PIXmania

PIXmania is an online market, which offers a wide range of products in the areas of consumer electronics, home and garden, toys and more. You can offer your new or even used items there and in doing so, extend your reach and generate new customers.

1. Registering with PIXmania

First register with PIXmania in order to set up the interface to PIXmania in your plentymarkets system. You will then receive the access data that you need for the setup in plentymarkets.

2. Setting up PIXmania in plentymarkets

The conditions for using PIXmania in your plentymarkets system:

Items for PIXmania need to have the manufacturer and at least one item image saved for them.
You will need your PIXmania seller key, which you received from PIXmania after registering for this market.

Country platforms become available for selection after you have saved your seller key.

Setting up PIXmania in plentymarkets:

Go to System » System settings » Markets » PIXmania » Settings.
Carry out the settings as desired. Pay attention to the information given in table 1.
Save the settings.

Setting	Explanation
Activate the automatic data exchange	Activate in order to automatically exchange data with PIXmania.
PIXmania seller key	Enter the seller key that you received from PIXmania.Seller key eingeben, wie von PIXmania received.
Countries sold to	Activate the country platforms that you want to sell your items on. The list of countries will not be visible until you have entered and saved your seller key.
Incoming payment	Select whether the orders should be listed with an open or booked incoming payment when they are transferred into your plentymarkets system. The payments that you receive from PIXmania are grouped together. If you choose to import the payments as booked, then the orders that are still awaiting payment from PIXmania will already be marked as paid when they are imported into your system.
Referrer	Select PIXmania. For further information about the order referrer, refer to the chapter Defining a price column.
Delivery period in full days
Default	Enter the delivery time in days. The number of days you enter here is the standard delivery time that most of your shipments require.
Availability 1 - 5	Enter the delivery time in days for each option into the Domestic and Foreign country fields. Only the days that are entered here will be transferred to PIXmania as a delivery period. 0 is not allowed as a number of days. You have to enter a natural number. Set up the options for item availability in the System » System settings » Item » Item availability menu.

Setting

Explanation

Activate the automatic data exchange

Activate in order to automatically exchange data with PIXmania.

PIXmania seller key

Enter the seller key that you received from PIXmania.Seller key eingeben, wie von PIXmania received.

Countries sold to

Activate the country platforms that you want to sell your items on. The list of countries will not be visible until you have entered and saved your seller key.

Incoming payment

Select whether the orders should be listed with an open or booked incoming payment when they are transferred into your plentymarkets system. The payments that you receive from PIXmania are grouped together. If you choose to import the payments as booked, then the orders that are still awaiting payment from PIXmania will already be marked as paid when they are imported into your system.

Referrer

Select PIXmania. For further information about the order referrer, refer to the chapter Defining a price column.

Delivery period in full days

Default

Enter the delivery time in days. The number of days you enter here is the standard delivery time that most of your shipments require.

Availability 1 - 5

Enter the delivery time in days for each option into the Domestic and Foreign country fields. Only the days that are entered here will be transferred to PIXmania as a delivery period. 0 is not allowed as a number of days. You have to enter a natural number. Set up the options for item availability in the System » System settings » Item » Item availability menu.

Table 1: basic settings for the market PIXmania

Connecting to this market allows for the following automatic functions to take place:

Daily item export
Stock synchronisation every 15 minutes
Price synchronisation every 15 minutes
Order import every 15 minutes

3. Setting the item availability

Items have to be available for PIXmania. This is done in the Availability tab of an item within the Item » Edit item » Tab: Variation ID menu. Items for PIXmania also need to have the manufacturer and at least one item image saved for them.

Setting the item availability for PIXmania:

Open the Item » Edit item » Open item » Tab: Variation ID » Tab: Settings menu.
Activate the main variation in the Availability section.
Click on the Availability tab.
Click in the Markets section in the selection field.
→ A list with all available markets will be displayed.
Activate the option PIXmania.
Activate the option Web-API.
Click on Add.
→ The Market will be added.
Save the settings.
→ The item is available on PIXmania.

The availability for variations can be individually edit in the Item » Edit item » Open item » Tab: Variation ID » Open variation » Tab: Availability menu.

4. Defining a sales price

Proceed as described below to define a sales price for the order referrer PIXmania. This price will be displayed on PIXmania.

Defining a sales price for PIXmania:

Open the menu System » System settings » Item » Sales prices » Open sales price » Tab: Settings.
Place a checkmark next to the referrer PIXmania.
Save the settings.

5. Importing brand IDs

The brand IDs from PIXmania are required. You receive them by following the procedure described below.

Exporting the data format:

Go to Data » Dynamic export » Tab: New data format.
Select the setting Producer under Data format type.
Enter name.
Activate the fields ProducerID, ProducerName and ProducerPixmaniaID.
Save the settings.
→ The Edit data format tab will open.
Expand the data format.
Click on Export data.
Save the CSV file on your computer.

Send the CSV file to the PIXmania customer service. You will then receive an Excel file from PIXmania. Generate a CSV file from this Excel file which corresponds to the Producer data format.

Importing the data format:

Go to Data » Dynamic import.
Select the field separator.
Select your data format under Format.
Click on Browse….
Open the CSV file.
Click on Import.
→ After having imported the brand IDs, you can find the PIXmania ID of a manufacturer in the System » System settings » Item » Manufacturers menu.

6. Linking categories

In order to link your categories with PIXmania categories, download the PIXmania category list first. Then link your own categories with the most appropriate PIXmania categories.

