Idealo

1. Create the product feed

Before connecting your store to Idealo, you first need to create and configure the feed.

To do that, log in to your Shopify store admin and follow these steps:

Steps

1. Go to Apps > Mulwi Feeds > Feeds.
2. Click Add Feed to generate the new feed.
3. Choose the Idealo feed template. The feed is created in CSV format.
4. Set feed's status in the This feed is currently field to Active.
5. Fill in the general feed information:
   • Feed Internal Name. Give your feed a descriptive name.
   • Filename. Give your feed file a unique name.
   • Max Number of Items per File. Limit the amount of products in the feed.
   • Compression. Compress the feed file if necessary.
   • Protect feed with password. Password-protect your feed if necessary.
6. In the Applied Filters section, you can use filters to choose what products should be included in the feed.
7. In the Template section, pick appropriate values for Idealo's required Attributes.
8. In the Source of prices section, you can set product prices from Markets or Price Lists.
9. In the Stock Locations section, select from which locations you want to include stock levels and availability information.
10. In the Translation section, you can select a language to translate your feed into.
11. Configure the Google Analytics section if you have an analytics campaign.
12. Click Save changes to finish and generate the feed.

NOTE

You won't be able to change the Filename after you save the feed.

After saving the new feed, you can customize it if necessary.

TIP

If you want to change the category information, customize your feed and edit the category attribute according to the Idealo product feed specification.

You may need to use Data Mapping to map your categories to Idealo's taxonomy.

2. Connect your store to Idealo

You connect your store to Idealo through a respective account on the Idealo Business platform.

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Idealo requires a product feed URL during registration, which is why you need to prepare a feed beforehand. Create a product feed if you don't have it yet.

Follow these steps to register on Idealo Business and connect your online store to Idealo:

Steps

First, you will register a new Idealo Business account:

1. Go to the Idealo Business registration page.
2. Fill in your Email address in the input field and click Register.
3. Go to your email inbox and find a confirmation email from Idealo.
4. Open this email from Idealo and click the confirmation link in it.
5. On the new page you were redirected to, fill out your contact details, such as First name and Last name, and create a Password for your account.
6. Click Submit registration to finish creating an account.

After that, you will be redirected to a store registration page.
Here, you can immediately connect your store to Idealo:

1. Fill out basic Shop information:
   • Your shop URL. Enter your store's website address.
   • Registration for. Choose the regional Idealo website where you want to sell.
   • I am a manufacturer. Tick the checkbox if you manufacture products yourself.
   • I carry at least one private label. Tick the checkbox if you have any private brands and write their names in the List of own brands input field.
2. Click Continue.
3. In the Information about the contracting party section, provide your store's business information, such as its name and physical address, as well as the email address where Idealo will send you reminders of your invoices.
4. In the Information about the contact person section, enter the name, phone number, and email address of the person whom Idealo can contact in case of any question.
5. Click Continue.
6. In the Information on product data transfer section, paste your feed link in the Feed URL input field. If your feed's password-protected, provide the Username and Password to access it.

Where do I find the feed link?

To get the feed URL from the Mulwi Shopping Feeds app, navigate to the feed you want to upload, find the Feed block and click the Copy feed URL button in it. The feed link will be copied to your clipboard.

7. Click Continue.
8. Check the information you've provided. If you need to change something in a section, click the Edit button next to its name.
9. Tick the checkboxes in the Terms & Conditions section to agree with Idealo's terms, conditions, and prices.
10. Click Submit registration to send the connection request to Idealo.

Afterwards, wait for Idealo's staff to manually review and approve your application.

3. Upload the new feed to Idealo

You can either update your currently linked feed or connect a new feed using a different URL.

Update your currently linked feed

If you only changed the product information, then you don't need to do anything: Idealo will automatically detect and process these updates.

However, if you made any changes to the structure of your feed (for example, added a new attribute), then you need to notify Idealo's technical team about it:

1. Log in to your Idealo Business account.
2. Go to My idealo > Contact.
3. Select Technical Integration as your query topic.
4. Select Data transfer - Other as your query subtopic.
5. In the Your message box, describe the changes you've made to your feed.
6. Click Send to finish and send your message.

Connect a new feed with a different URL

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Idealo supports only one product feed per store. Once you connect a new feed, the information from your previous feed will not be shown on Idealo.

If you want Idealo to fetch a product feed from another URL, you need to send this new URL to Idealo's technical team:

1. Log in to your Idealo Business account.
2. Go to My idealo > Contact.
3. Select Technical Integration as your query topic.
4. Select Data transfer - New feed as your query subtopic.
5. In the Your message box, specify your new feed URL.
6. Click Send to finish and send your message.

Idealo's team will then update your feed URL with the new one you provided.