Marketplace-specific Requirements and Exceptions

Setup

On Octopia
Cdiscount operates as an Octopia-based marketplace. To integrate your Cdiscount account with Activation, follow these steps to retrieve your Seller ID from the Octopia API portal:

1. Access the Octopia API portal: Go to the Octopia API portal homepage.
2. API Credentials: Click on API Credentials Management and select Get Access.
3. Choose feed aggregator option: 
   1. Select I am using a feed aggregator, followed by My aggregator only requests my Seller ID. 
   2. you can also select "I know my agregator's clientId and input AKENEO
4. Select Akeneo (for Activation): From the drop-down list, choose Akeneo.
5. Grant access: Provide Akeneo Activation access to your seller account.
6. Retrieve Seller ID: Enter your Octopia seller zone credentials, receive your Seller ID, and save it for later use.

Now back on Activation
To finalize the connection between Activation and Cdiscount:

1. Navigate to the channel tab.
2. Click connect on any Octopia channel tile
3. Name your channel
4. Enter the Seller ID in the designated field in the channel creation flow.
5. Click Save to complete the authorization.
6. If you see “Connected to Octopia” in the channel settings, this means that you've successfully connected to Octopia.

Catalog Creation and requirement management

Catalogs are required for creating or updating product information on Octopia Powered Channels like Cdiscount, CDON or Rakuten. The category list is available in French, English and Spanish.

Supported Languages
Octopia only supports the following languages for product submissions:

• French
• English
• Spanish

If you submit product information in any other language, it will not be processed by Octopia.

Automatic Translation for Marketplaces
When you submit product details in one of the supported languages, Octopia will automatically translate the product sheet into the required language of the target marketplace.

Example

• If you submit a product with product information in English and want to sell it on CDON Sweden, Octopia will translate the product description into Swedish so that it displays correctly on the marketplace.

This ensures your products are properly localized for buyers, even if you only provide details in French, English, or Spanish.

Mappings

Content

Required for all products:

• Brand: Specify the product's brand.
• Description: Provide a product description. Note that HTML is not supported, and the description is limited to 2,000 characters.
• Main Image URL: Ensure that the image adheres to the following:
  • Resolution: Between 500x500 px and 3,000x3,000 px.
  • Format: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF.
  • Maximum file size: 5 MB.
  • URL must start with 'https://'.
• Title: The product's title displayed on the detail page. Ideally formatted as: [Product type] - [Brand] - [Description keywords] - [Model (for technical products)] - [Gender, if applicable]. Maximum length: 132 characters. Titles must be unique, or they will be rejected by Cdiscount.

Optional for all products:

• Additional Images: You may provide up to five additional image URLs. Follow the same requirements as the main image.

Category-specific:

• Marketing Description: A long product description supporting limited HTML tags (bold, strong, br). Maximum length: 5,000 characters.
• ISBN: Required for books.
• Labels and Certifications: Certifications such as organic, fair trade, or NF environment.

Note: You can only modify the product information (excluding EAN and Merchant product number) if you were the one who created it on Cdiscount.