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How to set product category with Excel

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In this guide, we will show you how to set a category on your products using one of our file-based import systems, such as the Excel import feature.

We will also provide links to documents containing the unique category ID:s you can use to set a category on your products.

The first step is getting a file containing your product's SKU or Sello ID, this can be done using the Excel export feature in Sello.

Here's how:

  1. Log into Sello
  2. In the top-left menu, find Import / export
  3. Go to the Export section
  4. Click: Export Inventory
  5. Select the columns you want to export
  6. Click: Export Inventory

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Next, you'll need to add the category column for the channel you are setting categories for, to do that, you need to find out what to name it.

Here's how:

  1. Log into Sello
  2. In the top-left menu, find Import / export
  3. Find Excel in the Import -section
  4. Click: Import
  5. Find the Supported fields -section

This section contains all your connected channels as well as General fields. Clicking a row here will expand it revealing all supported column names related to that section.

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Next, you need to find the unique category ID:s that tell Sello which category to set on the product. Below is a list of links to documents containing categories, and ID:s for our connected sales channels.

Simply find your desired channel and click the link, which will download a .csv file to your device.

Afound

afound_categories.csv

Allegro

allegro_categories.csv

Amazon

UK - amazon_uk_categories.csv
SE - amazon_se_ctegories.csv
ES - amazon_es_categories.csv
FR - amazon_fr_categories.csv
DE - amazon_de_categories.csv
IT - amazon_it_categories.csv
NL - amazon_nl_categories.csv
PL - amazon_pl_categories.csv
BE - amazon_be_categories.csv

Cdiscount

cdiscount_en_categories.csv

CDON

V4.9+ (newest): cdon_v4.9+_categories.csv
V4: cdon_v4_categories.csv

eBay

US - ebay_us_categories.csv
AT - ebay_at_categories.csv
IT - ebay_it_categories.csv
IE - ebay_ie_categories.csv
UK - ebay_uk_categories.csv
FR - ebay_fr_categories.csv
DE - ebay_de_categories.csv
NL - ebay_nl_categories.csv
ES - ebay_es_categories.csv
PL - ebay_pl_categories.csv

Elkjøp Nordic

Elkjøp - elkjop_categories.csv
Elgiganten Sweden - elgiganten_sweden_categories.csv
Elgiganten Denmark - elgiganten_denmark_categories.csv
Gigantti - gigantti_categories.csv

Etsy

etsy_categories.csv

Fnac

FR - fnac_fr_categories.csv
BE-FR - fnac_be-fr_categories.csv
BE-NL - fnac_be-nl_categories.csv
ES - fnac_es_categories.csv
PT - fnac_pt_categories.csv
CH - fnac_ch_categories.csv

Fruugo

fruugo_categories.csv

Fyndiq

fyndiq_categories.csv

Huuto

huuto_categories.csv

Let's Deal

SE: letsdeal_se_categories.csv
NO: letsdeal_no_categories.csv

Mall

CZ - mall_cz_categories.csv
SK - mall_sk_categories.csv
SI - mall_si_categories.csv
PL - mall_pl_categories.csv
HU - mall_hu_categories.csv
HR - mall_hr_categories.csv

ManoMano

DE - manomano_de_categories.csv
ES - manomano_es_categories.csv
FR - manomano_fr_categories.csv
IT - manomano_it_categories.csv
UK - manomano_uk_categories.csv

Manor

manor_categories.csv

Miinto

NO - miinto_no_categories.csv
SE - miinto_se_categories.csv
NL - miinto_nl_categories.csv
BE - miinto_be_categories.csv
PL - miinto_pl_categories.csv
CH - miinto_ch_categories.csv

OnBuy

onbuy_categories.csv

Rakuten

FR - rakuten_fr_categories.csv
DE - rakuten_de_categories.csv

Spartoo

UK - spartoo_uk_categories.csv
FR - spartoo_fr_categories.csv
ES - spartoo_es_categories.csv
DE - spartoo_de_categories.csv
IT - spartoo_it_categories.csv
NL - spartoo_nl_categories.csv
PL - spartoo_pl_categories.csv
SE - spartoo_se_categories.csv
DK - spartoo_dk_categories.csv
FI - spartoo_fi_categories.csv
GR - spartoo_gr_categories.csv
PT - spartoo_pt_categories.csv
TU - spartoo_tu_categories.csv
BE - spartoo_be_categories.csv
AT - spartoo_at_categories.csv
CZ - spartoo_cz_categories.csv
CN - spartoo_cn_categories.csv
SK - spartoo_sk_categories.csv
HU - spartoo_hu_categories.csv
RO - spartoo_ro_categories.csv
BG - spartoo_bg_categories.csv
SI - spartoo_si_categories.csv
HR - spartoo_hr_categories.csv

Stadium

SE - stadium_se_categories.csv
FI - stadium_fi_categories.csv

Tradera

tradera_categories.csv

Worten

ES - worten_es_categories.csv
PT - worten_pt_categories.csv

Zalando

DE - zalando_de_categories.csv
NL - zalando_nl_categories.csv
FR - zalando_fr_categories.csv
IT - zalando_it_categories.csv
UK - zalando_uk_categories.csv
AT - zalando_at_categories.csv
CH - zalando_ch_categories.csv
PL - zalando_pl_categories.csv
BE - zalando_be_categories.csv
SE - zalando_se_categories.csv
FI - zalando_fi_categories.csv
DK - zalando_dk_categories.csv
ES - zalando_es_categories.csv
NO - zalando_no_categories.csv
CZ - zalando_cz_categories.csv
IE - zalando_ie_categories.csv
PT - zalando_pt_categories.csv

Åhléns

ahlens_categories.csv

Google Categories:

This list contains Google's own category hierarchy, which is used by the Sello Category -feature in the inventory, read more here.

Google

google_categories.csv

Once you have found out what to name your column and located your category ID:s, you need to edit your file.

Here's how:

  1. Open your exported file
  2. Add a new column
  3. Name the column according to the legend in Sello
  4. Input your desired category ID:s under your category column
  5. Save the file as .xlsx

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 The last step is to import the file in Sello.

Here's how:

  1. Log into Sello.
  2. In the top-left menu, find Import / export
  3. Find Excel in the Import -section
  4. Click: Import
  5. Choose: Update products with my file
  6. Select your file
  7. Click: Start

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Your file will now be queued for processing, you can see your estimated wait time to the right.

Done!

Good to know:

  • Should you want to create products with categories, simply use your SKU:s as a product identifier instead of Id and choose Create new products from my file.

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