gearHow to set up a 2dehands.be/2ememain channel

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.


Before you start

You’ll need

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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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Create your channel

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  1. In your Channable account, create a new project or select an existing project to add your channel to.

  2. In the sidebar, go to Channels > + Create channel.

  3. Search for "2de" and select 2dehands Admarkt or 2ememain Admarkt, depending on which one you want to set up.

  4. Enter the required information:

    1. For Name, give your channel a descriptive name. This is for your reference within Channable only.

    2. For Unique ID per item, select the field containing your product IDs. (This is often id).

    3. For Use master rule group (optional), add a master rule group or leave this empty.

  5. Click Save.

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Create product listings

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Categorize your products

To set up your product data, assign categories to your products.

  • AI product categorization: Automatically assigns product categories through our algorithm.

  • Manual Categorization: Manually assign product categories with custom rules. You can create detailed filters to map each product to the correct category.

  • Uncategorized Items: Products that still need to be reviewed and categorized

Learn more about categorizing for marketplaces

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Set up rules

Rules help you quickly optimize your product data for the marketplace you want to sell on.

  • Rule templates: Commonly used rules you can adjust for your use case.

  • Rules setup: Set up rules to refine your product data. This can include filtering, modifying, or enhancing data fields to meet marketplace requirements.

Read more about using rules for marketplaces

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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: Recommended to avoid errors and improve performance

Shared attributes

  • Shared attributes are common fields that apply across your products, such as EAN, prices, and titles.

  • Use static or dynamic Values

    • Static values: Fixed values that don’t change (e.g. brand name, manufacturer)

    • Dynamic values: Fields that automatically change based on the linked data (e.g. stock, prices)

Category-specific attributes

  • Fields that specifically apply to the category for your products (e.g. size for clothing or dimensions for furniture).

  • Fill in attributes that are specific to the selected category.

Learn more about the Build step for marketplaces

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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.

  • 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

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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.

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.

Learn more about the Preview step for marketplaces

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Connect to 2dehands/2ememain

To send your listings to 2dehands/2ememain, you need to connect your channel to your 2dehands/2ememain seller account account.

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  1. In [your 2dehands/2ememain channel], go to the Settings step.

  2. At Linked seller account, click Select seller account.

  3. Select an existing account, or add a new account.

    1. If adding a new seller account:

      1. For Label: Name your seller account connection.

      2. Click Connect with 2dehands Admarkt/2ememain Admarkt. We'll redirect you to TikTok to log in with your credentials and accept permissions.

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Activate your channel

  1. In the Settings step in [your 2dehands/2ememain channel], click Activate API.

  2. Click Save.

  3. Click Run now to send your product listings to 2dehands/2ememain.

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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

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  • 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.

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  • 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 the info icon.

  • Resolve the error.

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