Opencart eBay Connector

• Add multiple eBay accounts and do synchronization.
• Real-time synchronization of events like add item, revised item, sold item and remove the item.Edit Mapped Product
• Import products, orders, and categories from eBay.link section
• The admin can also create multiple price/quantity rules to update the price/quantity of the synced products automatically.
• Price-Quantity rules can be set on import/export the eBay store products.
• Import/update a single product/order using it’s eBay Item Id and order Id.
• Admin can also import the multiple images of the eBay imported products to the Opencart store.
• View a complete list of eBay Categories, eBay Specifications, and also eBay Conditions imported with an option to delete each respective imported Category, Specification, and Condition.
• The admin can also create eBay Template Listing to export the product’s additional information along with the product.
• Export products from the Opencart store to the eBay store.
• Do mapping for products having variations/options.
• View results after every synchronization process.
• Map complete information about products, orders, and can link section categories.
• The exported scheduled product will be visible at the eBay site at the configured date and time.
• Include shipping & additional shipping costs for exported products.
• Add tax information with exported products.
• Real-time updates for exported products – condition, variation, price, name, description.
• Relist the exported product from the Opencart backend.
• Select sub-categories to map from eBay to Opencart.
• Set the number of records to sync during mapping.
• Set the default number of category rows to fetch from eBay.
• Use sandbox mode for testing or debugging.
• This module also provides the facility of importing custom categories of eBay store to the Opencart store.
• Provides the facility to view all synchronized products together. 
• Admin can also Enable/Disable the business policies, Real time event status and clouser notifications.

Note: To install this module make sure that the PHP version should be 7 or higher.

Upload Files

First, extract the downloaded zip file. After that, open the correct Opencart Version Folder. According to Opencart Version installed in your system. Then also upload Lib, admin, system, composer.json to the Opencart root directory.

Run Commands

After uploading the files also run the following commands in the terminal for installing the composer.json file.

curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php

php composer.phar install

Note: – You have to increase post_max_size to 200M.

Upload XML

Now log in to admin backend then navigate through Extensions->Extension Installer. Click the Upload button then browse the XML file, this file is in the ocmod folder. Please select the correct ocmod folder. According to your Opencart version installed in your system.

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Click Continue after uploading the XML file.

Refresh Modifications

After uploading the XML file, please navigate through Extensions>Modifications. Now click Refresh button as visible in below screenshot.

Edit User Groups

After that, go to System>Users>Usergroups. And then edit ‘Administrator’. Click Select All for both Access Permission then Modify Permission and Save it.

Install

Now navigate to Extensions>Extensions>Modules. Findlink section Opencart eBay Connector from the list. Click the Install button as visible in the screenshot below.

link sectionPlease follow the steps mentioned below to get the App ID, Dev ID, Cert ID, and the Auth Token.

1: To create a new account go to developer.ebay.com then click on the sign in/Join link.

2: Now, create a username and password for your account and then click the join button.

3: After the above step, you need to create an app. Enter the app name and choose the environment to generate your key set. Note that app name is not saved until you generate the keys set.

4: After clicking on the Create a Keyset link(for the environment you choose), you need to confirm the primary contact for this account first and then you can click Continue to Create Keys button.

5: Now you can see your selected environment key. For creating the production keys just click on the “Create a Key Set” and you will get your production keys.

6: For generating the User Token go to your Application keys page. In the App ID row of the Sandbox keyset, click the User Tokens to access the Tokens page for your Sandbox keyset.

7: After you click on “User Tokens” in the snapshot above, you will see a “Sign into Sandbox” button. Click it to access the sandbox account.

8: Now, enter your Sandbox Username and Password.

9: After clicking the “Sign in” button, you will see another page where you have to click the “Agree” button.

10: Lastly, you will redirect back then will get the App Token.

After getting the App Token, review your application sign-in settings and ensure that the RuName, OAuth status, and redirect URLs are configured correctly.

Login to Opencart backend, and navigate to Extensions->Modules->Opencart eBay Connector. Click Edit, to do the module configuration as also shown in snapshot below.

After clicking Edit, following page will appear. Here various module settings will appear. First set the module status as Enabled to use this module. Else, select Disabled.

Here the admin will enter the eBay account credentials information.

