Magento eBay Connector

Now you can proceed to the admin panel configuration part where you need to fill these details. Navigate to System>Configuration>webkul>eBay Magento Connect.

First, you need to enter all the required credentials, select the default attribute set ID and select the eBay store country.

Then, the admin needs to get the eBay categories to Magento, click Download eBay Categories button.

The admin can mention the return policy information for the exported products.

While listing an item on eBay, the seller needs to set the listing duration. Here, in Magento, the admin can mention the listing duration for the exported products.

The admin can also provide PayPal information for the exported products.

Set the dispatch time for the exported products.

The admin can also set the default shipping information for the exported products.

The admin can also set the  “Update eBay Products From Magento” option to enable or disable. If the admin has selected “Yes” for this option then, any changes made to the eBay products on the Magento Store will get reflected on the eBay store as well. Else, if the admin has select “No“, then no changes will be reflected.

The admin can also set the “Update magento product From eBay” option to enable or disable. If the admin has selected “Yes” for this option then, any changes made on the eBay Store for various events will get reflected in the Magento store as well.

Subscribe eBay events: Select the eBay store events for which you want the update in your Magento store –

• ItemRevised – If changes in the product detail occur in eBay store, the results will also reflect on the Magento store.
• ItemSold – If a particular product sold on the eBay store, then either the inventory will decrease in the Magento store or an order will be created along with the inventory update in the Magento store.
• ItemClosed – If any product is made invisible on the eBay store, then that product will get deleted from the Magento store.
• ItemListed – If any new product is listed on the eBay store, then that product will get created in the Magento store.

On ItemSold Event: Select the update action you want to have in Magento store for “On ItemSold Event” of eBay store –

• Update Inventory Only – If a particular product sold on the eBay store, then only the inventory will get updated in the Magento store.
• Create Order – If a particular product sold on the eBay store, then an order will be created and the inventory also gets updated in the Magento store.

Enable or disable the “Product Description Template” feature. And accordingly, select the eBay Template to export the product’s additional information along with the product.

Enable or disable the “Product Price Rule” feature. And accordingly, select the product sync type either Import or Export option for which you want to apply the Price Rule. If it’s selected for Import Products then will work in a reverse manner for Export Products or vice versa.

Example – Suppose “Price Rule Applicable For” is set to Import Products. And as per the price rule, the price value of the imported products will get increase by value 10 more. But the price value of the exported products will be reduced by value 10.

The admin can also select the default store and default website for the product synchronization.

On eBay, there are various specifications in a product. While importing products, the admin has an option to import the product specifications or not.

By navigating to eBay Magento Connector you will be able to :

• Import Products from eBay
• Map Categories with eBay
• Import Orders from eBay
• Export Products to eBay
• eBay Template
• eBay Price Rule

The admin can synchronize its products on both the stores with the help of this Magento eBay connector module. To map the products from your eBay store to your Magento store, go to eBay Magento Connector>Import Products from eBay.

Step 1 – the admin will click on the “Import Products” button.

Step 2 – Select Listing End Dates Range

When you list your item on eBay, you select the listing duration of 3, 5, 7, 10, or 30 days, or Good ‘Til Cancelled. Good ‘Til Cancelled listings renew automatically every 30 days until all of the items sell, you end the listing, or eBay ends your listing.

Now, here the admin the needs to enter the date range for those products whose listing will end.

After clicking the “Import” button, you will see that the products are being synchronized in the background. While synchronizing the product from eBay to the Magento store you can see the number of products being synchronized.

Step 3 – Create Imported Products

The admin can now create the products in Magento by clicking the “Create Imported Products” button. The imported products will be visible on the Magento storefront. The following information about the product will be imported:

The extension imports following information about the product:

• Name
• Price
• Stock status (In stock/ Out of stock)
• Quantity
• Long description
• Main product image
• Variations (sizes, colors, etc)
• Specifications
• SKU (eBay product ID)

At the time of mapping, eBay Condition and Specification will be created as Product attributes and eBay variation will be created as Super Attributes (used for configurable products). From the system, admin can add price based on super attributes option.

Admin can map category, under eBay Magento Connector>Map Categories with eBay. The following page will open.

Admin will click on “Map Category” option and then a new page will open like the below image. Please note that you cannot map the parent category of eBay with Magento. You need to select the sub-category of eBay and Magento.

After mapping the categories, condition, specification, and variations will be created as Attributes in Magento. Condition and specification will be created as normal Product attributes and Variation will be created as a super attribute (only for configurable products).

Now admin can view product attributes ( condition, specification, and variations) while editing and adding product. Magento super attributes created for variations will be displayed while adding a new Configurable product.

To map the orders from your eBay store to your Magento store, the admin will go to eBay Magento Connector>Import Orders from eBay.

Step 1- Click on the “Import Orders” button, it will fetch the order information of all the customers from the eBay store.

Step 2 – Now, click the “Create Imported Orders” button, it will create the orders in Magento Sales>Orders as per the snapshot below.

One any customer places an order on eBay, that order will be visible in Magento backend panel Sales>Orders. The cron will automatically fetch the orders from eBay and add them in Magento. The following information about the orders will be obtained:

• Order date
• Order status
• Customer name
• Billing address
• Shipping address
• Contact information
• Email address
• Payment method
• Shipping method
• Shipment cost
• Ordered item information – product name, sku, price, quantity.

To synchronize the products from Magento to eBay, the admin will go to eBay Magento Connector>Export Products to eBay. 

Step 1 – Select the products that you want to export.

Step 2 – Then, click the “Export to eBay” button. The products will be synced to the eBay one by one.

Please make sure that your exported product’s categories are already mapped between Magento and eBay. Otherwise, the products will not be exported and an error message will appear.

The following information about the product will be exported on eBay:

• Name
• Price
• Stock status (In stock/ Out of stock)
• Quantity
• Long description
• Main product image
• Variations (sizes, colors, etc)
• Specifications
• Return policy information
• Listing duration
• PayPal ID
• Dispatch time
• Shipping information

At the time of Category mapping, eBay Product Condition and Specification will be created as Product attributes in Magento and these attributes label will be followed by eBay category name from where eBay condition and specification came. Ebay specification option will come for every product in the back-end while editing or adding any new product. In eBay specification, admin can see various attributes with the label.

At the time of Category mapping, eBay Product variation will be created as Super attributes (used in configurable products) in Magento and these super attributes label will be followed by eBay category name from where eBay variation came.