Catalog Sync: Review Matches Between Shops
Overview
Link the products and supplies your shops already share, so you're not keeping two versions of the same bouquet. Catalog Sync finds items that look the same in more than one of your BloomNation shops and lets you decide what happens to each one. It never merges anything without you.
Review your matches
New matches turn up as you add items or connect another shop.
- In the Dashboard, go to My Shop > Multi-shop.
- Click Review matches in the Catalog Sync section. Each tab also has its own button, like Review ingredient matches. The buttons only show when there's something to review.
- For each match, keep one version or keep them separate.
- On the Confirm step, click Sync now.
How matches are found
| Item | Treated as the same when they share |
|---|---|
| Products | The name, barcode or item number. Each card says which, like "Matched by barcode" |
| Ingredients | The barcode, the supplier and supplier's product code, or the name and tags |
| Suppliers and markups | The name |
| Category groups | The group's name |
Names are compared without regard to capital letters or extra spaces. A match by name alone can be two different products, like two different bouquets both called "Classic Dozen." If they're different, choose Keep separate.
Keep one version or keep separate
Keep this version links the products. The version you keep replaces the other shops' versions once: its details, photos, recipe and price (or everything but the price, if each shop sets its own prices). From then on, a change in any shop reaches the others.
Keep separate leaves each shop's version as it is, and they don't update each other. A shop that doesn't have the item at all gets a synced copy of the most recently edited version. If that shop shouldn't carry it, turn it off there afterward on the Multi-shop page.
On the Products step, you can also uncheck a shop to leave its product out. It stays as that shop's own product. To pick for every card at once, use Use the most recently edited for all or Use (shop name) for all.
Items in only one shop
An item only one shop has is listed under that shop's name, with a checkbox for each of your other shops:
- Checked: the item is copied to that shop and kept in sync.
- Unchecked: that shop doesn't get it.
Every shop starts checked. Use Select all and Select none under a shop's name to change all its items at once. Category groups have one Add to other shops checkbox instead.
When a product is copied, any ingredient, supplier or markup its recipe needs is copied with it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I link a product I kept separate?
Yes. On the Multi-shop page, choose Stop syncing everywhere on each of its rows. The products then show up under Review matches again.
What happens to the versions I don't keep?
The version you keep replaces them, and this can't be undone. Check prices on each card before you pick.