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Catalog mapping

Meaning in e-commerce, with examples

nounCommon term

In e-commerce, catalog mapping means: Matching product fields, values or categories in a source system to the corresponding structure of another catalog.

In Turkish: katalog eşleme

How it is used

Use when moving product data between systems whose field names or category structures differ.

Example sentences

  1. Our catalog mapping sends the supplier's shade field to the marketplace's colour field.

    Different field names are connected so the same information reaches its destination.

  2. The catalog mapping incorrectly sent kitchenware into the furniture category.

    Category matching is part of the mapping, not just copying individual values.

Common collocations

  • catalog mapping rules
  • category catalog mapping
  • review catalog mapping
  • product feedA file or data connection, often in XML or CSV, that sends a store's product details such as titles, prices, stock and images to marketplaces, ad platforms or comparison sites.
  • product catalogThe full set of products a business sells, together with their information such as names, categories, prices, variants and images.

More terms: Product Listings and Catalog

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