Export PrestaShop combinations to eBay Marketplace

Most of the eBay categories support listing with variations. This means you can export PrestaShop product combinations to eBay and let your eBay customers select product options from drop-downs.

Today we’ll show you how to export your PrestaShop product combinations to eBay using the eBay Integration addon with Store Manager for PrestaShop. Before you begin, make sure you have downloaded and installed Store Manager, connected it to your store database, and can see your store products in the grid. Now, let’s get down to export.

Steps to Export PrestaShop Combinations via PrestaShop eBay Integration

Select PrestaShop Product Combinations and Launch eBay Export Wizard
Create Export Configuration and Configure General Options
Map Store and eBay Category(s)
Configure Item Specifics
Configure Combinations Export Options
Check the Export Products Template
Preview Export Data
Export and Check Products on eBay

1.Select PrestaShop Product Combinations and Launch eBay Export Wizard

To export particular products, select them in the grid and launch the addon from the context menu. (Addons>Add to eBay Listing).

To export products from categories, launch the addon and select the categories to export products from in the first step of the wizard.

2. Create Export Configuration and Configure General Options

In the first step, you should create an export configuration and a listing.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export New Configuration Based On Categories

Next select the categories to export products from:

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export New Configuration Select Categories

Also, you need to configure the basic settings – language and currency.

Important: be sure to specify your store language here as this will affect the attributes mapping and therefore the correctness of combinations export to eBay.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export General Options

3. Map Store and eBay Category(s)

There are two options to map categories:

Use the automapping. The eBay category will be defined automatically based on the store category path.
Map the categories manually. Browse the eBay category tree and select the most relevant categories.

Note: Most of the eBay categories support variations, though not all. If you export PrestaShop combinations to such a category that doesn’t support variations, the drop-down with options won’t be displayed. You can check the list of eBay categories supporting variations listing here: https://pages.ebay.com/sellerinformation/sellingresources/multiplevariationslist.html

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export Map Categories

4. Configure Item Specifics

The set of item specifications is defined by a category. That’s why it was so important to select the best matching category in the previous step.

In this step, you can see the item specifics for the mapped category. The specifics marked with an asterisk are required and should be mapped either with your store database or eBay fields. The attributes that are used to create product variants are detected automatically and don’t require any additional setup.

Important: If you map an eBay specifics to a PrestaShop database field (for instance, eBay “brand” to the PrestaShop “Manufacturer” field), the PrestaShop field can’t be empty. The products with emty fields will not be exported to eBay.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export Item Specifics

5. Configure Combinations Export Options

This wizard window has five tabs where you can set up the following options:

Export settings (general)
Pricing, Location, Scheduling, Picture settings
Payments, returns
Shipments
Listing design

PrestaShop eBay Combinations Export Settings

In the tab Pricing, Location, Scheduling, Picture settings, pay attention to the following settings as they affect the export of variations:

Variations price – here you can apply a formula, for instance, to increase variation prices on eBay.
Picture Settings > Variation Images by Specific – expand the drop-down and select an attribute that will define variant images on eBay. Most often, it’s a Color attribute for clothes, though you can choose any other attribute.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Export Variations Settings

6. Check the Export Products Template

At this step, you can just check the data and proceed with the next step unless you need to alter a field.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export Template

7. Preview Export Data

This step allows you to check product variations in the Variations tab.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Export Preview

If you are exporting PrestaShop variations with different images, you will be able to check them here as well:

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Variation Images Export Preview

8. Export and Check Products on eBay

When you’ve configured all settings, press Export. After the process is finished, you’ll see the report on how many products were exported to eBay and if any errors occured. Now you can check how PrestaShop combinations look on eBay.

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Combinations Exported

Images of variations will be displayed according to the selected attribute. If a variation had more than one image in PrestaShop, it will be displayed the same on eBay. For instance, this t-shirt at the screenshot below has variations based on color, and each color has several images displaying the front, side, and back of the t-shirt:

PrestaShop Store Manager eBay Variation Images Exported

Final Notes on the PrestaShop Combinations Export to eBay

As you can see, the usage of the wizard makes the export process pretty straightforward. Just follow the prompts and pay attention to the notes from the article. If you still have any questions, don’t hesitate to write them in the comments below.