Sales Channels
This section of the manual explains how you can use PlentyONE to offer your products on a variety of sales channels. In this context the term “sales channel” refers to any platform on which you can sell your products, such as online marketplaces, price search engines and your own PlentyONE Shop. You can find a manual page for each sales channel in this section that guides you through the setup process for that sales channel.
1. Structure of this section:
The Sales channels section is divided into five major areas:
To get started on setting up your system, simply select an area and then a particular sales channel or topic in the navigation bar on the left-hand side of this page.
2. Overview of the different areas of this section
| Availability | Description |
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Shop |
Your very own online shop in PlentyONE. |
Managing your sales channels |
Centralised sales channel management functions found in the Channel Control Centre or Sales channels » Accounts menus. |
Markets |
External marketplaces such as Amazon and eBay. |
Price search engines |
Price search engines such as idealo or Google Shopping. |
External online shops |
External E-commerce platforms such as Shopify or WooCommerce. |
2.1. Area: Shop
The PlentyONE Shop allows you to sell your products via a personal online shop.
In this area you will find information on the PlentyONE Shop as well as its predecessor plentyShop LTS.
2.2. Area: Managing your sales channels
In this area you can find information on the sales channel management features in the Sales Channels menu. Of particular note is the Channel Control Centre which allows you to set up and manage a selection of sales channels in a single location in your PlentyONE system.
2.3. Area: Marketplaces
PlentyONE supports a wide variety of marketplaces (which are called sales channels in this context), and even more sales channel implementations are in development. Table 1 contains an overview of the sales channels that are currently supported in PlentyONE.
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Additional marketplaces available as plugins
Some marketplaces are available as plugins. The marketplace plugins can be found on the plentyMarketplace. |
2.4. Area: Price search engines
This area contains information on how to set up the following price search engines in PlentyONE:
2.5. Area: External online shops
Just like PlentyONE, external online shops are complete e-commerce platforms that let you start, grow, and manage your online business. This area explains how you can connect external online shops such as Shopify or WooCommerce with PlentyONE. This allows you to manage central processes such as item management, stock management and order processing via PlentyONE.