A standard (hosted) catalog's data is hosted on Unimarket's website and can be created by uploading a spreadsheet of products.
Products can be:
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Added, Deleted, or Edited (individually or in bulk) once the initial catalog has been created.
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Linked to a form, that allows additional configuration options such as: size or color. For more information on forms, please refer to help article Creating Catalog Forms.
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Priced (e.g. $10.00 per item) with an Add to Cart button or Request for Quote ("RFQ") with a Get Quote button.
Upload a Catalog
Prior to creating your first hosted catalog, please ensure you have set up your delivery and payment options. For additional information, refer to help article Create Delivery Options.
Create a Catalog via CSV File
Before creating a hosted catalog, you will need to create a CSV file, utilizing the Unimarket catalog template.
To access and download the CSV file, refer to help article Catalog Template.
Continue reading below for further instructions on how to upload your hosted catalog or watch the short video:
Access Create Catalog Screen
To upload a hosted catalog, select Catalogs on left side panel > click Create Catalog.
The Create Catalog screen will appear, displaying 4 tabs: Header, Schedule, Customers and Upload.
Header tab
On the Header tab, complete all required fields marked with a red asterisk.
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Catalog Name: The name of catalog, that will be visible to the buyer.
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Catalog Description: Allows suppliers to enter a brief description of the catalog.
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Shipping Option: Select from the pre-determined drop down list, by clicking the dropdown arrow.
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Catalog Type: Choose Standard to create a hosted catalog. If the supplier is setting up a Punchout catalog, contact Unimarket Support to organize testing.
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Once completed, select Continue.
Schedule tab
The Schedule tab is where suppliers will elect the date and timeframe the catalog will be open, to designated customer(s). Suppliers can end the catalog at any time.
In the Publish field, chose Publish Now or Review Draft > check Start immediately when published box to start the catalog immediately, upon completion or choose a start date in the Start Date field.
Selecting Review Draft, in the Publish field will upload a catalog in the Pending Catalog section with all the products under the Draft Products tab.
The End Date field can remain blank to create a never-ending catalog, if desired.
Once completed, select Continue.
Customers tab
The Customer tab allows suppliers to select the desired customer(s), by clicking inside the Customer(s) text box > and keying in the desired customers.
If Requires Approval appears next the desired customer's name, Catalog Approval is enabled by the customer. And the supplier is unable to additional customers to the catalog, if the specific customer is chosen.
Once completed, select Continue.
Upload tab
The Upload tab is where suppliers can retrieve the catalog template and upload, the catalog.
To download the catalog template, select Download Template.
Enter all required fields, specified on help article Hosted Catalog Template Field Explanations.
| Note: Please make sure the column headers remain unaltered (i.e. removed, font changed). |
Once the file is ready for upload, save as a CSV or ZIP file > select Browse > chose the desired file name > click Finish.
The Catalogs In Progress screen will appear, to monitor the progress of the catalog.
| Note: Catalogs that are not completed in the Catalogs in Progress screen, will be deleted from Unimarket one month after being loaded. |
Catalog In Progress Errors
At times when uploading a catalog, errors may occur and can be viewed on the Catalogs in Progress screen.
Suppliers may receive the following errors:
Validation errors were found in products: This error means the information provided did not meet the file upload criteria (e.g. trademark/copyright icon include).
Error when processing data load: This error means the file is unreadable by Unimarket, which may be caused by the file format not being CSV or an incorrect header.
Resolve Errors
To resolve the error, click View to see review the error(s).
Manually Update
The Update Loading Catalog screen will populate > select Edit to manually make update to the catalog item in Unimarket > once updated, select OK.
Delete Entire Upload
To delete the entire upload and re-upload the file with the updates, click More Actions > select Finish, that will lead you to the Catalogs In Progress screen to view errors.
Select Delete All Errors and Finish to delete the entire upload.
| Note: For assistance with your catalog, please reach out to Unimarket Support (Support@unimarket.com). |
View Store
To view how open catalogs are displayed for the customer, go to Profile on the left side pane > click View Store > select the catalog name, to browse the products.