Set Product Catalog Feed Preferences as a Partner

The product catalog is parsed by impact.com into the "Impact Format" which can be downloaded in a range of file formats.

Product feed (catalog) file preferences

You can select how you want to download your Impact Format product catalogs by changing the File Format settings.

1. From the top navigation bar, select [User profile] → Settings.

2. Below the Technical section, select Data Feeds.

3. Select [Edit] next to Product Feeds to edit the section.

4. Select the File Format. You can select XML, CSV, or TAB.

   • CSV and TAB are both plain text formats; CSV is comma-separated, TAB uses tab as a separator.

5. Choose whether you want the file compressed (gzip) or not. Compression is recommended for larger product catalogs.

6. Select Save.

   • See the sample spreadsheet below for a description list of all parameters and an example of a product catalog.

   

   Note: To open compressed product catalogs, you will need to make use of decompression software, like WinZip , WinRAR , or 7-Zip .

Download product catalog

In order to download a product catalog, you will need to have joined a brand that has uploaded one.

1. From the top navigation bar, select Content → Product Catalogs

2. Hover over the product catalog you want to download, then select [More] → Download Impact Format.

   • This is the impact.com standardized format of this product catalog.

Note: Product catalogs downloaded in Impact Format on impact.com are in the same format as they would be when downloaded via FTP.