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Channel overview

The channel overview is the starting page of your channel management. Here you can manage your channels or add new channels.

The tiles give you information about the current status of the channel:

  • red background: Channel is active

  • gray background: channel is inactive and no products are exported

  • blue background: Add a new feed

Create a new feed

  1. Click on "Create own feed".

  2. Fill in the required fields.

    1. Feed name: Enter an explicit and in your shop unique name for your feed.

    2. Feed type:

      • Import

      • Export

    3. Shop: Select the shop, from wich to copy a configuration from:

      This selection is only necessary if you want to copy a feed from an existing shop under "Point d".

    4. Configuration to be copied:

      • No configuration (only deeplink)

        • If you do not want to copy any feed settings from an existing feed, select this option.

        Select the type of feed, to copy a configuration from:

      • From an import

      • From an export

        • Copy settings

        • Copy category mappings

        • Copy export settings with data fields

        • Copy advanced export settings

        • Copy data field value mapping

    5. Assign statistical data to channel

  3. Click on "Create your own feed".

The new feed is created and visible in the channel overview.

Feed settings

  • Click on the feed, you want to edit.

General settings

In the general channel settings you can configure the channel basically. These are your options:

  • Channel Enable: Enable or disable the export of your product catalog for this channel.

  • Feed update rule: Set the frequency of the export of your feed:

    • Automatic: The export will be updated automatically after any change.

    • Manual: The export will be updated only when you click the button on this page for it.

    • Scheduled: The export will be updated only at the times you specify.

  • Minimum number of articles: If fewer articles than specified here are calculated in the feed for the export, the export will be canceled. This can be specified via the slider in whole numbers or as a percentage.

  • Campaign key of the channel: Enter a campaign key for the channel here in order to individualize access to your store via this channel. The content of the field will be appended as an additional parameter to the call of your store from the channel.

    • Example: campaignID=1234

Security

The security settings for the channel export allow you to select whether and how your export should be protected against unauthorized access.

  • Off: The export can be accessed by anyone with a link.

  • Header: The export is only accessible with an HTTPS header extension. Proceed as follows:

    1. Password: It is composed of API Merchant ID and API token, which are concatenated by a ":".

      • Ex: <API-Merchant-ID>:<API-Token> -> 4KR8TV8VO:TRLR36O7D59D49

    2. Encoding: The password must then be Base64 encoded.

      • Ex: NEtSOFRWOFZPOlRSTFIzNk83RDU5RDQ5

    3. GET request: add the Base64 encoded password to the http GET request as a header extension of type "Authorization" via a third party tool.

    4. The Channel Pilot Pro server checks the header and responds with the export if the authentication was successful.

API Merchant ID and API token can be found in the store settings via the tab "Channel Pilot Pro API Access" (Start -> Settings -> Shop Setup).

  • Password: The export is protected by a password, which must be added to the download URL as an additional parameter:

    1. Enter a password in the password field.

      • Ex: MyPassword

    2. Click "Save settings".

    3. Copy your export URL as described above and paste it into the backend of your channel.

    4. Add the following to the export URL: ?password=<selectedPassword>

      • Ex: https://get.cpexp.de/.../googleshoppingde.csv?password=MeinPasswort

    5. The Channel Pilot Pro server will check the additional parameter and respond with the export if the correct password was passed.

You can set the pre-selected security standard in the store settings in the "Security" tab (Start -> Settings -> Set up store). This will then be automatically selected for all subsequently created exports.

Filter

Filters allow you to exclude products that do not meet the conditions of the filter from the channel export:

  • Channel filter: filter that acts when the channel is active, allowing only products that meet the conditions.

  • Filter when the channel is inactive: Products that meet the conditions of the filter will be exported through the channel despite the channel being deactivated.

Performance settings

Here you can enter information about your costs, which you have with the channel. They will help you to analyze and control the channel.

  • Monthly fee: Monthly fee that you pay to the channel.

  • Minimum sales per month: Minimum sales that you have to achieve on this channel.

  • Free clicks per month: Number of clicks up to which the clicks are free of charge.

  • CPC (Default): Costs per Click: Costs that each visitor causes via the channel.

  • CPO (Default): Costs per Order: Costs incurred by each order placed via the channel.

Group channels

If you have many channels, you can group them for a better overview.

  1. Click on "Add group".

  2. Enter a name for the group.

  3. Click "Add Group".

  4. Drag and drop the channels into the group.

Groups can be removed using the "Delete Group" button.

  • Attention: If you delete a group, all channels in it will be deleted as well. Drag all channels to another group to save them.

Advanced export settings

You can read more about the advanced export settings here.

Customize export

All information on customizing your export can be found here.

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