A tutorial to sync products from Squareup to Discogs
Whether you are already selling on Discogs or you are looking forward to starting selling on Discogs, our app can sync your products in either direction. Connect your E-Commerce store or POS systems & sync starts within a few clicks of setup.
In this topic, we will have a look at the working procedure of two-way sync between Discogs & Squareup POS in the direction of Squareup POS to Discogs.
In order to sync products from Squareup POS to Discogs, there are some mandatory requirements that you will need.
1.Release ID:
It is mandatory for all your listings on Squareup POS to have a Release ID. Without your Release ID, your products will not sync to Discogs. In Squareup POS, your Release ID can either be present on the SKU field or on the Custom field.
2.Categories:
We have added this feature because if you are selling multiple commodities on your site along with Music records it will help you to separate the products to be synced to Discogs out of other products
The products you would like to sync from Square should have a Category. Only products assigned to a certain category in Square can be selected to sync to Discogs. DisConnect searches for the Category you give during setup to sync accordingly.
Once these mandatory requirements are in place, you can follow the steps below to sync your products from Shopify to Discogs.
Step 1: Navigate to Channel Settings in the DisConnect Panel.
Step 2: Now go to the Squareup POS Section and turn the “Import products from Squareup” switch ON and click on the “Refresh button” to import all the categories in your Square POS. And select the Categories from which you want your products in Squareup POS to be imported and sync to Discogs. Also, select the product field that holds the Release ID of Discogs in your Squareup products. And click on save to start the product import from your
Step 3: Once you have saved the import settings in the Squareup section, now navigate to the Discogs section in the Channel settings and turn the “Create new products on Discogs” switch ON.
Now in order to sync products from Squareup to Discogs, there are some mandatory requirements that you will need after you have turned the “Create new products on Discogs” switch ON.
1.Condition Mapping
In order to sync your Products to Discogs, every product needs a media & a sleeve-based condition mapping. You’ll have the option to set up default Media and Sleeve conditions.
2. Set predefined dynamic comments for newly synced Discogs Products (optional)
Select the channel from which you want to import your products and sync to Discogs in your case Squareup. Now you can customize your dynamic comments which will be synced to Discogs by the means of various shortcodes available to you. Shortcodes are data in Squareup fields that can be mapped into your Discogs’ fields. Once you set your comments here with shortcodes, they will be imported from Square & mapped to Discogs.
3. Auto Repricing (optional)
It happens most of the time that the same pricing strategy doesn’t work for all E-Commerce stores & Marketplaces. With our Auto-repricing feature, you can always tweak them a bit in order to make the best sales possible on Discogs and Squareup POS. Reprice your products while syncing them from Squareup by a percentage or by a fixed amount by selecting the option you would like to use from the drop-down so you don’t have to update them manually.
4. Set the status of newly synced Discogs products
Discogs Products that are created using 2-way inventory sync can be synced either in For Sale status or Draft status. While most sellers sync it in “For Sale” status, there are other sellers who would like to use sync again from Discogs release data to other channels and not really sell on Discogs, they have the feasibility to sync it with “Draft Status”.
Once done with all the settings click on Save to start the sync.
