Marketplaces Inc Blog Importing Categories

Categories are a very important setup process when starting your marketplace. They have your sellers list their items in a way to enable customers to better find what they are looking for.While the administration site for your marketplace includes a graphical interface for managing categories, we also allow you to import a pre-defined category structure if you have one.To import your categories, your file must follow a few simple rules:1. The depth of categories must be 3 or less2. The file must be a CSV of the format defined below3. Root level categories have an empty or 0 value for parent_idCSV File Format: id, parent_id, name, url_nameExample of category import file:Id,ParentId,Name,UrlName1,0,Books,books2,1,"Art, Architecture & Photography",art-architecture-photography3,1,Audiobooks,audiobooks4,1,Biography,biography5,1,Books for University,books-for-university6,1,"Business, Finance & Law",business-finance-law7,1,Children's Books,childrens-books8,1,Computing & Internet,computing-internet9,1,Fiction,fiction10,0,"Clothes, Shoes & Jewellery",clothes-shoes-jewellery11,10,Clothing,clothing12,10,Shoes,shoes13,10,Jewellery,jewellery14,10,Watches,watches15,10,Handbags & Shoulder Bags,handbags-shoulder-bags16,0,Electronics & Computers,electronics-computers17,16,Camera & Photo,camera-photo18,16,TV & Home Cinema,tv-home-cinema19,16,Audio & HiFi,audio-hifi20,16,Phones,phones21,16,Laptops,laptops22,16,Tablets,tablets23,16,Monitors,monitors24,0,Food & Drink,food-drink