A catalogue is a container that holds information about all the items you want to advertise or sell on Facebook and Instagram. You can connect your catalogue to different types of ads and sales channels to promote your items, including dynamic ads, Facebook Shops and more.
Before you begin, you will need:
- A Facebook Page for your business
- A Business Manager account so you can assign your catalogue to your business. Make sure that you have admin access.
To create a new catalogue:
1) Go to Commerce Manager;
2) Start creating your catalogue:
If this will be your first catalogue, click Get Started.
If you already have at least one catalogue, you'll see all of your catalogues listed. Select + Add Catalogue to create a new one.
3) Select the type of inventory you advertise or sell, then click Next.
4) E-commerce (products) only: Choose how you want to add items to your catalogue:
Select Upload product info if you plan to add items yourself in Commerce Manager.
5) Select the Business Manager account that your catalogue belongs to. This unlocks more ways to use your catalogue than selecting a personal account and enables you to assign other people permission to work on the catalogue. To select a Business Manager account, you must be a business admin.
6) Enter a name for your catalogue.
7) Click Create, and you've created a new catalogue.
Now you can add your items
To upload your new data feed to your catalogue:
1) Go to Commerce Manager and select your catalogue.
2) Open the Catalogue tab and go to Data sources.
3) Select Add items. If a drop-down appears, select Add multiple items.
4) Select Data feed followed by Next.
5) Under Is your spreadsheet or file ready?, select Yes and then Next.
6) Choose how to upload your file. Follow the link from your selected option below to skip to your next steps:
6a) Use a URL: Enter the URL provided to you by Citrus-Lime and select Next.
6b) Choose a daily upload schedule after 5:00am for your data feed. Select Next.
6c) Select Save Feed and Upload.
