Shops3 min read

Shops: add and manage your catalogs

Create a shop in IRONFEED with the five-step wizard, understand shop statuses and navigate Master Fields, Channels, Shop Settings and Shop Products.

A shop is one product catalog. Everything else in IRONFEED — master fields, channels, schedules, alerts — belongs to a shop. Create one shop per catalog (per store, per brand, or per client if you are an agency).

The Shops list

/shops lists every shop you can access with its number, name, status badge, product count, channel count and last import time. Click a shop to open it; use Add Shop to create a new one.

StatusMeaning
OKLast import succeeded and every channel is healthy.
IssuesA channel has warnings. Feeds are still served.
ErrorsA channel has errors or the last import failed. Check the banner inside the shop.
ProcessingAn import or generation is running.
On HoldThe shop is paused.

The status shown for a shop reflects its worst channel (errors > issues > processing > ok > paused). When a channel drags the status down, the shop header says "(reflects worst channel)".

Add a shop (wizard)

  1. 1

    Shop Name

    Internal only, up to 255 characters. You can rename it later.
  2. 2

    Input Feed

    Choose the source and how to reach it. Details on the Input feed page.
  3. 3

    Updates Schedule

    Timezone, daily update times and drop protection. Then Save and Download Products runs the first import.
  4. 4

    Master Fields

    Map the required attributes. See Master Fields.
  5. 5

    Channels

    Add your first destination. See Channels.

If the first import fails you see the error message with Adjust schedule and Retry import buttons. Typical causes are listed under Troubleshooting.

The left sub-navigation ("Feed Management") gives you:

ItemPathPurpose
Master Fields/shops/<id>/master-fieldsShop-wide mapping rules
Channels/shops/<id>/channelsOutput feeds (badge shows the count)
Shop Settings → Input Feed/shops/<id>Source configuration; re-upload a file
Shop Settings → Updates Schedule/shops/<id>/updates-scheduleTimezone, update times, drop protection
Shop Products/shops/<id>/productsBrowse the imported products and their raw fields
Lookup Tables/shops/<id>/lookup-tablesValue equivalence tables (also reachable from any mapping)

The breadcrumb on Master Fields includes a Switch shop dropdown so you can jump between catalogs.

Import problems

When the last import fails, a red banner "Your last import had a problem" appears on the shop pages with the exact error and a Go to Input Feed link. Master Fields and Channels cannot read source fields until at least one import has succeeded ("Import your feed first").

Example

Acme Outdoor Co. — shop #12 — 1,240 products — 2 channels — last import 06:00 today — status OK.

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