2dehands and 2ememain are Belgian online marketplaces for buying new and used items, services, and vehicles. 2dehands is the Belgian-Dutch version, while 2ememain is the Belgian-French version.
In this article, you'll learn how to set up a 2dehands or 2ememain channel to create, update, and manage your 2dehands or 2ememain listings in Channable.
Contents
- Step 1: Create a 2dehands/2ememain Admarkt connection
- Step 2: Set up your channel
- Step 3: Create product listings
- Additional requirements for 2dehands/2ememain
- Step 4: Review feedback before running
- Step 5: Activate your channel
- Step 6: Review and fix listing errors
Before you start
You’ll need
- An Admarkt 2dehands seller account (pro account for 2dehands)
Good to know
- Log out of your 2dehands/2ememain account before starting to prevent issues during channel setup.
- Your 2dehands.be/2ememain connection may stop working after some time. If this happens, you'll see a 'failed API' error message which you can fix by refreshing your connection.
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Step 1: Create a 2dehands/2ememain Admarkt connection
- In your Channable account, create a new project or select an existing project to add your channel to.
- In the sidebar, go to Channels > + Create channel.
- Search for "2de" and select 2dehands Admarkt or 2ememain Admarkt, depending on which one you want to set up.
- Click + Add a new connection.
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At Connect with, select the marketplace (2dehands or 2ememain). For Label, give your channel a descriptive name.
Note: This name is for your use only to help you distinguish between your channels. - Click Connect with 2dehands Admarkt / Connect with 2ememain Admarkt. We’ll redirect you to 2dehands or 2ememain to log in and authenticate your connection.
After you log in, you’ll automatically be directed back to continue setting up your channel.
Step 2: Set up your channel
- At Connect with, select your new connection.
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Enter the required information:
- For Name, give your channel a descriptive name.
- For Unique ID per item, select the field containing your product IDs. (This is often ‘id’).
- For Use master rule group (optional), add a master rule group or leave this empty.
- Click Save.
Step 3: Create product listings
1) Categorize your products
Organize your product data by assigning relevant categories to your products.
If you've set up another channel with the same products, you can copy categories from that setup to apply to your channel.
- In the Categories step, click on the Manual Categorization tab.
- Click Copy categories. In the pop-up, select a project to copy categories from.
- Click Copy here.
- In the Categories step, click on the Manual Categorization tab.
- Click Generate categories. At Set category field, select the field containing your product categories (this is often 'category').
- Click Save.
- If you have remaining products without categories, continue to Manually generate categories.
You can create conditions to assign categories to products in bulk.
- In the Categories step, click on the Uncategorized items tab.
- Check your items to see if you can identify a common pattern you can filter by. (For example, if 'electric' is in the title of all small electric goods)
- Click on the Manual Categorization tab and select Add category.
- Create a rule to apply categories to products in bulk.
Example: If title contains electric set to category [select relevant category from dropdown]. - Click Save.
- Click Items after in the footer to see how many items were affected by your rule.
- Repeat until you're satisfied with the amount categorized.
2) Set up rules
Use rules to optimize your product data. This can include filtering, modifying, or enhancing data fields to meet 2dehands/2ememain's requirements.
- Rule templates: Commonly used rules you can adjust and customize for your needs.
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
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.
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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.)
Additional requirements for 2dehands/2ememain
Category-specific attributes
2dehands/2ememain requires you to fill in the Conditie (Condition) and Taal (Language) attributes for each category.
Step 4: Review feedback before running
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.
- 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
Preview
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.
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.
Step 5: Activate your channel
Once your product listings are ready, you need to send them to 2dehands/2ememain:
- Select the Settings step in [your 2dehands/2ememain channel] and click Activate API.
- Click Save.
- Click X to return to the Channel overview page.
- Click Run now to send your product listings to 2dehands/2ememain.
Step 6: 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:
- In Description, click on the error name. This takes you to an overview of the products with that error.
- 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.
- 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.
- For more information about the attribute and its accepted values, hover over .
- Resolve the error.