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Integrating competitors data

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We offer a few ways to integrate competitors' prices to our system:

  1. API integration - recommended

  2. Scheduled upload using SFTP

  3. We can get them for you - contact your CS to get a price quote

For any of the above options, you should start with understanding what type of competitors will benefit you the most. Direct or price comparison - as cheapest or list.

 

API integration

If this is your first time using Quicklizard's API, start by reading the Getting started wtih API guide

 

Once you know which types of competitors you want to use, you can configure them using our configuration endpoints:

  • Direct competitors don't need any configuration.

  • To use competitors' data extracted from a marketplace, you would need to configure a new data source. After it is created, add all of the domains you extracted from the marketplace to a store list - this list will be available as a drop-down in the platform for the pricing manager to configure their preferences.

 

After setting up the configuration, try to connect to the competitors/prices endpoint to start updating your competitors.

 

 

Scheduled upload using SFTP

To use this option, you will have to set up a connection with Quicklizard's SFTP server and automate file upload using our templates,

 

Connect to the SFTP

Simply send us an SSH public key, and we will grant you access.

Our support team will send you your path to our server.

 

Generate the files

If you are willing to use a direct competitor, you must set up one file - competitor prices".

To update competitors extracted from a marketplace, you must set up two files - "competitors prices", and "store list".

 

Note: If you add competitors from a new marketplace site, you must alert Quicklizard before with the exact domain of the marketplace, As preparations needed to be made before.


Competitors prices file

 

Start by downloading this template.

 

The file should contain all of your products.

If competitors are not available for a product, the line for that product should be kept empty.

If your file is over 15000 lines, please send the competitors in a few separate files up to 15000 lines.

 

These are the fields you will find in this file:

product_id

a unique identifier of the product this competitor should be updated for.

Source

For the direct competitor, this column will contain: "Shop webpage." For the marketplace extract, It should contain the domain of the marketplace (For example, google.com)

Retailer name

For direct competitors- this column will contain the competitor domain. For the marketplace extract - the specific seller name.

Listing url

The listing in the marketplace / in the competitor's site.

Product url

Optional, For marketplace extract - the redirect link to the seller site.

Price

competitor price.

In stock

1- in stock, 0- out of stock

attribute A

Optional - can contain any relevant data from the competitor site.

attribute B

Optional - can contain any relevant data from the competitor site.

❗️The file should be UTF-8 encoded and saved as CSV❗️

 

Store list

a store list should include a list with everything you have under "retailer name" on the competitor's prices file - each value should only exist once.

This list will be available as a drop-down in the platform for the pricing manager to configure their preferences.

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