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How to set up a Decathlon channel

Decathlon is a online marketplace that specializes in sports gear, clothing, and equipment.

In this article, you'll learn how to set up an Decathlon channel to create, update and manage Decathlon listings in Channable.

Contents

Before you start

What you’ll need

Step 1: Connect to Decathlon via Mirakl

  1. In your Channable account, go to Channels and search for Decathlon.
Note: If it doesn’t appear, click Clear to reset your filters.
  1. Click on it, and select + Add a new connection.
  2. At Connect with, click Decathlon.
    1. For Label, keep the name as is, or change it. This is only used to identify your Debenhams channel within Channable.
  3. Click Connect with Decathlon.

You’ll be redirected to Mirakl to log in to your Mirakl account. This is to authenticate your connection to ensure Channable can list products for you. 

After successfully logging in, your connection will be ready, and you will be navigated back to set up your channel.

Step 2: Set up your Decathlon channel

  1. Click [your Decathlon connection].
  2. Configure your settings for your channel:
    1. For Name, give your channel a name.
    2. For Unique ID per item, select a field containing your products ID codes (e.g. id)
    3. For Language, choose the language your product data is in. 
    4. For Use master rule group, you can set a rule group if you already have one to apply to your channel.
    5. For Status, leave your API deactivated for now.
  3. Click Save.
Note: You can't set up different Decathlon channels for different countries with the same connection. If you want to list in multiple regions from one Decathlon account, you'll need to set up Sales Channels. 

 

Step 3: Create your product listings in Channable

Note: We're gradually rolling out Marketplaces V2. If you're still using Marketplaces V1 your steps might look a little different.

Follow these steps to set up your channel:

1) Categorize your products

Set up your product data by assigning categories to your products. 

  • Smart Categorization: Automatically assigns product categories using our algorithm.
  • Manual Categorization: Manually assign product categories with custom rules. You can create detailed filters to map each product to their correct category.
  • Uncategorized Items: Products that still need to be reviewed and categorized.

Learn more about categorizing for marketplaces

2) Set up rules

Rules help you quickly optimize your product data for your target marketplace. 

  • Rule templates: Commonly used rules you can adjust and customize for your needs.
  • Rules setup: Set up rules to refine your product data. With rules, you can filter, modify, and/or enhance data fields to meet marketplace requirements.

Read more about using rules for marketplaces

3) Build your listings

The Build step is where you configure your product listings to match marketplace requirements. It’s an essential step for getting your products live and avoiding errors.

Mandatory and optional fields: 

  • Mandatory fields : Required to list your products on this marketplace
  • Recommended : Suggested to avoid errors
  • Optional : Not required to list
Important: Some attributes may be mandatory even if they don't seem relevant for your specific situation (e.g. an attribute for adding a Spanish title when you’re only selling in Germany). You can leave these attributes unmapped. 

Shared attributes

Shared attributes are the common fields that apply across your products, such as EAN, prices, and titles. Mapping your shared attributes ensures uniform and consistent product information across your listings.

  • Use static or dynamic Values:
    • Static values: Fixed values that don’t change (e.g. brand name, manufacturer)
    • Dynamic values: Fields that automatically update based on the linked data (e.g. stock, prices)

Category-specific attributes

Category-specific attributes fields that specifically apply to your product's categories. This step helps fine-tune your listings to meet category requirements for your marketplace.

Fill in attributes that are specific to the selected category (e.g. size for clothing or dimensions for furniture.) 

Tip: Click Auto-map fields to automatically map categories using information previously provided in the same channel. Learn more.

Learn more about the Build step for marketplaces

Best practices for Mirakl marketplaces

Adding multiple attribute values: Separate multiple values in an attribute with a pipe symbol "|" for proper detection and processing. 

Seller's Product ID for single/simple products: There are two attributes called SellerArticleId and SellerProductId. SellerProductId is the Parent ID, while SellerArticleId refers to variant items. 

  • For single products, both SellerArticleId and SellerProductId must be filled with the same value.

For more information on Mirakl Marketplace errors, how-to's, and best practices, check out our dedicated guide.

4) Check the quality of your set up

The Quality step provides feedback on your channel before you activate it. It highlights mandatory and optional errors to ensure your product data meets requirements to list on the marketplace.

  1. Solve errors, prioritizing mandatory errors first.

Actions

  • View items: See products with specific issues.
  • View in build: Redirects to the Build step to map missing information.
  • Set categories: Directs to the Categories step to categorize items.
  • Show source: Available for ID fields. Directs to the Settings step.

Learn more about the Quality step for marketplaces

5) Preview before activating

The Preview step displays the attributes you mapped in the Build step, helping you check if everything is configured correctly by providing an overview of your products and potential errors.

Filtering:

  • Filter by error: Click the All dropdown and select if you would like to filter to display only products with errors, or products with a specific error.
  • Filter by category: Click the All categories dropdown and select the category you want to filter by.

Learn more about the Preview step for marketplaces

Before you continue:

  • Review Shared attributes: Ensure all mandatory shared attributes are filled.
  • Review Category-specific attributes: Ensure all mandatory category-specific attributes are filled.
  • Check for errors: Correct any red-marked fields.

Additional information/requirements for Decathlon

GPSR requirements

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

To comply with GPSR for Decathlon, you will need to do the following:

  • In the Attributes step (V1) or the Attributes per category tab in the Build step (V2),  ensure all attributes with the prefix "Gpsr-" are mapped with the appropriate information per region (indicated by the country code in the field name e.g. De_DE)

 

Sales channels

Certain Mirakl marketplaces provide the option to define sales channels, allowing you to customize your product listings by markets/regions, such as “France” or “Italy.” This feature can be particularly useful when you want to set different prices or apply other offer data for each channel.

With a project field, you can dynamically use the Enabled or Disabled setting to adjust which products in your channel are sent to which specific sales channel. Learn more.

 

France storefronts only - Eco-contributions

If your company is operating in France, your company must add eco-contributions to your offers on the marketplace. You can find a list of available EPR categories here.

 

Step 4: Activate your channel

Once your product listings are ready, you need to send them to Decathlon: 
  1. If you haven't activated your project, go to [your project] > Settings and click Activate project. 
  2. Select the Settings step in [your Decathlon channel] and click Activate API.
  3. Click Save.
  4. Click X to return to the Channel overview page. 
  5. Click Run now to send your product listings to Decathlon.

Step 5: Review and fix listing errors

Go to the Result step and click on the Feedback tab. This page displays all possible processing errors your product data has at a given moment. 

 

Resolving errors:

Important: Not all errors prevent your products from listing. We recommend following the steps and using your Successful tab as the source of truth.
  1. In Description, click on the error name. This takes you to an overview of the products with that error.
  2. In ID, click the ID number and scroll. You should see a red highlighted callout in the section where the error occurred. Hover over the callout for more information.
    1. If the error is a mapping error, click View in build to be directed to the attribute you need to map/re-map, which is highlighted in blue.
    2. For more information about the attribute and its accepted values, hover over .
  3. Resolve the error.
  4. Repeat for remaining errors. When you're ready, run your channel again by clicking Run now.

You can check your successfully listed products in the Successful tab.