Stock & Pricing

Centralize Distributor's Imported Data From Different Sources

Icecat Connect is a powerful automated solution from Icecat for managing your assortment’s stock and pricing. With Icecat Connect, you can easily import unstandardized data from your multiple distributors from different sources and convert it to a standardized format.

Icecat Connect will ensure that your catalog’s stock and pricing are accurate and up-to-date, automatically! Plus, Icecat Connect allows you to send data directly to your FTP, making it quick and easy to keep your data in one place. Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of your product catalog management with Icecat Connect.

Convert product feeds into one standardized format
Accurate stock and pricing information
Send data directly to your FTP
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Our Stock and Pricing Key Features

Marketplace Integrations

Marketplace Integrations

Connect your product feeds seamlessly with major global marketplaces, including Amazon, Google, Rakuten, and more. Our mapping system adapts your product data to meet each marketplace’s requirements, creating consistent and accurate multichannel product listings.
E-Commerce Platforms

E-Commerce Platforms

Experience hassle-free integration with leading e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, etc. Our pre-built connectors eliminate the need for complex custom development. The platform will maintain dependable product data in all online stores.
ERP Compatibility

ERP Compatibility

Ensure smooth data synchronization between your business systems (SAP, EXACT) and product information. Achieve operational efficiency with Icecat Connect, which handles complex data mapping requirements, automated inventory updates, and real-time pricing updates.
Data Unification

Data Unification

Transform disparate data formats from multiple distributors into a single, standardized structure. Our advanced data processing tools work with various input formats, converting information into a unified and reliable format for a more uniform purchase experience.
AI Integration

AI Integration

Automate and enhance your product details using AI tools. Integrating generative AI helps create better, more complete, spot-on product descriptions. This intelligent automation reduces manual workload while ensuring high-quality product content.
CX Personalization

CX Personalization

Turn data from multiple sources into descriptions that resonate with different market segments and customer preferences. Customize product content based on geography, language, customer segment, or sales channel to fully address the needs of your audience.

Practical Solutions for Your Business Challenges

Streamlined Data Ecosystem
Streamlined Data Ecosystem
No more wrestling with inconsistent Excel sheets and contradicting supplier formats. Instead of spending hours manually standardizing data from different distributors, watch as Icecat Connect automatically transforms diverse supplier information into your preferred format.
Real-Time Inventory Intelligence
Real-Time Inventory Intelligence
Say goodbye to manual updates with overselling and stock discrepancies. Get instant reports about low stock, price changes, and new product availability across your supplier network. Make informed decisions with minimum communication and optimize operational costs.
Seamless Data Distribution
Seamless Data Distribution
Stop the endless cycle of downloading, reformatting, and uploading data to different platforms. Instead of juggling multiple file formats and transfer methods, use our automated FTP distribution system to push standardized data directly to your stores and software, saving you time and reducing errors.

Explore Popular Integration Use Cases

The Nordic region’s leading consumer electronics retailer, Elkjop, transformed its supplier onboarding process through Icecat Commerce’s solutions. The company previously managed all onboarding manually in spreadsheets. The decision to automate the daily processes with Icecat’s stock sync for e-commerce enabled the team to streamline their extensive product data management across multiple Nordic countries.

Building the custom data transformation platform that allows vendors to supply content via Icecat resulted in the following:

Successful onboarding of major brands, including HP, Philips, and TCL.
Streamlined management of multiple classification and taxonomy standards.
Enhanced supplier collaboration and data accuracy.
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Steps to Get Started with Our Service

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Reach out to discuss your case with all the specific needs and challenges.

Meeting

Schedule an in-person consultation to explore how Icecat Commerce can solve your problems.

Solution

Receive a tailored implementation plan designed specifically for your business infrastructure.

Delivery

Enjoy a smooth onboarding process with dedicated support throughout the implementation.

Benefits Tailored to Your Industry

Retailers and E-Commerce

Through real-time inventory management, you can maintain accurate stock levels across multiple platforms, preventing overselling and improving overall customer satisfaction. The standardized product information enhances your search engine visibility while providing high-quality, relevant content that converts.

