Before adding product catalogs to your program, you can double-check that product catalogs are enabled in your Ad Settings. Partners will not be able to view your product catalogs unless this setting is enabled.
From the left navigation bar, select
[Menu] → Settings.On the right, under General, select Ad Settings.
In the Ad Types section, under Product Catalogs, ensure that
[Checked box] Enable product catalogs for this program is checked.-
Select Save.
From the left navigation menu, select
[Engage] → Content → Products → Product Catalogs.-
Select Create Product Catalog in the upper-right corner.
Select the type of product catalog you want to create.
Enter a unique Product Catalog Name — this will be searchable by your partners who have access to this product catalog.
Optionally, add Labels that partners can use to search for this product catalog.
Optionally, upload a PDF document with Catalog Instructions so partners understand how to navigate your product catalog.
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Select the Upload Method for your product catalog:
Select the Format of your product catalog from the options.
Enter the Upload File Name for the product catalog with its file extension (e.g.,
data_feed.xml). The name you enter here must match the name of the file you upload.Specify the Language and Currency of the catalog.
Select Create.
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Select your catalog from your computer using the upload files button.
Your selected file must be smaller than 1Gb in size or the upload will not process.
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Select Done.
Select the corresponding product catalog Format from the options provided.
Enter the Upload File Name for the product catalog with its file extension (e.g.,
data_feed.xml). The name you enter here must match the name of the file you want to upload.
If you didn't receive the email with your FTP credentials, you can reset or resend the credentials:
From the left navigation menu, select
[Engage] → Content → Products → Product Catalogs.Select a successfully uploaded product catalog from the Catalog Name column.
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On the Product Catalog screen, select Email Product Catalog FTP Username and Password to resend the credentials email.
Open a connection with your FTP client that connects to products.impact.com with Port: 21.
Use your Product Catalog FTP Username and Password as your credentials for the FTP server.
Select Connect.
Upload your product catalog file to the FTP server.
Select the Format of your product catalog from the options.
Enter the Upload File Name for the product catalog with its file extension (e.g.,
data_feed.xml). The name you enter here must match the name of the file you upload.Enter the Pull URL that points to the directory where your product data file exists. impact.com supports
http://,https://,ftp://, andsftp://.Choose how often impact.com will fetch the file: Daily, every 8 hours, every 4 hours, or every 2 hours.
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Choose the time at which impact.com will fetch the file (in GMT -05:00 Eastern Time)
Select your shopping cart solution: Shopify, Magento, BigCommerce, WooCommerce, or Demandware.
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Enter your e-commerce access details. Select your e-commerce solution below for information on where to find these details:
View our article on the Shopify Product Catalog to learn how to find and set up your credentials.
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Enter the base URL of your store.
E.g.,
https://www.acmeacademy.com.
For the Consumer Key, Consumer Secret, Access Key, and Access Token, access your authentication keys and tokens.
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Enter the base URL of your store.
E.g.,
https://www.acmeacademy.com.
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Enter your API Username and Password.
API username — enter your Consumer Key here
API password — enter your Consumer Secret here
Learn how to generate your keys. You'll also need to enable legacy REST API.
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Enter your Base URL and Site ID. They will be the same. Learn how to get your site ID.
E.g.,
https://www.acmeacademy.com.
Learn how to get the API username and password credentials.
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Enter the Base URL of your store.
E.g.,
https://www.acmeacademy.com.
Optionally, specify a Collection ID to only add products from a specific Shoplazza product collection.
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Enter your Access Token.
Learn how to get your Access Token.
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Choose the Language and Currency in which the catalog will be displayed for partners.
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Optionally, set up mobile fallback.
You can set up mobile fallback on your product catalogs. This option allows you to send traffic to your mobile apps, which allows partners to use generic ads for a single app across many platforms.
In the left navigation select
[Engage] → Content → Products → Product Catalogs.-
Select Create Product Catalog or alternatively find an existing product catalog and select
[Actions] → Edit.
In the Mobile App Fallback section, select
[Toggle on] Reroute mobile traffic from this ad if impact.com didn't detect that your app is already installed.-
From the drop-down options under Android and iOS, select a fallback option for each platform. This selection will then be populated with the URL to download your app.
impact.com will automatically detect the device type of the consumer and direct them to the appropriate app store to download your app once mobile fallback is set up.
Select Save.
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Optionally, set up advanced settings.
Advanced settings allow you to restrict your product catalog to specific partners and specify their download options.
Select Allow access to only specific Partners to restrict access to this product catalog. Enter the partner account names into the search field, and use the checkboxes to select partners that should have access.
Enable which Partner Download Options you want to make available to your partners for this catalog. Options you can enable include FTP, API, or Partner Portal Browser Download.
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Select Create to create the product catalog entry and move on to the upload screen (for direct uploads).
Otherwise, if not adding your catalog via Direct Upload, you'll return to the Product Catalogs screen and continue the process below.
Once you've added the catalog and fixed any errors, you can make the catalog available for use by your partners and ensure your products feature in the product marketplace. Making your products available on the Product Marketplace could result in more incoming program applications. Consider creating workflows to automate your program application processing.
From the Product Catalogs screen, find the catalog you just added.
Under Actions, select
[Drop-down menu] → Make Available for Use for the catalog you just added.
Note: The products’ landing page domain needs to be added as a deep-linkable domain in the Allow Partners to deep link to specific pages on my site section of your tracking settings for direct product links to work.