Leroy Merlin is a chain of DIY (Do It Yourself) and garden stores of French origin. The chain is part of the Groupe ADEO. At Bricoman you can purchase building materials, fixtures, mounting materials and professional tools.
Table of contents
- Add a new Leroy Merlin connection
- Add a new Leroy Merlin API in Channable
- Create your product listings in Channable
- Send your products to Leroy Merlin
- Check your product listings for errors
- Best Practises
Step 1: Add a new Leroy Merlin connection
The Leroy Merlin API uses the Mirakl platform, which means you will need a Mirakl account to start sending your product listings to Leroy Merlin.
When you have a Mirakl Leroy Merlin account, go to "[Your company] settings menu > Connections > Add connection". Click on "+ Add a new connection" and you will see a screen, where you can select Leroy Merlin. Fill in the label for your connection, for example: Leroy merlin. And then click on ''Connect with Leroy merlin''. You will be redirected to the environment where you can log in with your Mirakl-credentials. After logging in, you will be redirected back to Channable where the connection will be available.
Step 2: Add a new Leroy Merlin API in Channable
Go to the "APIs > +Add new API" and select the new connection you created with Leroy Merlin.
Select the field you want to use for Unique ID per item (we recommend the id field), and the Language that will be used in the Categories step and will determine the valid values for the Attributes. You can also add a master rule group here if you want. Click on “Save” to finish creating the new Leroy Merlin API.
Step 3: Create your product listings in Channable
Follow these steps to set up your channel. Click on each step to expand and view the detailed instructions which will guide you through the process.
1. Categorization
To set up your product data, your products need a category. Add categories to your products by using the generate categories feature, or create new categories from scratch.
- Smart Categorization: This feature automatically assigns categories to your products based on predefined criteria, simplifying the categorization process.
- Manual Categorization: Manually assign categories to your products by setting specific rules. You can create detailed filters to map each product to the correct category.
- Uncategorized Items: Review and categorize any items that remain uncategorized to ensure all products are properly organized.
2. Rules
Create different rules to optimize your product data. For examples, refer to our common rules support article for guidance.
- Rules Setup: Set up various rules to refine your product data. This can include filtering, modifying, or enhancing data fields to meet marketplace requirements.
3. Build step
The Build step allows you to configure all necessary attributes for your items, ensuring your product data aligns with marketplace requirements. This step is crucial for successful product listings and avoiding errors.
3.1 Overview
- Access the Build step: Start by accessing the centralized interface of the Build step. This is where you will manage and map all product attributes.
- Identify mandatory and optional Fields: Mandatory fields are highlighted in pink, indicating they are essential for listing your products. Optional fields are marked in orange and can be filled based on specific needs.
3.2 Populate Shared Attributes
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Fill Shared Attributes: Enter common details that apply to all products, such as EAN, prices, and titles. This step ensures uniformity in basic product information across your listings.
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Use static or dynamic Values:
- Static Values: Directly input values that remain constant, like brand name or manufacturer.
- Dynamic Values: Utilize fields that automatically update based on linked data, ideal for variables like stock levels or prices.
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Use static or dynamic Values:
After you have filled in the desired values for the Shared attributes, continue to the Category specific attributes below.
3.3 Specify Category-Specific Attributes
- Select product category: Choose the relevant category for your product, such as clothing or furniture.
- Input Category - specific attributes: Fill in attributes that are specific to the selected category, such as size for clothing or dimensions for furniture. This step helps in fine-tuning your listings according to category requirements. Here you can again use static or dynamic values.
4. Quality step
The Quality step provides instant feedback on setup quality, highlighting mandatory and optional errors to ensure your product data meets the marketplaces' standards.
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, directing to the settings step.
5. Preview step
The Preview step displays mapped attributes for multiple items, highlighting errors before exporting to the marketplace.
Features
- Search & filter: Find specific products or filter by error message/category.
- Item overview: Shows all items to be exported; it can filter to show only items with errors.
- Detailed product preview: Displays missing information and dynamic actions to correct errors.
Checklist for finalizing attributes
- 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.
6. Result step
The Result step provides an overview of your API setup outcomes, including successful uploads, errors, and a preview of the products to be listed. This tab ensures your product data is correctly processed and identifies any issues that need resolution.
- Overview: The result tab shows the status of your product listings, highlighting errors and issues for detailed insights.
- Preview products: Displays an overview of products to be sent to the marketplace, allowing verification of correctly filled attributes.
- Successful: Lists products successfully processed and ready for listing, confirming compliance with marketplace requirements.
- Errors: Identifies errors during processing, providing detailed information to troubleshoot and resolve issues.
Optional tabs like repricer errors, repricer event history, stock updates, and fulfillment updates appear only if relevant to the API you are using.
Additional Information for Leroy Merlin
Eco-contributions
France introduced legislation for eco-participation. If your company is operating in France, your company must add eco-contributions to your offers on the marketplace. In this article, you can find a list of available EPR categories.
Enable Sales Channel per items
With a project field, you can dynamically use the Enabled or Disabled setting to adjust which products in your API are sent to each activated channel.
Step 4: Send your products to Leroy Merlin
Almost there, your product listings are ready to be sent. If you have not activated your project, go to "Setup > Project settings > Activate project". After, go back to the APIs overview and go to "Your Leroy Merlin API Name > Settings > Activate API”. After you have completed this step, navigate back to the APIs overview and select the blue “Run now” button to send your product listings to Leroy Merlin or Bricoman France.
Step 5: Check your product listings for errors
After you have sent your product listings to Leroy Merlin, go to the Results tab of your Leroy Merlin API. Click in the filter on 'error'. Now you can see which product listings have errors and are not placed. Click on a specific error to see more information on what is causing the error. If you have solved some errors by changing the settings or product information, re-run the Leroy Merlin API to see the new results.
Best practices
Adding multiple attribute values: When adding multiple values in an attribute field for Mirakl Marketplaces, separate each value with a pipe symbol "|" to ensure proper detection and processing.
Seller's Product ID for Single/simple products: Please note that there are two attributes named 'SellerArticleId' and 'SellerProductId,' respectively. 'SellerProductId' refers to the Parent ID, while 'SellerArticleId' refers to the variant items. For single products, both attributes 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.