Wholesale Distributors

Our platform eliminates the complexity of managing multiple supplier relationships. This is easily possible by standardizing incoming data formats and automating the update process. The reduction in manual data entry not only saves time but also significantly decreases the risk of costly errors in your product information, ensuring greater accuracy and reliability.

Manufacturers and Brands

Through centralized management of your product information, you can ensure consistent brand representation across all retail partners. The automated assortment and content distribution system allows companies to update the information once and automatically sync it across your entire network of retailers and distributors.

Technology Solutions Providers

Enhance your service offerings with our robust integration capabilities and scalable data management solutions. The platform’s advanced and highly adaptable API framework enables seamless integration with existing systems while providing the flexibility and efficiency to develop innovative, custom solutions for your clients with varying needs.

Ready to Transform Your E-Commerce Operations?

Take the first step toward automated product data management. Embrace more efficient operations to discover a whole new level of productivity and business performance. Contact our team today to discover how our e-commerce data sync solution can help achieve it.

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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Icecat Connect is a service that automates the integration of distributors’ product feeds, managing updates such as assortment changes, stock levels, purchase price adjustments, and other product fields.

Getting started is simple. Contact our sales team to schedule a consultation where we’ll assess your needs and suggest the next steps to take. Our team will share recommendations and explain the general transformation process. If you decide to proceed with implementation, we’ll guide you through the entire process, ensuring a smooth transition to automated data management.

Although Icecat Connect unifies all the distributors’ files into one, its functionalities of working with duplicates, standardizing data by Icecat, and integration into the webshops provide more functionalities beyond that.

Yes, we can deliver Icecat Connect product list file with stock, prices, and some custom data to your shop in an automated manner so you will not need to worry about manual management of stock and pricing on a daily basis.

Yes, Icecat PIM is tailored to work with Icecat Connect files to further enrich the data with Icecat/customer’s own content and export it to e-commerce environments.

With Icecat Connect, you can manage a variety of data, including mandatory basic identifiers such as MPN, brand, purchase price, supplier name, and stock level. Additionally, you can manage optional custom fields like EAN (GTIN), product titles, and other custom attributes tailored to your business needs.

We set the update of the Icecat Connect file in your shop as many times per day as needed. We can advise you on the best solution based on our experience. Of course, it also depends on how often the distributors make changes to their files.

Yes, Icecat Connect allows you to send the data directly to your FTP, making it easier to manage and keep your data in one place. Additionally, Icecat Connect can be integrated with a number of e-commerce platforms that we have built connections with.

Icecat Connect picks up the distributor files from their locations, unifies all the files into one, standardizes them using some Icecat data, and delivers them to your e-commerce platform, such as Magento, Shopify, WooCommerce, Shopware, etc., or to Icecat PIM, a product information management system.

By automating product feeds with Icecat Connect, data standardization ensures consistency across your product catalog according to the Icecat taxonomy. This makes it easier to manage, update, and share your product data, while improving the reliability of your stock and pricing information.

You can view the end result of Icecat Connect either as data integrated into your webshop or as a file. Therefore, Icecat Connect does not have an interface. If you wish to manage the data from Icecat Connect, such as distributors, selecting the cheapest distributor, product pricing, filtering out certain products, and creating content for products, etc. —you should consider using Icecat PIM.

No, it is generated several times a day/as many times as needed based on your business needs.

The cost is on demand. It consists of a one-time fee for set-up and a yearly fee per every distributor.

We can explain to you how it works and show Icecat Connect demo file or Icecat Connect integration in the webshop, answering all necessary questions, but we don’t provide a free trial.

Once we have access to the distributor’s digital catalog, it typically takes just several days to establish a connection and get started with the data feed integration.

Icecat Connect is ideal for businesses managing large volumes of products and diverse sales channels. It is especially beneficial for retailers of IT products, TVs, computers, office supplies, and gaming devices. We have built connections with major distributors to simplify data exchange.

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