Importing PIXmania categories:

Go to System » System settings » Markets » PIXmania » Category link.
Click on Browse….
Select the field separator.
Save the settings.
→ The category list will be imported.

Proceed as described below to link your categories with PIXmania categories.

Linking categories:

Go to System » System settings » Markets » PIXmania » Category link.
Click on the gear-wheel icon in the PIXmania link column.
→ The PIXmania categories will be displayed in the Categories area.
Expand the category.
Select the subcategory.
→ The linked category will be displayed in the Selection area.
Click on Reload.
→ The links will be displayed under PIXmania link.

Deleting category links

You can delete category links in the Selection area.

After you have linked your categories with PIXmania’s categories, you export the data to PIXmania.

Exporting category links:

Go to System » System settings » Markets » PIXmania » Category link.
Click on Export link.
→ A CSV file will be created.
Save the CSV file on your computer.
Send the CSV file to PIXmania.

7. Linking attributes

If you have created attributes in your plentymarkets system, you will have to link these attributes with PIXmania. Proceed as described below to link the attribute Colour with PIXmania. Link further attributes in the same way.

Linking attributes:

Go to System » System settings » Item » Attributes.
→ An overview of all existing attributes will open.
Expand the attribute Colour.
Click on the Market variation tab.
Select PIXmania from the Market drop-down menu.
→ A second drop-down menu Pixmania will be displayed.
Select the attribute Colour from the Pixmania drop-down menu.
Save the settings.

8. Activating the payment method

Activate the payment method PIXmania Payment as described below.

Activating the PIXmania payment method:

Go to System » System settings » Orders » Payment » Methods.
Place a check mark next to the setting Also show inactive.
Open the folder International.
Click on PIXmania Payment.
→ The Settings tab will open.
Carry out the settings as desired. Pay attention to the information given in table 2.
Place a check mark next to the option Active.
Save the settings.

Setting	Explanation
Language	The following options are saved for the language selected: Name, Info page, Info page (internal), Logo and Upload logo. This makes it possible to enter values for these options in various languages. The values for a language will be activated as soon as a buyer selects the language in the online store.
Name	Enter the name that should be displayed in the online store and on invoices etc.
Info page	Select a category page of the type content or enter the URL of a website to provide information about the payment method.
Info page (external)	If you selected the option Info page (external) under Info page, then enter the URL of the info page here.
Countries of delivery	Do not select a country of delivery. You cannot use the payment method in your online store. Therefore, this payment method is only activated in plentymarkets. It is not completely set up.
Logo	Select one of the following options for displaying the logo: Show standard logo = The logo that is saved in plentymarkets for this payment method will be displayed. Do not show a logo = The logo that is saved in plentymarkets for this payment method will not be displayed. Show upload logo = The options Logo view and Upload logo will be displayed.
Logo view	If Show upload logo was selected from the Logo drop-down menu, then the logo that was uploaded will be displayed here.
Upload logo	If Show upload logo was selected from the Logo drop-down menu, then you will be able to upload an external logo here. Click on Upload files and select the logo that you want to upload for the payment method. Permitted data formats: GIF, PNG and JPG.
Priority	Select the priority for displaying the payment method in the online store.
Costs: Flat rate or percentage	If the payment method results in additional costs, enter the percentage value or flat rate value. The choice depends on the conditions of your contract. Important: Do not enter a value into both fields. For further information, refer to the Statistics and Tops/Flops pages of the manual. For an example for flat rate and percentage costs, refer to the Basic settings page of the manual.

Setting

Explanation

Language

The following options are saved for the language selected: Name, Info page, Info page (internal), Logo and Upload logo. This makes it possible to enter values for these options in various languages. The values for a language will be activated as soon as a buyer selects the language in the online store.

Name

Enter the name that should be displayed in the online store and on invoices etc.

Info page

Select a category page of the type content or enter the URL of a website to provide information about the payment method.

Info page (external)

If you selected the option Info page (external) under Info page, then enter the URL of the info page here.

Countries of delivery

Do not select a country of delivery.
You cannot use the payment method in your online store. Therefore, this payment method is only activated in plentymarkets. It is not completely set up.

Logo

Select one of the following options for displaying the logo:
Show standard logo = The logo that is saved in plentymarkets for this payment method will be displayed.
Do not show a logo = The logo that is saved in plentymarkets for this payment method will not be displayed.
Show upload logo = The options Logo view and Upload logo will be displayed.

Logo view

If Show upload logo was selected from the Logo drop-down menu, then the logo that was uploaded will be displayed here.

Upload logo

If Show upload logo was selected from the Logo drop-down menu, then you will be able to upload an external logo here.
Click on Upload files and select the logo that you want to upload for the payment method. Permitted data formats: GIF, PNG and JPG.

Priority

Select the priority for displaying the payment method in the online store.

Costs: Flat rate or percentage

If the payment method results in additional costs, enter the percentage value or flat rate value. The choice depends on the conditions of your contract. Important: Do not enter a value into both fields.
For further information, refer to the Statistics and Tops/Flops pages of the manual. For an example for flat rate and percentage costs, refer to the Basic settings page of the manual.

Table 2: settings of the payment method

Permitting the payment method in customer classes

Go to System » System settings » CRM » Classes to activate or deactivate the Permitted payment methods.
For further information, refer to the Payment methods and customer classes chapter of the manual.

For further information, refer to the Payment methods page of the manual.

9. Viewing the export history

In the System » System settings » Markets » PIXmania » Export history menu, you can see an overview of the export history of your PIXmania items. Export histories in progress as well as completed export histories are displayed here.