing.

Customer Pricing

This panel allows you to configure special pricing for each individual connected website. This type of discount must be offered to a specific Magento Customer Group and is set as a fixed amount per unit.

Channel Images

The Channel Images panel stores product images for display on the Magento website. You can import images from files or public URLs. Press the pencil (Edit Channel Images) icon to manage images for different product previews.

Meta Info

This panel displays meta information used to optimize product searches on Magento.

Meta Title - The product listing page’s title - a vital factor for search optimization.
Meta Description - The product listing page’s description on search engines.
Meta Keyword - The product listing page’s meta keywords tag.

Custom Columns

This panel shows any custom product properties that you have enabled for Magento. They will be displayed on your Magento website in addition to the standard properties. For more information, refer to Custom Product Columns.

Actions

Sellercloud offers certain listing-related actions for your Magento-enabled products. You can execute the actions described in the following sections either individually or in bulk.

Individual Actions

To access the product’s actions:

Go to a Product Details Page.
Click Actions and select from the following actions:
1. Post Product on Magento - List the product on Magento. Make sure the General panel's Enabled box is checked and that the product is Ready To Post.
2. Update Inventory on Magento - Update the product’s inventory on Magento according to its Qty For Channel in Sellercloud.
3. Update Price on Magento - Update the product’s price on Magento according to its Price in Sellercloud.
4. Update Inventory and Price on Magento - Update both the available quantity and the price on Magento.
5. Update Images Only on Magento - Update the product images on Magento.
6. Restrict/Unrestrict For Channel - Restrict the product to exclude it from posting, updating, and both inventory and pricing feeds, or unrestrict it to resume the updates.
7. Connect/Disconnect to Inventory - Disconnect the product’s Sellercloud inventory from Magento to stop updating the available quantity or connect it to send updates.

Bulk Actions

Some of the Magento-related product actions are also available to perform in bulk:

Go to Catalog > Manage Catalog.
Find products and select them.
Click the blue Actions icon in the bottom right corner, and select:
1. Enable/Disable For Channel - Control if the Magento integration is enabled for the selected products.
2. Launch on Channel - Post listings for the selected products on Magento. Make sure that the products are Enabled and Ready To Post.
3. Restrict/Unrestrict For Channel - Imposes or removes Magento Product Restrictions.
4. Connect To Inventory - Link the product to the available inventory, allowing Sellercloud to send inventory updates to Magento.
5. Disconnect From Inventory - Disassociate the product’s connected inventory from Magento.
6. Update Inventory on Channel - Update the selected products’ available inventory on Magento based on the inventory available in Sellercloud.
7. Update Prices on Channel - Update the selected products’ prices on Magento based on the prices set in Sellercloud.
8. Update Images On Channel - Update Product Images on Magento based on the images set in Sellercloud.
9. Export Channel Info - Export Magento attributes to an Excel spreadsheet file.
10. Export Channel Missing Information - Export an Excel spreadsheet file with data related to required and missing information for Magento.