Auto-link my products

The auto-link feature saves you time by linking all your eShop products with their Bigblue equivalent in just a few clicks. ✨

This feature is available for Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop and WooCommerce.

• How to auto-link products?
• How to edit the link of a product that was auto-linked?
• Does the process change for bundles?
• Best practices to keep in mind for the auto-link

How to auto-link products?

1. Create your Bigblue products (manually or through a CSV import) and bundles

Ensure that your eShop products or bundles use either the same SKU or the same barcode as your Bigblue products or bundles. The SKU will prevail over the barcode for auto-linking.

2. Access Shop Integrations, click on your eShop and on Auto-link products

3. In the window that pops up, select your auto-link options, and, when you're ready, hit Start

By default, two options are checked:

• Re-evaluate existing links — with this option checked, all existing product links will be reviewed and updated, hence, we recommend to uncheck it if want to auto-link your new products only.
• Enable products automatically — with this option checked, all successful links will be activated.

Once you click on Start, the auto-link feature is launched and the matching process begins!

4. Check the results of the auto-link process

Once the auto-link process is complete, a new window pops up with the auto-link result.

For eShop products that were properly auto-linked, the matching Bigblue product is displayed in blue in the Products list. When you hover the Bigblue product, a tooltip appears to indicate that the product was Auto-linked by Bigblue.

How to edit the link of a product that was auto-linked?

If for some reason you feel that the auto-link process was not done properly for a specific product, no worries! You can easily edit and replace the link, as usual:

• Click on the pen icon

• Use the search bar to find the Bigblue product that you want to link your eShop product to
• Click on Select, then on OK

💡 Once the link is replaced, the SKU tag will turn grey.

⚠️ Beware! If you manually edit a link between an eShop product and a Bigblue product, this may mean that you need to change the SKU or the barcode in one of the two applications too. Otherwise, the initial link between products will be restored next time the auto-link runs.

Does the process change for bundles?

Everything is the same except for one thing: as there is no barcode associated to a bundle (since a bundle, by definition, consists of two or more products), the product link will need to be made on the basis of the SKU.

Best practices to keep in mind for the auto-link

1. When you create your products in Bigblue, use the same barcodes as in your eShop
2. In case of a Bigblue bundle, make sure to use its Bigblue SKU on your eShop as well
3. As barcodes are not always available, a matching SKU prevails over a matching barcode
4. When configuring your auto-link preferences, if you do not uncheck any option, the feature will automatically review all the existing products of your eShop, link them to the corresponding Bigblue product, and enable their fulfillment
5. If you manually update a link after it has been auto-linked, don't forget to edit the SKU or barcode property that was not matching in your eShop, otherwise, your edits may be overridden the next time you auto-link all your products if your forget to uncheck the corresponding option