How to Manage Product Data with Magento Product Feed Manager?

Steps to Manage Product Data Feed in Magento

Here is a step by step guide on how you can set up and manage Product Data Feed in your Magento store -

Step 1: Install the Product Feed Manager in Magento Panel
Here are a few basic commands you can follow to install the data feed manager extension in your Magento store -

• First, you need to download the extension. You can do it either from the Magento marketplace or some other source.
• Once done, you can log in to the FTP to enter the Magento root folder
• Next, you need to upload the extension in the directory (can be dragged and dropped directly)
• After that, you have to install the extension using CLI commands
• Once done, follow these upgrade commands in cmd:

Step 2: Link the Product Inventory
Once the extension is installed, you can start arranging products in profiles. Doing so makes it easy to perform bulk product management. Here’s how -

• In the product feed manager menu, you will find the Product setting option
• There, click on the create a profile option
• Add all the products you want to list
• Finally, save the profile

Step 3: Link the Platform where the Product Needs to be Uploaded
The next step involves uploading products on all the connected marketplaces (in the form of profiles) -
Make sure to do the price markup.
Set the threshold inventory value for each connected marketplace

Step 4: Category and Attribute Mapping
Once done, you can start mapping the categories and attributes of your store and marketplace. You can map them either as a ‘one by one’ basis or a ‘one to many’ basis.

Step 5: Establish a Real-time Integration
Finally, you need to set up the crons of different functions, including product, order, or inventory prices. It will ensure that the data and figures are consistent on all the connected channels.

Challenges:
Magento Product Feed manager can help admin solve many issues and challenges while selling on multiple eCommerce platforms. Here are a few of them -

• Managing and updating products and their details become challenging when done manually.
• Moreover, manually doing these tasks can increase the chances of errors as well.
• The admin has to track, control, and manage feed generation processes manually, which is problematic.
• Without an automatic Magento data feed manager, product feed management becomes a time-consuming process.

With Feed Manager you can easily grow your Multichannel selling business online.