How to set up a bol channel

In this article, you’ll learn how to connect bol to your Channable account and set up a Bol channel to automatically update your Bol product listings. 

Contents

• Step 1: Connect to bol
• Step 2: Create your channel
• Step 3: Create product listings
• Step 4: Fulfill GPSR and DSA requirements
• Step 5: Send product listings to bol
• Step 6: Check your listings for errors

Before you start

• Log out of your bol account: Staying logged in can cause automatic login issues when connecting Channable to Bol.
• Ensure your products have valid EAN (European Article Number) codes: bol will only list products with a valid EAN code. 
• Check if your connection is active: An API failure can occur if your bol connection expires. If this happens, refresh your connection.
• Ensure your shop settings match your market: If your shop country is the Netherlands, your products will be listed on bol NL. If your shop country is Belgium, your products will appear on bol BE.

Step 1: Connect to bol

1. Go to Projects > [Your project] > Channels. 
2. Click + Create channel and select bol. 
3. Click + Add a new connection and select bol.
4. Provide a label (name) for your connection (e.g. “bol”).
5. Click Create. We redirect you to log in to your bol account.

After you log in, bol will direct you back to Channable, and your connection will appear.

Step 2: Create your channel 

1. Select your new bol connection and fill in the following information:
   1. For Name, choose a name for your bol channel.
   2. For Unique ID per item, select a field to pull your product's ID data. (This is often ‘id’).
   3. For Content language, select ‘Dutch’ or ‘French’ to determine if your products are listed in Dutch or French respectively.
      To list products in both Dutch and French in the same bol Seller account, you’ll need to create a separate bol API. If you have separate seller accounts for bol NL and bol FR, you can set up a second bol connection and bol API by following the same steps outlined in this article.
2. Click Continue.

Step 3: Create product listings

1. Go to the Build step.
2. In the Shared attributes tab, configure the following information:.
   1. At Item, map your imported fields to the appropriate marketplace fields. (e.g. “title”  for ‘Title’, “gtin” for ‘EAN’)
      
      You can hover over the question mark (?) icon for more information on specific field requirements.
      
      
   2. At Delivery code (optional), set a shipping time for your products.
   3. At Volume discount (optional), you can set discounts for customers who bulk buy your products.
   4. At Price reduction (optional),  you can opt in or out of bol’s reduced commission rates offer for eligible products. You can also configure Channable to automatically disclude your products if the change results in a net loss, or set a maximum acceptable loss.
   5. For Images, link the images or media assets to include in your bol product listings.
3. Click Save.

Step 4: Fulfill GPSR and DSA requirements

The European Union (EU) has introduced new GPSR and DSA requirements for online platforms, including marketplaces.

In order to become compliant with GPSR on Bol, follow these steps. 

1. Set up one or more economic operator entities in your Bol Seller account according to the step 1. Adding your economic operators in these instructions
2. Copy the name of each individual economic operator and add them to the field 'Economic Operator' in Shared attributes in the Build step of your bol integration in Channable. 
   
3. If you use multiple economic operators, create a new project field and use rules to divide the names of your economic operators among your products. 
4. Execute the exporter to add the operators to the offers on bol. 

Step 5: Send product listings to bol

1. Go to Settings. 
2. Under Status: click Activate project, and Save.
3. Return to Channels and select Settings in your bol channel. 
4. At Statusm slick Activate API > Save.
5. Click X to return to the Channel overview page.
6. In your bol channel, click Run now to send your product listings to bol.

Step 6: Check your listings for errors

1. In Channable, go to the Result step of your bol API to check if your product listings have errors. If a product has an error you can click on it to learn more about the cause and how to resolve it.
2. In your bol seller account in your product overview, check for the message “productinformatie zwak” (weak product information). If it appears, you’ll need to manually fill your bol category and attributes and optimize your data.