Purpose
1.2. Minimize manual product data entry, updating, and duplication errors for African import goods.
1.3. Automatically propagate edits (pricing, description, inventory) to all connected sales channels.
1.4. Centralize product catalog management for retail operations targeting diaspora and ethnocultural markets.
1.5. Support the rapid expansion of SKU offerings into new global or African-specific online marketplaces.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Product details edited or updated (e.g., price, stock).
2.3. Scheduled synchronization (hourly, daily, or on-demand request).
2.4. Import feed received from suppliers/distributors.
2.5. SKU status changes (active/inactive).
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Admin REST API Products endpoint — create/update product object.
3.2. WooCommerce
• Feature/Setting: REST API POST/PUT products — synchronize product data for webshops.
3.3. Magento
• Feature/Setting: REST API POST/PUT /V1/products — push editable product data.
3.4. Amazon Seller Central
• Feature/Setting: MWS Feeds API — SubmitFeed (Product, Inventory, Price feed types).
3.5. eBay
• Feature/Setting: Trading API AddFixedPriceItem/ReviseFixedPriceItem — list or edit items.
3.6. Walmart Marketplace
• Feature/Setting: Item Feeds API POST /v3/feeds — upload inventory and product info XML.
3.7. Etsy
• Feature/Setting: Listings API POST/PUT — create/update inventory with African product attributes.
3.8. BigCommerce
• Feature/Setting: Catalog API POST/PUT /v3/catalog/products — update or add SKUs.
3.9. AliExpress
• Feature/Setting: Open Platform API, API ProductAdd and ProductEdit — manage store listings.
3.10. Facebook Shops
• Feature/Setting: Commerce Catalog API — POST/PUT /products — sync African goods media and price.
3.11. Google Merchant Center
• Feature/Setting: Content API for Shopping — insert or patch product resources for feeds.
3.12. Flipkart Seller Hub
• Feature/Setting: Seller API PUT/POST SKU — create/update standardized product entries.
3.13. Jumia Marketplace
• Feature/Setting: Open API POST/PUT /products — auto-list African imports regionally.
3.14. Rakuten
• Feature/Setting: RMS API — ProductAPI endpoint to propagate details for ethnic goods.
3.15. Mercado Libre
• Feature/Setting: Items API POST/PUT — synchronize Afrocentric imported SKU information.
3.16. Lazada
• Feature/Setting: Open Platform Product API — POST/PUT product details, images, stock.
3.17. PrestaShop
• Feature/Setting: Webservice API POST/PUT /products — enable catalog synchronization.
3.18. Cdiscount
• Feature/Setting: Marketplace API — PostProduct/UpdateProduct operations to update listings.
3.19. Wish
• Feature/Setting: Merchant API, `/api/v2/product/add` and `/api/v2/product/update`.
3.20. OnBuy
• Feature/Setting: Listings API — POST/PUT product endpoint for UK/Europe ethnic segment marketplaces.
Benefits
4.2. Ensure brand and cultural product consistency in every marketplace.
4.3. Eliminate errors due to repeated manual data entry.
4.4. Enable agile pricing and promotions across all connected platforms.
4.5. Rapidly adapt to inventory changes for improved stock control and customer satisfaction.