In this article we will discuss how to choose the most suitable type of connection to MALL Partner. For your MALL operation, you can choose one type of connection for updating products, prices and availability, and then separately you can choose the form of connection for the actual order processing.
Below you will find a brief summary of the specifics of individual forms of connection. Detailed information can be found here: Knowledge base/ YouTube channel.
What to expect (for all types of connections):
- Choose the appropriate type of product connection
- Choose a suitable form of connecting orders
- Choose the appropriate shipping for your goods MALL Delivery/your carrier
- Provide quality product texts in the language of the country where you want to sell
- Provide high quality photos in accordance with the MALL terms of sale (white background without watermarks)
- Provide product prices including VAT in the currency of the country where you want to sell
- Assign VAT rates to products according to the legislation of the country where you want to sell
Orders (for all connection types):
- The type of connecting orders is not connected with the type of connecting products that you choose
- Manual order management is available for all connections directly in the MALL Partner Portal
- For all types of product connections, you can integrate orders via API into your system
- For all connection types, there is also an XML "order" feed that contains all orders that are currently ready for processing
- We offer the possibility of integrating a wide range of accessories for order processing, regardless of the selected type of product connection
MALL XML feed (guarantee of the possibility to use all MALL Partner functions)
What to prepare for:
- Create product and availability feeds exactly according to the MALL structure with mandatory elements and in the correct order, both available under a unique URL (note, this is not the same feed you use for Heureka)
- Insert our category identifiers into the created feeds and link them to your own category tree, including sorting parameters
- Pair your parameters and values on the MALL dials
- Ensuring time and technical capacities
What is the benefit of this connection:
- All data adjustments are done automatically via feeds, on a regular basis (6/12/24 hours), even with a large number of products
- Availability updates every 30/60 minutes according to the set feed interval
- Error log offering specific error messages for each feed played
- XML connection offers the use of all MALL Partner functions
- Suitable for products with a higher number of variants
Heureka feed (connection type for CZ/SK only)
What to prepare for:
- Create a product and availability feed exactly according to the Heureka XML feed structure with mandatory elements required by MALL, both available under a unique URL
- If you do not use the exact categorytexts according to the Heureka.cz/.sk tree, you need to manually pair the categories individually in the MALL Partner portal
- Parameters and values must always be manually paired in the MALL Partner Portal for each category separately
- Mark in the portal by import all products that do not meet the smallbox conditions:
- Sum of all sides of the package max 175 cm
- One side of the package max. 100 cm
- Weight up to 20 kg
- Ensuring time and technical capacities
- This type of linking is not suitable for partners with a large number of categories that do not match the Heureka tree and a large number of products with variants due to the need for the above mentioned manual data matching
- For this type of connection it is not possible to scale the transport fee according to the weight of the products. The division is possible into smallbox and bigbox.
What is the benefit of this connection:
- All data adjustments are done automatically via the feed on a regular basis (6/12/24 hours), even with a large number of products
- Availability updates every 15/30/60 minutes according to the set feed interval
- The "Feed Status" tab in the MALL Partner Portal, where you will see detailed information about the feed, including information about items that have not been uploaded and error messages
- Heureka feed generates a large part of box solutions for eshops, if the mandatory elements and data structure are followed, the implementation can be very fast and without significant costs
- All processes within the Heureka feed are covered in our YouTube video tutorials
API (guarantee to use all MALL Partner features)
What to prepare for:
- Link your categories to MALL categories
- Pairing your parameters and values to MALL dials
- Creating a call structure corresponding to the MALL structure
- Ensuring time and technical capacity
What is the benefit of this connection:
- The connection is especially suitable for e-shops with a large number of 15,000+ products and an average number of orders per month of 1,000+
- All data editing is always done on your side, so you have control over your products in your system (it is not possible to edit products manually after uploading in the portal)
- You can update data in real time based on API call settings from your system, even with a large number of products
- You also have real-time access to potential error messages, reducing the time to identify and resolve problems
- The API connection offers the use of all MALL Partner functions
- Suitable for products with a higher number of variants
- Suitable for products with frequently changing availability
Manual Input (MI)
What to prepare for:
- Need to create all products individually in the system (avg. 5-15 minutes/product if you have all data)
- It is not suitable for managing more than 100 SKUs or products with a high number of variants, as all price and availability adjustments must be made manually in the portal
- It is necessary to select a suitable category for your goods from our tree
What is the benefit of this connection:
- Fast integration in units of hours/days (depending on the number of products)
- The complete integration process is covered in our articles as well as video tutorials on YouTube
- Low integration costs without the need for any IT intervention or development
In case you have any further questions, you can contact us via Help Centre.