Preparation
Different ways how your listing comes into the tool
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Different ways how your listing comes into the tool
Last updated
Without listing, no successful upload. Each platform has different requirements and needs. On this page we will show you how to make sure that your data and listings get into the tool reliably.
With MBA we have to distinguish between an upload or an update process. While not all data has to be filled during the update, the data that can be imported is the same as the data imported for the upcoming upload process. Therefore, the explanations of the import options apply to both processes.
The way we want to encourage you the most is to prepare your listings in our LazyCloud. Not only that you can write the listings there much easier and prepare them for upload, but also because you can edit them there better afterwards. More information about the LazyCloud can be found here and the documentation of the cloud, where this preparation process is described, can be found here.
We are working on getting our Cloud Project live as soon as possible. As soon as it is ready, this section will be updated with the corresponding links.
To prepare your data with tables, you need our table file templates. You can find them by clicking on the Excel Templates button in the lower right corner of the tool's workspace.
This button will take you to the folder where you can find the templates. In it you will find two templates for MBA. MBA.xlsx and MBA_Old.xlsx are available here. MBA_Old.xlsx can still be used, as we are constantly striving to ensure that old templates can also be imported. For the update process this is still the best template, because Productor generates a file in this format.
For the upload process, we recommend that you use the most recent file so that you can better control our product templates.
Do not modify these template files, but copy them to another path and start editing there. This folder in the LazyMerch installation directory should remain untouched, so that none of your important data is lost during an update.
As mentioned above, the most recent spreadsheet is best for preparing data for upload. In the following the individual fields, whose filling is necessary for it, are explained.
This column is designed to get the paths to your designs. Get the path to one or more designs and paste it here. Paths also include links to a cloud service where your designs are stored. However, make sure that the link goes directly to the image file without requiring authentication.
On windows there is an easy way to fill in your spreadsheet with the data path of your designs. Simply select the design you would like to upload first while holding shift and right click.
Afterwards, select “copy as path” to safe the files to the clipboard. You can now hold CTRL+V to transfer them to your spreadsheet in the column “DesignPath”.
Under LazyTemplate you enter the name of your Product Settings Template. This ensures that the design in the relevant line is imported with all the important information. If you have created templates for several needs, for example one for light designs and one for dark ones, you can easily vary the template names per line.
If the specified name does not exist or has a typo in it, the default template will be selected.
In the Fit Types column, you specify which target group the garments are for. There are three different fit types, which can be named individually or several of them separated by commas:
Men
Women
Youth
Especially for designs around the topic of alcohol, we do not recommend specifying Youth, but only: Men, Women
Let's say you would import your listing in multiple languages, but there are other languages that need to be translated for. In this column you indicate which language is preferred as the source for your translations. If you deliver your listing in EN/DE and DE is mentioned in this field, the translation will be done from the German listing into the remaining languages like FR, IT, ES, JP.
Give us a catchy title for your design. But remember, it's best to leave out product names, such as T-shirt. As it stands now, Amazon doesn't want that or automatically adds it to the end of your title.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
In this column you can insert your brand name.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
Bullet 1 is like a description for your design. You can write a short description with keywords here or just list some keywords at all. But the second one should be used with caution, because as far as we know Amazon is not that keen on useless keyword stuffing.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
Bullet 2 is like a description for your design. You can write a short description with keywords here or just list some keywords at all. But the second one should be used with caution, because as far as we know Amazon is not that keen on useless keyword stuffing.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
In the Description column you can insert your description. You can use it as another place for a keyword-filled description of your design or simply merge Bullet1 + Bullet2 here, which is what many users do.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
The Update ID column can be filled with IDs to your existing designs on MBA. These are needed to update a design and add new products for example.
The custom args are used to be able to select further specifics of the upload. The following input options are currently available for selection:
back - upload your design on the back of every product where this is possible.
back_productName - the design will be placed on the back of one specific product. You have to write the product name lower case and replace all the spaces with dashes " - ". For example: back_standard-t-shirt
template - use the presets that you have saved on MBA as a template.
Although this spreadsheet is somewhat outdated, it can still be used. This may be necessary for the update process or if users have very special use cases that require this old format.
This column is designed to get the paths to your designs. Get the path to one or more designs and paste it here. Paths also include links to a cloud service where your designs are stored. However, make sure that the link goes directly to the image file without requiring authentication.
On windows there is an easy way to fill in your spreadsheet with the data path of your designs. Simply select the design you would like to upload first while holding shift and right click.
Afterwards, select “copy as path” to safe the files to the clipboard. You can now hold CTRL+V to transfer them to your spreadsheet in the column “DesignPath”.
Here you can enter the products for which you want to upload your design. Make sure that the spelling is exactly the same as on MBA and separate them with commas if there should be more than one product.
If there's no input when importing, we will activate the products that are activated in your default product settings template.
In the Fit Types column, you specify which target group the garments are for. There are three different fit types, which can be named individually or several of them separated by commas:
Men
Women
Youth
Especially for designs around the topic of alcohol, we do not recommend specifying Youth, but only: Men, Women
Type the colors you want to activate. Make sure that the spelling is the same as on MBA itself. The colors are selected on a first come first serve basis. If a named color is not available for a product, it will be skipped.
If there's no input when importing, we will use the color information from your default product settings template.
In this column you can name the marketplaces where your design will be published. The order of the names does not matter, but you should separate them with commas. You can choose from the following: COM, DE, UK, FR, IT, ES, JP
If there's no input when importing, we will use the the activated marketplaces from your default product settings template for each imported product name.
Let's say you would import your listing in multiple languages, but there are other languages that need to be translated for. In this column you indicate which language is preferred as the source for your translations. If you deliver your listing in EN/DE and DE is mentioned in this field, the translation will be done from the German listing into the remaining languages like FR, IT, ES, JP.
Give us a catchy title for your design. But remember, it's best to leave out product names, such as T-shirt. As it stands now, Amazon doesn't want that or automatically adds it to the end of your title.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
In this column you can insert your brand name.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
Bullet 1 is like a description for your design. You can write a short description with keywords here or just list some keywords at all. But the second one should be used with caution, because as far as we know Amazon is not that keen on useless keyword stuffing.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
Bullet 2 is like a description for your design. You can write a short description with keywords here or just list some keywords at all. But the second one should be used with caution, because as far as we know Amazon is not that keen on useless keyword stuffing.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
In the Description column you can insert your description. You can use it as another place for a keyword-filled description of your design or simply merge Bullet1 + Bullet2 here, which is what many users do.
In the spreadsheet, this field has a language abbreviation in parentheses with it. Use only the fields of the languages you want to import.
The Update ID column can be filled with IDs to your existing designs on MBA. These are needed to update a design and add new products for example.
The custom args are used to be able to select further specifics of the upload. The following input options are currently available for selection:
back - upload your design on the back of every product where this is possible.
back_productName - the design will be placed on the back of one specific product. You have to write the product name lower case and replace all the spaces with dashes " - ". For example: back_standard-t-shirt
template - use the presets that you have saved on MBA as a template.