• eBay Global Sites – Select your eBay store country.
• Mode – Select Sandbox mode for testing, else use Production mode to go live.
• eBay User ID – Enter your eBay account user ID.
• Country Code –  Enter the country code of your eBay store.
• App RU Name – App RU Name can get from ebay app from your account.
• Default Currency Code – Select the default currency that will be used for syncing product prices between OpenCart and eBay.
• Application ID – Enter the App ID of your eBay account.
• eBay Developer ID – Enter the Dev ID from your eBay developer account.
• eBay Certification ID – Enter the Cert ID here.
• eBay Authentication Token – Enter the User Token created from the eBay developer website.
• Enter the API Scope – Enter the required eBay API scopes to allow access for listing, inventory, orders, and other eBay features.
• Shop Postal Code – Enter your eBay store postal code here.

Click Save, to apply your changes.

Before making changes to Import Category Settings. Make sure the Config Settings are saved.

Number of Rows Fetch for eBay Category – Enter the default number of eBay categories to map in Opencart.

Import eBay Categories – Click this button to Import all the default categories from eBay to Opencart.

Here the admin has to configure the Product Settings for Opencart exported products to eBay.

• Default Opencart Product Quantity – Set the default product quantity for products exported to eBay if product quantity is zero at the Opencart Store.
• Product Export Tax Status – If Enabled, then the tax will be added to the product price while exported to the eBay site.
• Choose default category – When the eBay item category will not map to the Opencart category at the time of product import from eBay, then the products will be assigned to this default category.
• Account Delete Options – If enabled, after deleting the eBay account, all the related mapped data of that account will be removed from the Opencart store else mapped entries will be deleted but products and orders will remain the same in the Opencart store.
• Product Delete When Stock 0 on ebay – If this field is enable then product will be deleted if stock price is 0 on the ebay. 
• Out of Stock Status – If this field is enabled, then the selected out-of-stock status will be applied to the product on eBay when the product quantity becomes 0 in OpenCart.

Here the admin has to configure the return policy settings for Opencart exported products to eBay.

• Define Return Policy – Select Returns Accepted or Not Accepted for exported products.
• Business Policy – Admin can Enabled or Disabled the business Policy.
• Define Return Days – Specify the return days for the exported products.
• Pay By – Select who will pay for the returned product. Select – Seller or Buyer.
• Other Info About Return – Write any information about Return Policy for exported products.

Here the admin has to set up the exported products listing settings on eBay.

Listing Duration – Select the duration of exported products on eBay.

End Listing of eBay Item – Select Enable to end eBay listing of exported products after record removal. Else select Disabled, if not.

Delete Opencart Product – Select Enable to delete imported products in Opencart after record removal. Else select Disabled, if not.

Dispatch Time – Select the dispatch time for exported products on eBay.

PayPal Email Address – Enter your PayPal account email address for receiving the payments from the buyers.

• Shipping Services Priority – Define the shipping services priority for exported products.
• Shipping Services – Select the shipping services for the exported products.
• Services Cost – Enter the shipping services cost for the exported products.
• Shipping Services Additional Cost – Enter the additional item shipping cost for the exported products and this applies when a customer purchases the same product in an additional quantity.
• Shipping Minimum & Maximum  Time – Set the minimum and maximum shipping time for the exported products.
• Free Shipping Status – Select Enabled, if you want to use free shipping on exported products. Else select Disabled.

Default Opencart Store for Order Sync – Select the Opencart store for mapping the orders from eBay to Opencart.

Ebay Imported Order Status – Set the default order status for the orders imported from eBay.

Record Sync Number – Set the number of records to synchronize at every process.

This module allows the admin to export the product’s additional information along with the product as per the choice.

For this, the admin needs to create the eBay Template Listing by navigating to Opencart eBay Connector -> eBay Template Listing as per the below image.

Here, the admin can:

• View the complete list of the Template.
• Edit or delete the template.
• Can also Add or create an unlimited number of  Templates.

Add Listing Template:

The admin will navigate to the eBay Template Listing page when clicks on “Add Listing Template”.

Here, the admin will have three sections:

• Information: This will describe the information regarding eBay Template Listing.
• General: In this section, the admin will create the new template and configure the keywords for each field.
  Note: Each keyword should be unique within the same template.

• Description: In this section, the admin will select the description type of the template.

If the admin has selected the description as Custom Description, then the admin has to create the custom description as per the image.

Create Custom Description

In Create Custom Description field, the admin will add the template keywords.
And if the admin has selected the description as Product Description, then the admin has to create the description on the product edit page.

