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How to set product category with Excel

Alexander Westerdahl
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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 tells 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.

Rakuten.fr: rakuten_fr_categories.csv
vidaXL: vidaxl_se_categories.csv
Åhléns:  ahlens_categories.csv
Huuto: huuto_categories.csv
Fruugo: fruugo_categories.csv
Allegro: allegro_categories.csv
Spartoo: spartoo_categories.csv
Tradera: tradera_categories.csv
CDON:  
V4 (new 2020): cdon_v4_categories.csv
V2 (old 2014): cdon_v2_categories.csv
Let's Deal:  
SE: letsdeal_se_categories.csv 
NO: letsdeal_no_categories.csv
Fyndiq:  
 V3: fyndiq_v3_categories.csv 
 V2: fyndiq_v2_categories.csv
Amazon:  
UK: amazon_uk_categories.csv
ES: amazon_es_categories.csv
FR: amazon_fr_categories.csv
DE: amazon_de_categories.csv
IT: amazon_it_categories.csv
Elkjøp Nordic:  
Elkjøp:  elkjop_categories.csv
Elgiganten Sweden: elgiganten_sweden_categories.csv
Elgiganten Denmark: elgiganten_denmark_categories.csv
Gigantti: gigantti_categories.csv

 Google Categories:

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

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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