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Field

Description

Example Value

ProductCode

The code of the product

B100

ProductName

The name of the product

Corona 24 Pack Carton

ProductDescription

A description of the product, keep all descriptions on one line (65000 character limit)

This is a bottle of Beer.<br>It’s very refreshing.

CategoryLevel1

The first level category (Beer -> Lager -> Cartons)

Beer

CategoryLevel2

The second level category (Beer -> Lager -> Cartons)

Lager

CategoryLevel3

The third level category (Beer -> Lager -> Cartons)

Cartons

UNSPSC

United Nations Standard Products and Services Code

-

ManufacturerName

The name of the manufacturer

Generic Beer Co.

ManufacturerProductCode

The manufacturer’s product code

BEER01

SpecialInstructions

Can be used in addition to the description (400 character limit)

This is a second description

UnitOfMeasure

The unit for measuring an item (2 character limit e.g. EA for each)

EA

Weight  

Shows an items weight on the website (unrelated to freight)

7.92kg

Size

Shows an items size on the website (unrelated to freight)

-

FreightChargeApplies

The item weight value used for freight rules based on weight e.g. 1 for 1kg or 100 for 100g

0.6 or 600

LeadTime

Time (in days) that it will take for item to be processed.

2

MinimumOrder

The minimum number of a products that must be ordered

1

StandardPrice

The standard (regular) price of a product

3.20

GSTRate

The Tax rate for an item

10

Priority  

The higher (1 being the highest) the priority value the sooner it is shown in a category list.

10

IsHidden

Shows (0) or hides (1) a product on the website.

0

AllowStockLevels

Shows (1) or hides (0) an item’s stock balance set in StockBalance

1

StockBalance

Shows (1) or hides (0) the amount of stock on hand for the item

235

AllowNegative

Enables (1) or disables (0) backordering of items for customers

0

An example Catalogue Item File with the above information can be downloaded here.

Upload a Catalogue Item File

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Field

Description

Example Value

FreightName

Freight text value viewable to the customer during the checkout process

Standard or Express

FreightMethod

Internal Freight rule name viewable in the Control Panel

Freight-Melbourne (V1)

EffectiveType

How the freight will be restricted e.g. POSTCODE or COUNTRY

POSTCODE

EffectiveCode

Value for the EffectiveType e.g. 5000-5100;5400-5999; (POSTCODE) or ;NZ; (COUNTRY)

3000-3210;

UseFlatRate

1 (Use a flat rate) or 0 (Use a calculation) for Freight

0

UnitType

1 or 0.

1

UnitCost

Cost for each unit on top of BaseAmount e.g. $2.50  Cost for each item in cart

2.50

BaseAmount

Base cost for Freight before adding Unit Cost e.g. $15

15.00

BreakType

the type of freight rule e.g. COST, FUNIT, PUNIT or X

COST (Price) FUNIT (Weight/Cubic) or CUNIT (Count)

BreakLowerLimit

The starting or lowest value for the rule e.g. 0 kgs or grams

0 (0 kgs or grams)

BreakUpperLimit

The ending or highest value for the rule e.g. 3 kgs or 300 grams

3 (kgs) or 300 (grams)

Active

1 (sets the rule active) or 0 (if BuyerSpecific is being used)

1

TaxPercent

The tax rate for the Freight rule (should be 10 for GST)

10

BuyerSpecific

If the Freight rule will be manually assigned to buyers in Manage Buyers

0

An example Freight File with the above information can be downloaded here.

Upload a Freight File

The Freight File upload process allows you to either refresh all freight records in Control Panel or append to existing freight records.

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See the table below for a description of what each field is for and also the file (attached) for an example of the data we will require.

Project Customers: Please extract the customers from your accounting system and add the data to the buyer file format. Once complete please return the buyer file to us for review.

Info
  • The "Seller Reference" is the defining record of your customer as per your accounting system. It is very important for this to be accurate.
  • There may be additional fields to the ones below. These should be covered in documentation you receive from Straightsell.

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FieldSummary

Example

BuyerNameThe customer's company name.

Building Co

Address1The first part of the customer's address

123 Main Street

Address2An optional second line for a customer's address

Corner 1 and 2 Streets

CityThe city or suburb

Melbourne

StateThe state

VIC

PostCodeThe post code

3000

CountryThe country

AU

FaxIf a customer has a fax number

12348888

AdminNameThe full name of the customer.

John Smith

AdminEmailCustomer email, Should match BuyerUserName if using email addresses as usernames

john@buildingco.com

AdminPhoneThe phone number of the customer

0499123999

ABNAustralian Business Number

123456789

BuyerUserNameCustomer username, Should match AdminEmail if using email addresses as usernames

john@buildingco.com

BuyerPasswordA generic password can be entered here as customers will be sent a link to set their own

Password99

BuyerType2 for an Administrator (full access) or 1 for a Standard User (restricted access)

2

ApprovalStatus1 should be set here, 0 will mean Buyers aren't approved and will not be able to login.

1

DefaultTermThe default payment term for a Buyer. Only one can be set here.

Credit Card

RestrictViewN/A


RestrictViewByN/A


DefaultStoreN/A


SellerReferenceMust match the customer's reference in the accounting system.

BUILDINGCO

StartPageN/A


An example Buyer File with the above information can be downloaded here.

Upload a Buyer File

The Buyer File upload process allows you to either upload your initial buyer file records in Control Panel or append to existing buyer records.

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Field

Summary

Example

ParentProductCode

The code of the product that will contain the child product(s)

12345

ChildProductCode

The code of the product(s) that will appear against the parent product

12345_child

Type

option: for product option menus

addon: for related products against a parent

option

addon

ChildPriority

option: the order in which options appear (highest number appears first)

addon: the order in which related products appear (highest number appears first)

1

1

An example Catalogue Association File with the above information can be downloaded here.

Upload a Catalogue Association File

The Catalogue Association File upload process allows you to upload the associations between products you made in the file.

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