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Facebook Catalog Automation

Facebook's Commerce Manager is a great tool built by Facebook to help you sell and promote products through a Facebook shop.

With the help of our Catalog Generator you can automate the creation of a data feed for the Facebook Catalog Manager (a component of their Commerce Manager).

  • To learn more about Facebook's Commerce Manager, check out their article about Commerce Manager
  • To learn about integrating the data feed we create for you, with Facebook Catalog Manager, read their article how to upload items to a catalog with a data feed in Commerce Manager
  • The creation of your Facebook shop (via their Commerce Manager) is free. If you have some marketing budget, you can also promote your FB shop products on Facebook, using their Ads Manager.
  • Use the General Settings tab below and then the Automation Setup tab.

Choose the general parameters that best describes your shop products:

Shop Category:
Intended Audience:
Intended Age Group:
Options:
For geeks: show feed structure

Facebook catalog feeds are CSV files, containting the following comma-seperated values, as required by the Facebook Catalog feed specifications:

  • id - a unique identifier for your listing. Format: <your shop id>.<listing id>
  • item_group_id - group ID for all the variations of this listing.
  • size - item size if applicable. 'N/A' if not available.
  • age_group - the age group that the item is targeted towards.
  • title - Etsy listing title (limited to 65 characters).
  • description - Etsy listing description. [unless you chose to use the listing title, in the 'Settings' tab]
  • availability - fixed value: 'in stock'.
  • condition - according to your selection in the drop-down menu above.
  • link - a link to your Etsy listing.
  • price - Etsy listing price (prior to discounting, if a sale is defined).
  • sale price - Etsy discounted listing price, if a sale is defined. Otherwise, same as price
  • image_link - a link to your Etsy listing main image.
  • additional_image_link - links to up to 3 additional images of your item, separated by a vertical bar (|)
  • brand - your shop name as it appears on Etsy.
  • google_product_category - according to your setting in the 'Settings' tab.
  • gender - your target audience as indicated in General Settings above.
  • quantity_to_sell_on_facebook - your target audience as indicated in General Settings above.
  • custom_label_0 - will contain a list of all the listing tags that can fit into 100 characters (a Facebook restriction).
  • custom_label_1 - will contain the shop section name for this item.
Info! The URL of your automatically generated feed is: https://sellermarketingtool.com/facebook-catalogs/catalog-2-27e77d.csv
You can now copy this URL into the scheduling section in your Catalog Manager on Facebook.
Name this catalog:
[For your own reference only]
Generate feed:
@ PDT
Are you running or planning to run a sale on Etsy?
Sections to include Discount to apply
Sets of 2 Prints (4 listings)
Sets of 3 Prints (4 listings)
Sets of 4 Prints (6 listings)
Line Art (3 listings)
The sale on Etsy runs from to [inclusive]

Catalog is generated with discount prices only between these dates.

Products condition:
Options:
Yes, email me a report every time the catalog is generated [option is recommended].

# Internal Name Date Created Products in
Catalog File
Shop Sections Included File
Location
Download
Daily Feed 2024-12-08 00:00:01 (PDT) 4 Sets of 2 prints
View URL
Feed URL is: https://sellermarketingtool.com/facebook-catalogs/catalog-2-27e77d.csv
[auto-generated feed]
Info! We recommend using the Automation Setup tab, to create a catalog that automatically updates daily.
Name this catalog:
[For your own reference only]
Sections to include Discount to apply
Sets of 2 Prints (4 listings)
Sets of 3 Prints (4 listings)
Sets of 4 Prints (6 listings)
Line Art (3 listings)
Products condition:
An email will be sent to you once the catalog/feed is ready to download.