Inventory files contain the information Sales4Merchants.Com needs to display your products in our catalog and to offer them for sale on Sales4Merchants.Com. You can create multiple new products using a single inventory file.

This document reviews the basic steps involved in creating an inventory file, describes what Sales4Merchants.Com does with your inventory files, and highlights a number of important concepts about inventory files.

Inventory File

 The Inventory File is a tab-delimited text file that contains the product-related data Sales4Merchants.Com needs to create the product detail pages customers use to buy your products. The information in inventory files is also used to classify products for inclusion in particular categories, browse structures, and search results.

For example, an inventory file might describe a product's name, size, price, ingredients, or interesting features. It might indicate whether a particular product is eligible for gift options or an upcoming sale. It might also classify a product as appropriate for a certain category, department, or specialized audience.

Downloading a Product Template

To create inventory files, you must use appropriate inventory text file template. The text file template is a Microsoft Excel file that contains a preformatted worksheet where you list your product data. It also contains a number of other worksheets to help understand how to use the template.

Because each category on Sales4Merchants.Com requires a different set of product data for its detail pages, a separate product template also exists for each category. In fact, some categories might have more than one template. It is important to use only the appropriate product template that is intended for your category.

Attention: You must contact us for an appropriate product template, please contact us. We can provide guidance about the template to use. Using the wrong template will complicate the process of creating new products. If you want to list products in a category that is not yet available on Sales4Merchants.Com, contact us for more information.