This article is for Marketplacer customers who use Adobe Commerce (Magento 2) as their e-commerce platform. If you are a seller who uses Adobe Commerce to provide products to Marketplacer customers, see Adobe Commerce (Magento 2) for Sellers.
Marketplacer’s core value is enabling you to access products from multiple sellers and make them available to your customers through your website. When you integrate with Marketplacer, you must manage manage these sellers, along with their products and brands.
However, because Adobe Commerce does not have the concept of ‘sellers’ or ‘brand’, Marketplacer needs to add some necessary functionality to your Adobe Commerce platform during integration. See details below for Marketplacer sellers and Marketplacer brands.
Marketplacer sellers
Products in Marketplacer are created by sellers, which automatically associate the seller with the product. This association means that orders, shipping, and other details are managed correctly.
Access seller features in Adobe Commerce
When you install the Marketplacer extension and sync for the first time, the seller entity is added to Adobe Commerce, and the sellers' details and settings become accessible.
To view seller functionality, open Adobe Commerce and go to:
- Seller details Stores > Marketplacer > Sellers
- Seller configuration Stores > Configuration > Marketplacer > Sellers
Addition of the general seller
Because sellers do not exist in Adobe Commerce for first-party products, the Marketplacer Extension also creates an entity called a "general seller" and assigns a "general seller attribute" to all non-marketplacer products in Adobe Commerce.
On the first sync after installation, Marketplacer associates the general seller with all first-party products in Adobe Commerce. However, all subsequent first-party products added to Adobe Commerce must have a "general seller" assigned during product creation.
To view Marketplacer sellers in Adobe Commerce
- To view the brands list (entities), go to Stores > Marketplacer > Sellers.
- The seller details in the table have all been synced per the code below.
- You can filter the product view per column.
To view the full seller record, click Select and Edit. The seller record opens.
Syncing seller details
Sellers are created with the following details at ww.mymagentosite.com/rest/all/V1/seller
Seller details synced to Adobe Commerce:
{
"name": "Moes Cool Shop",
"logo": "https://www.image.com/logo.png",
"store_image": "https://www.image.com/storefront.png",
"email_address": "j@jj.com",
"phone": "123456",
"address": "234 Laver St",
"description": "Moe is ready to make a deal!",
"opening_hours": "M-F, 12-3",
"business_number": "123456",
"policies": "We have a policy of taking your money and running",
"shipping_policy": "Bruce goes to the post office every day, when his gout isn't playing up."
}
Behavior:
- When a new seller entity is created, details are added to the seller list in Adobe Commerce.
- Seller attributes are also created. Seller attributes are what is displayed with products in the Adobe Commerce store.
- Except for some configurations, all changes to seller data should be made in Marketplacer and not Adobe Commerce.
With sellers added to your Adobe Commerce instance, you can also add Seller pages to your website, so that customers can view products from specific sellers. Contact your implementation partner to discuss other ways to extend functionality.
Marketplacer brands
All products in Marketplacer and Adobe Commerce are associated with a brand (entity) and linked brand images (attributes).
Access brand features in Adobe Commerce (Magento 2)
When you install the Marketplacer extension and sync for the first time, the brand entity is added to Adobe Commerce, and brand details and settings become accessible.
To view the new brand functionality, open Adobe Commerce and go to:
- Brand details Stores > Marketplacer > Brand
- Brand configuration Stores > Configuration > Marketplacer > Brand
To view Marketplacer brands in Adobe Commerce (Magento 2)
- To view the brands list (entities), go to Stores > Marketplacer > Brand.
- The brand details in the table have all been synced as per the code below.
- You can filter the product view per column.
- To view the full brand record, click Select and Edit. The brand record opens.
Syncing brand details
Brands are created with the following details at http://www.mymagentosite.com/rest/all/V1/brand.
Brand details synced to Adobe Commerce:
{
"name": "My brand",
"logo": "https://www.image.com/logo.png"
}
Behavior
- Brand attributes are also created when a new product is added.
- Brand attributes are what is displayed in association with the Marketplacer products in the Adobe Commerce store.
With brands added to your Adobe Commerce instance, you can also add Brand pages to your website, so that customers can view specific product brands. Contact your implementation partner to discuss other ways to extend functionality.