Introduction
AstoreShop plays a crucial role in the procurement of merchandise for hotels. In order for your products to be showcased on AstoreShop, it is essential to establish an association between your offerings and products through Mirakl. By utilizing Mirakl, you can upload offers that are linked to your products, thereby enabling hotels to easily place orders for them via AstoreShop. This integration ensures a seamless and efficient process for both suppliers and hotels, enhancing the accessibility and visibility of your products within the marketplace.
But what is an Offer?
An "offer" is a conditional proposal made up of price, stock, and lead time to ship.
Because it is a conditional proposal its characteristics may change or vary over time: therefore some suppliers may be updating offer files more often than product files.
You can add an offer to your published products on Mirakl, using the import from file or API system.
An offer cannot exist without being associated to a published product.
What is an offer file template?
An offer file template is a type of file used in e-commerce platforms, such as Mirakl, to set up and manage offers for products. It contains information such as associated product SKU, pricing, shipping options, and any other terms and conditions that apply to the offer. This file is uploaded to the platform to create or update offers in bulk. Within an offer file, you establish all the terms and conditions that you want to include in an offer that you will apply to a product.
What is the difference between a product and offer?
A product is the physical product that is sold. For example a can of coke. The attributes and characteristics of a product should not change. (for more information refer to Introduction to Products in Astore Shop)
An offer is the terms under which a product is sold and they can vary. An offer is the price the product is sold for, the stock of the product and the lead time to ship of the product.
What is the process to add an offer to AstoreShop for hotels to order them?
For your offer to appear linked to a product on AstoreShop a few steps need to be completed. Here is an overview of each steps. You can deep dive on each step in the other articles related to offer management.
- Once products are published you will have to add an associated offer. (for more information on adding products please consult the product management section)
- You must upload offer details to Mirakl (via creation form, offer template, or API)
- You must check the offers are well integrated into Mirakl
- A good integration into Mirakl is indicated to you via the error reports and integration statuses on the product import status window.
- You work to clear any errors on the offer imports and upload the offers as many times (reworked as) necessary until errors are cleared
- Once the offer is active and once the systems have synchronised, the product and offer appear on the front for the hotel.