Akeneo App for BigCommerce
Description
Build a strong foundation for growth on your BigCommerce platform by integrating it with Akeneo PIM. The Akeneo App for BigCommerce is a premium extension developed, maintained, and supported by Akeneo, the only preferred global PIM partner of BigCommerce.
The Akeneo App for BigCommerce allows you to seamlessly feed high-quality and emotionally resonant product information from your PIM to your eCommerce platform improving your customers' shopping experiences, increasing conversions, and reducing returns. With easy setup and powerful out-of-the-box functionality, anyone can manage it without burdening IT. It's the trusted solution to connect Akeneo PIM and BigCommerce.
App Features
Easy Configuration & Set-up
- Easy to use configuration page within Akeneo PIM
- Quick and straightforward set-up
Data Mapping Capabilities
- Map your BigCommerce target data with your PIM data source
- Two types of mapping are available to accommodate for different data structures:
- Simple mapping
- Complex mapping
- Agile mapping for products and product models
Synchronization of Categories, Products & Products Variants
- Seamlessly import categories, products, and product variants, like colors or size variations, from Akeneo PIM to BigCommerce
- Sync images stored in your Akeneo PIM
- Keep your BigCommerce storefront data up-to-date by kicking-off regular syncs
Job Reporting
- Real-time updates on the status of your imports
- Identification of potential problems in the import with Error Reporting
- Log descriptions are written to be easy to understand for non-technical users
*Enterprise Edition SaaS compatibility is dependent on the usage of a certain feature set with known limitations. Please reach out to your Account Manager for more information.
Feature list
Akeneo PIM data/properties
Product structure: attribute types
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Identifier More infoAvailable
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UUID and SKUs optional More infoAvailable
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Price More infoAvailable
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Text More infoAvailable
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Text area More infoAvailable
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Number More infoAvailable
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Yes-No More infoAvailable
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Date More infoAvailable
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Measurement More infoAvailable
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Simple select More infoAvailable
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Multi select More infoAvailable
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Image More infoAvailable
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File More infoNot available
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Table More infoNot available
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Asset collection More infoAvailable
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Reference entity single link More infoNot available
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Reference entity multiple links More infoNot available
Product structure: attribute properties
Categories
Products
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Simple product (with no variation) More infoAvailable
Products status
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Enabled/Disabled More infoAvailable
Product model
Attribute type as variation axis
Product association
Association level
Assets
Asset structure: attribute type
Asset structure: attribute properties
Asset level
Reference entities
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Reference entity properties More infoNot available
Reference entity structure: attribute type
Reference entity record structure: attribute properties
Reference entity level
Published products
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Published product More infoNot available
Connector/App capabilities
Pre-existing eCommerce data
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Capability to manage a pre-existing eCommerce catalogNot available
Scope/Channel
Multiple eCommerce organizations/websites
Measurement mapping
Attribute mapping
Family filtering
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Capability to choose which PIM families to import More infoAvailable
Product/Product model filtering
Category filtering
Reference entity mapping
Media/Asset mapping
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Capability to choose between PIM media attribute (image/file) and/or assets More infoNot available
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Asset: capability to manage asset media file (media uploaded in the PIM) More infoNot available
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Asset: capability to manage asset media link (media from a CDN/DAM) More infoNot available
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Asset: capability to manage multiple image sizes More infoNot available
Data synchronization
Trigger
Synchronization strategy
Release notes
August, 31st 2022
New feature
- Add Multistore management
July, 18th 2022
Enhancements
- Manage Multi-select, Boolean, and Date as custom fields for products.
- Manage Multi-select, Boolean, and Date as custom fields for product models.
June, 28th 2022
New features
- Add Custom fields mapping & synchronization for products.
- Add Custom fields mapping & synchronization for product models.
May, 13th 2022
New features
- Add display type for product variants.
- Add images mapping for product models.
- Add image mapping for product variants.
March, 14th 2022
New features
- Transformation of the Connector into an App
- Add a possibility to choose a destination storefront
February, 15th 2022
New features & bug fixes
- Add a possibility to import product models & variants.
- Add simple mapping for product variants (images are out of scope).
- Fix synchronization history list.
February, 8th 2022
Enhancements & bug fixes
- Add a possibility to import multiple images for each product (Out of Scope: Asset Manager media files)
- Fix error 500 when accessing the mapping page after configuration of the connector.
February, 1st 2022
New features & enhancements
- Add filters to product's imports (enabled/disabled status & completeness).
- Add notification when a job is executed (Execution tab only).
January, 18th 2022
New features, enhancements & bug fixes
- Add warning messages when mapping the mandatory fields via complex mapping.
- Disable configuration and mapping pages when the import is in progress.
- UI changes: transform Filters tab into pop-in.
- Fix configuration saving if the currency is not set up.
- Fix outdated translations files.
November 2021
Initial release
- Set up Akeneo & BigCommerce API
- Set up of the Main App configuration
- Simple and complex mapping of the simple products
- Full & differential import of the categories & products
- Jobs history
- Functional logs available directly in the connector
Documentation
For any remaining questions, please have a look at our Help Center to learn more about the App, and find a handful of tips to configure the settings of your App properly.