We are a manufacturer and sell to dealers (B2B). Our new CS-Cart website is for now set as 'catalog' function until we figure out how to best set-it up for B2B sales.
In addition, many of our dealers have their own websites/webshops and they want to import from our website our product information, preferably with daily price and inventory information. The problem is that each dealers uses a different platform, technology, etc…
So I'm looking for some 'best practice' insights with how to set this up. My initial thoughts are:
to export from CS-Cart all the relevant data into an XML file. (1x - 2x daily)
Locate this XML somewhere
Have the dealers pick it up through FTP or …
Repeat every day
Or this is naive thinking and there's a much better solution?
If anybody has experience I would love to hear about it!
What I failed to mention in my first post is that we use Product Options, Variants and Option Combinations.
Yes, I did look at the API and after your reply I looked at it again, this time in detail. But if I understand the API info correctly, it is not set-up to handle options, variants and option combinations? Or at least it is not mentioned here: http://docs.cs-cart…s/products.html
However, I also read the Ebay-synchronization thread, and there (after many months of trying…) it now is possible to export options & variants. My assumption is that this Ebay-add-on is based on similar technology as the API.
Alt-Team: thank you for the other option. I would prefer API but I also suspect that some our less technology-oriented dealers might prefer the import/export option. to be continued
What I failed to mention in my first post is that we use Product Options, Variants and Option Combinations.
Yes, I did look at the API and after your reply I looked at it again, this time in detail. But if I understand the API info correctly, it is not set-up to handle options, variants and option combinations? Or at least it is not mentioned here: http://docs.cs-cart…s/products.html
However, I also read the Ebay-synchronization thread, and there (after many months of trying…) it now is possible to export options & variants. My assumption is that this Ebay-add-on is based on similar technology as the API.
Alt-Team: thank you for the other option. I would prefer API but I also suspect that some our less technology-oriented dealers might prefer the import/export option. to be continued
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You can receive options if you use products API request in the following format:
http://domain.com/api/products?get_options=true
instead of
http://domain.com/api/products
Unfortunately it does not allow to get combinations. But the API is easy customizable. If you need help with this, feel free to contact us using the link from my signature.