Upload New Products CSV File

Uploading products is as easy as populating a CSV file and uploading it to the Product Manager Desktop Application. This function makes it easier for businesses to expand their product lines and seamlessly add new products as they are developed.
 
How to Upload New Products
 
  1. Download CSV Template by clicking on the “Download CSV Template” button.
  2. Populate the CSV file without changing column names.
  3. Select and copy all data in the CSV file
  4. Click “Paste Data Sheet” button.
  5. Confirm the uploaded data is correct.
  6. Click “Process Data” button.

SKU and Manufacturer Code
It’s important to understand the difference between the two, other systems may allow you to add unique SKU codes for the same product which has different variations, this causes a major SEO duplication issue, essentially pages with duplicate content will not be ranked by search engines and will have a negative impact on your whole website ranking. Content must be at least 70% different to pass this.

Ngage Retail handles this by having its own SKU format (see below), which group’s product variations, one website page for a product which includes variations.

In most cases it may be your own SKU will actually be the manufacturer code. Please make sure the manufacturer code is unique for every line of data.
 

Required

Column Name

Description

YES

ID

Please leave this blank or set to ‘0’

YES

Show on Website

Set to TRUE – shows the product on the website

YES

Show on Google

Set to TRUE – shows the product on Google Shopping

YES

SKU

Ngage SKU – please format as follows:

 

If a product has multiple variations like a T-shirt has colours and sizes, there should be a row of data for each variation, the SKU, Title Content etc should all be the same for each variation, the only things changing would be the variation one, variation two, manufacturer code and maybe the costs.

 

2 letter manufacturer abbreviation 

2 – 8 letter product abbreviation

 

Example:

Manufacturer = Reebok

Product Title = Vest T-Shirt

SKU = RB-V-TS

 

YES

Title

The product title – do not include variation information like colours or sizes 

YES

Variation One

Generally, this would be a colour for a t-shirt example

NO

Variation Colour Value

Only required if your website is using a colour picker on the product page to select a variation, this would be a HEX colour code

YES

Variation Two

Generally, this would be a size for a t-shirt example, if you have a product that has no variation two, you can use the text ‘DEFAULT’ which will omit the variation from the website

NO

Web Order Min Qty

Minimum amount a customer is required to order

NO

Web Order Max Qty

Maximum amount a customer can order at one time

NO

Web Qty Label

The label that is displayed above the qty entry box, leave blank, default is ‘Qty’

YES

Manufacturer

The Manufacturers Name, clicking this cell will popup a selection, if the name is not present in the list, please refer to tab 1 ‘Data’ and populate column B Manufacturers, this will populate the selection list.

YES

Manufacturer Code

The unique code assigned to a product variation by the manufacturer, must be different for every row of data

NO

Replen Min Stock

If you are using the Purchase Ordering module, min amount before the trigger fires to order more stock via the PO system

NO

Replen Order Qty

If you are using the Purchase Ordering module, the amount to order when generating a PO

YES

Selling Price

The price to sell on the website (exclude tax)

NO

Selling Offer Price

The price will cross out the Selling Price and display the offer price below

NO

Selling Trade Cost

If a customer is marked as a trade customer, this is the price they will see once logged in

NO

RRP Price

Sometimes displayed on the website

YES

Buying Cost

Required if the Ngage profit report and accounting package sync is used

NO

Price Override Label

Sometimes manufactures will not let you display a price on a website, this can be used to replace the price with text, example: ‘Please call for a price’

YES

Tax Exempt

At checkout tax is automatically calculated, if this is set to TRUE, then the product will not have tax applied

NO

Stock Level

If you are using stock level management, then depending on the Stock Level Action, product will not be available to purchase (see stock level action below)

YES

Barcode

The unique barcode assigned to a product variation by the manufacturer, must be different for every row of data

NO

Bin Location

The storage bay/bin where the product is being held, shows up on the warehouse app when picking orders

NO

Available Date

If you want to display your product but don’t want purchase to be available until a specific date time, populate this date

YES

Shipping Size

Custom Option for custom shipping data

YES

Shipping Options

Select an option from the list, only these options will be available at checkout if this product is in the basket.

YES

Product Weight (grams)

Must be set in grams – required for shipping calculations

YES

Product Height (cm)

Must be set in cm – required for shipping calculations

YES

Product Width (cm)

Must be set in cm – required for shipping calculations

YES

Product Depth (cm)

Must be set in cm – required for shipping calculations

YES

Variation One Label

The label that is displayed above variation one, default = ‘Please select a colour’

YES

Variation Two Label

The label that is displayed above variation one, default = ‘Please select a size’

YES

Meta Title

Extremely important for SEO – at worst can be a copy of your product title, must be unique for every SKU

YES

Meta Description

Extremely important for SEO – at worst can be a copy of a few lines of the content, must be unique for every SKU

YES

Content

The main content for the product, clicking in this cell will pop up a content editor, enter your content to save HTML

NO

Specifications

If your website is using the specifications tab, then populate this with relevant content, 

clicking in this cell will pop up a content editor, enter your content to save HTML

NO

Related SKU's

On a product page will show any related product at the bottom of the page, format is comma delimited, example: 

RB-V-TS, AD-V-TS

NO

Pick Note Info

Information required to be displayed on the Pick Note at product level, example: manufacturing  notes 

YES

Website Category

Clicking in this cell will pop up a selection, please select 1 category, only 1 category can be selected, due to SEO duplication issues 

NO

PO Supplier List

If you are using the Purchase Ordering module, these will be the suppliers you purchase the product from

NO

Stock Level Action

Clicking in this cell will pop up a selection, this is the action when the stock level hits zero, what can the customer do

YES

Stock Filters

Clicking in this cell will pop up a selection, you can select multiple filters, these are displayed in a few different ways on the website to filter a product selection 

NO

Image URL List

If you have images already hosted on a website, the system can automatically pull the image into our system, comma delimited list of URLs direct to the image file.

NO

Variation Image URL

If you have images already hosted on a website, the system can automatically pull the image into our system, one URL direct to the image file.

NO

Delete Variation

If trhe is selected here, the current variation will be deleted when the file is uploaded.

 
All of this information can be include when populating the CSV file or can be included after upload by clicking on the “Edit Details” found in the “Manage Current Product Data” Page.