After this, the admin navigates to the Opencart eBay Connector>Map Product Data and select the product from the list for which the admin wants to export the additional information of the product. On the edit page, the admin clicks the eBay Template menu option and select the template from the drop-down list as per the image.

CASE 1: If the admin has selected the template which has Description as “Product Description”

If the admin selects the template which has Description as “Product Description”, then the admin needs to click on General menu option as per the image.

And in the description field, the admin will enter the template keywords and then save the configuration.

CASE 2: If the admin has selected the template which has Description as “Custom Description”

Then, the admin doesn’t need to enter the template keywords in the description field. The admin can simply saves the configuration.

Product Export:

When the product gets exported, the additional details will also get export to the eBay store.

Once the admin configures the eBay account in Opencart. It can now also map categories, products, and orders from eBay to Opencart. To map category navigate through, Opencart eBay Connector>eBay Account Connect>Manage Account>Map Category. 

The following page will open, showing Map ID, Opencart Category Name, eBay Category ID, eBay Category Name, Condition Attribute, and Variation.

Click Map New Category, to import categories from eBay to Opencart. Click Delete, to remove entries from the list.

You can also filter the category list using various filter options like – Opencart Category Id, Opencart Category Name, Variation Type, eBay Category Id, eBay Category Name.

After clicking the Map New Category, first Choose Opencart Category and then Choose eBay Category. Select the parent and sub-categories of the eBay and Opencart accordingly.

After mapping the eBay categories, the admin has an option to provide eBay Specifications, Conditions, and Variations for Opencart exported products. The admin can add this information to new and existing products of Opencart. This information will be visible on eBay.

eBay Variation

To add eBay Variation to Opencart products, go to eBay Variation tab. Now select the product variations according to eBay product category accordingly.

After mapping the categories from the eBay store, the Specification tab and Variations options will be visible on the Opencart product page. The specification and variations will appear for products imported from eBay. The admin can also add and display the same information for Opencart products also.

When Opencart products are exported to the eBay store. The admin needs to provide eBay Specification and Condition information with the products. Navigate through Opencart eBay Connector>Map Product Data and click Edit on any product.

Go to eBay Specification tab, then select the specification options according to the eBay product category.

Then go to eBay Condition, and select the product conditions for the exported products according to the category.

eBay Variation

For exporting Opencart products which have variations/options. Configure the product settings first. Go to Map Product Data>add button>eBay Variation and select the product variations. Then enter the quantity and price for each variety. You can also select the Price Prefix too.

In the eBay Variation tab, the variations have been selected. The prices and quantities have also been selected for each variation including Price Prefix.

Please Note:

1. The real-time update on exported product’s variations will happen to existing variations only. If the admin adds any new variation to the exported product, it will not update.
2. The Variation tab will be displayed for only the products whose categories are mapped with those eBay categories that have eBay variations. 

Here is an example of an Opencart product that has options in it. From the screenshot below, you can also view the test product name, price, and quantity.

eBay Listing

After exporting the product from Opencart to eBay, it will appear under Active Selling. From the screenshot, you can see the Test Product is visible with the same Opencart price & Quantity.

eBay Product Page

The customer can also select the variation according to its choice. From the screenshot below, you can see that the customer has two variations to select. Brand Color and Storage Capacity.

Under this section, the admin will find all the imported specifications from eBay. The admin can also delete any of the imported specifications by selecting the specification and then by tapping the delete button. Also, make use of the filters to filter the specifications as required.

On this page, the admin can see the column values for the – Specification Id, Specification Name, Specification Group Name, eBay Category Name, and Opencart Category Name.

Under this section, the admin will find all the imported conditions from eBay. The admin can also delete any of the imported conditions by selecting the conditions and then by tapping the delete button. Also, make use of the filters to filter the conditions as required.

On this page, the admin can see the column values for the – Condition Value, Condition Group Name, Based On Ebay  Category, and Mapped Opencart Category.

This is used to sync the product of the Opencart store at multiple eBay stores with different names.

In the eBay sync product option, the store owner needs to select the source product. After selecting the source product the destination product option appears.

In the destination product option, the store owner needs to select the destination product and then click on the radio button for synchronizing the price and quantity and then click on the sync product option.

After clicking on the sync product option the destination products will get synchronized with the source products the synchronization will be done for the price and quantity.

Note: If there are multiple destination products then click on the radio button which is present in the last of all the destination product.

All sync Products

For viewing all the sync products the store owner needs to click on the All Sync Product option and once the store owner clicks on it then all the sync products will appear on the admin panel.