Compatibility
Version 1 of the module works on PrestaShop 1.5, 1.6 and 1.7.
Pre-configuration
The default configuration is ideally suited to current needs. Only configure the module if you feel the need to and if you do know the consequences of these settings.
Features
Once the setup is completed, you will find the active features of the module:
- In Catalog tab > AliExpress
- In Orders tab > AliExpress for importing orders
- On your product sheets, an AliExpress sub-tab will appear, it will contain all options. (NB: these are optional)
Knowledge Required
The module does not require any special technical knowledge, but it might sometimes need an effort of general understanding and to know the operating mechanism of AliExpress marketplace.
Before, it is imperative to understand the difference between an offer and a product, it is a common practice in all marketplaces. Read the “Differentiate well between an offer and a product” page.
You will also need to read the document “Validate your catalog structure“, this one summarizes in a page how should your product sheet be for marketplaces. Once your catalog compliant, you can export to all marketplaces.
Specific Terminology
In the module you will find two tabs, Profiles and Models, to be understood as “Export Profiles” and “Product Data Models”
The profile contains necessary data for exporting that establishes the correspondence between your products as they are on your PrestaShop store and as they should be in AliExpress, you will determine for example the category on AliExpress for these products .
The product data model allows to complement your product sheets with missing items on PrestaShop but needed in AliExpress or to establish the relationship between data that you have on PrestaShop and must be exported to AliExpress, such as a feature or an attribute.
Briefly: you specify AliExpress category on the profile, and AliExpress mandatory values on the model since most data of the model are optional.
The model is only required for the creation of product sheets.