With this product feed you can make your online store products appear on the website Hintaseuranta.fi. Hintaseuranta.fi is a Finnish price comparison service that allows people to search for products and compare their prices in different stores.

The Hintaseuranta.fi product feed is part of the Product Feeds extension.

Ordering product feeds

Only an admin account can order product feeds.

Here's how to order a new Hintaseuranta.fi product feed for an online store version.

  1. In the admin panel, go to Account > Apps > Product feeds.
  2. Press Order new product feed and select the store version to which the product feed is associated.

    The product feed contains information about all products that are visible in the store version.

  3. Accept the terms of service and save the feed.

The identifier and address of the feed you ordered will now appear at the bottom of the extension page. You can inspect the contents of the feed by copying its address and pasting it into the address bar of your browser.

After you have saved the feed, its costs will be included in the next invoice you receive from MyCashflow.

Updating the product feed

Product feeds are updated automatically once a day in the early morning. Changes made to products in the online store or additions or deletions of products are therefore not immediately visible in the feeds.

You can also update the product feed manually on the admin panel page Account > Apps > Product feeds by pressing the button next to the feed to be updated. You can update the feed once every 30 minutes.

Using product features to modify the contents of the product feed

Almost all of the product data supported by Google can be specified as product features, including details for which there is no built-in support in MyCashflow (e.g., condition or energy efficiency class).

This is how you can add new product information:

  1. Create a new product feature for the product data you want to add:

    As the product feature identifier, enter the Google product data identifier (e.g., condition).

  2. Create the necessary values for the product feature.
  3. Add the product feature to products that should contain the product data in the Google product feed.

    New product information will be included in the product feed when the feed is next updated.

Deleting a product feed

Here's how to delete a product feed from a version and terminate the associated advertising:

  1. In the admin panel, go to Account > Apps > Product feeds.

    The ordered product feeds are listed in the bottom section on the extension page.

  2. Press the Delete button for the product feed to be deleted.

    A dialog window opens, asking for confirmation that you want to delete the feed permanently.

  3. Press the Delete button in the dialog window.

    The product feed is deleted from the list of feeds.

The advertising associated with the deleted product feed will cease once the ad service's bot next time checks the updates for your product feeds.

Product feed content

The product information is included in the feed entries, some of which are automatically determined by system-generated information and some by the product information you define yourself. Additionally, you can define optional input fields with MyCashflow's product features.

The type of input field below is indicated by the entry's font according to the following format:

The input is in XML format.

Required

  • Name <g:title>: the product name must be specified in the product form's Name field. If the product has variations, the same input field will also include the variation name from the Stock tab of the product card.
  • Visibility (the product must be visible in the product feed's store version and belong to a product category that is visible in some version).
  • Package size (which must be supported by at least one shipping method available for shipments to the target country).
  • Description <g:description>: write a short description in the product form field Description. Additionally, the feed description includes the product form field Product information.
  • Price <g:price>: the price and currency of the product or product variation.
  • Product type <g:product_type>: the entire category path of the product in the online store.
  • Image link <g:image_link>: the URL address for the main image of the product or product variation.
  • Google product category <g:google_product_category>: Product category according to Google's classification system (which can also be used in other service providers' systems).

    If the Google product category is Apparel & Accessories, also specify the following attributes of the target audience and the product:

    • gender
    • age group
    • product color
    • product size.

    The gender and age group can be set by using CSV import. To set the color and size, use product features.

Manufacturer's product identifiers

The manufacturer's product identifiers identify the product on the international market and improve its findability. However, not all products have an identifier. If you're not sure what the correct product identifier is, leave the information unspecified, as incorrect information may result in product disapproval.

  • GTIN (Global Trade Item Number) <g:gtin>: a primary product identifier, typically an EAN identified by a barcode on the product or its packaging. (Enter the ID in the Barcode field on the product card's Stock tab. Learn more about barcodes.)
  • Brand <g:brand>: a brand that is clearly visible on the product or its packaging. (If the brand has already been added to your store, it will be included in the Brand drop-down menu in the product form's Visibility settings section. Learn more about adding and editing brands.)
  • MPN (Manufacturer Part Number) <g:mpn>: manufacturer's product number. (Enter the product number in the Product code field in the product form's Purchasing price, product numbers & suppliers information section.)
  • Identifier exists <g:identifier_exists>: the value is true if GTIN or both brand and MPN have been specified. The value is false, if no product identifier has been specified, or if only brand or MPN has been specified.

Read more about the manufacturer's product identifiers on Google's website.

Additional product management information

  • ID <g:id>: the store's own identifier to identify a product or product variation.
  • Link <g:link>: the URL address for the product or product variation page.
  • Additional image link <g:additional_image_link>: the URL address for an additional product image .

Detailed product description

  • Item group ID <g:item_group_id>: a unique identifier for the main product of a product variation.
  • Condition <g:condition>
  • Material <g:material>
  • Pattern or graphic printing <g:pattern>
  • Color <g:color>
  • Size <g:size>
  • Gender <g:gender>
  • Age group <g:age_group>
  • Adult entertainment <g:adult>: the product is related to sex, is erotic in nature or contains nudity.
  • Product information <g:product_detail>: technical or other additional information about the product using the following sub-definitions:
    • Attribute name <g:attribute_name>
    • Product attribute value <g:attribute_value>

Availability

  • Availability <g:availability>: information regarding the availability of the product or product variation. Possible values:
    • in stock [in stock]
    • product out of stock [out of stock]
    • preorder [preorder], if the product form's Limited availability section includes a defined start date
    • backorder [backorder], if the product is out of stock and an alternative delivery time has been set for it in the stock settings.
  • Availability date <g:availability_date>: the starting time of the product's or product variation's availability, if the product is pre-orderable.

Other settings

  • Own identifier 0–2 <g:custom_label_n>: your own identifier to .