NetSuite Connector Test Products Prerequisites

To set up product sync, you should create or identify one or more test products. The test products or items will have changes or adjustments to their data in the marketplace or cart. To prevent this from affecting your live online sales, you should select sample products or items that have little to no interaction with customers.

NetSuite Connector product sync has two versions — the Price and Quantity sync and the Full Product sync. You can only run one syncs at a time on a particular connector or account combination.

Price and Quantity Sync

If you are setting up price and quantity sync, you must have test items that exist in both NetSuite and your marketplace or cart. Ensure that you meet the following prerequisites:

• The SKU in NetSuite (typically the Item Name/Number field) exactly matches the SKU in the marketplace or cart.

• If syncing price, you have a price value entered in one of the price levels on your test item in NetSuite.

• If syncing quantity, you have quantity available at one of your item locations in NetSuite. If you would rather sync quantity from a custom field on the item record, ensure that your custom field has a quantity specified.

Full Product Sync

In setting up full product sync, the test items you select or create will depend on whether you sell variation items or not. If you sell variation items, you must meet these prerequisites:

• Use the NetSuite matrix item type to create your variation products. When you create a matrix item in NetSuite, you will define a parent item, child items or subitems, and variation fields like size and color.

• Create one matrix item family in NetSuite that can be used for testing.

• Limit the number of subitems to no more than 5 per test item family.

Item Fields

The following fields are required for nearly all marketplaces and carts. Ensure these basic fields are filled out with values or data on your test items in NetSuite, in addition to any other data you may want to sync.

• Flag field in NetSuite Connector

  For more information about the Flag Field, see NetSuite Connector Storefront Flag Fields.

• Product title

• Product description

• Price

• Quantity

• Image

  For more information, see Adding Product Images for NetSuite Connector.

• Item options (size, color, and other variations)

  This is only required for variation items.

Marketplaces like Amazon and eBay have required item fields in addition to those in the list.

Creating New Product Listings

If you want NetSuite Connector to create new product listings in your marketplace or cart, ensure that your test items do not exist in your marketplace or cart.

Designating The Products To Sync

After selecting test products, you must flag the items for syncing to signal to NetSuite Connector that you want to sync them. Do not set all your items to sync at first, even if that is what you want. When you go live, you will have to flag more products to sync, but for now, flag only the test products to sync.

For more information, see Flagging Existing NetSuite Items to Sync.

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