Getting Started with Pinterest Shopping & Plytix

How to create a CSV data feed for your Pinterest Shopping

In this article, we’ll walk you through setting up a feed export in Plytix, ready to be uploaded to the Pinterest Shopping platform. You’ll be able to prepare it quickly, in just a few steps, using our template, which includes the attributes required by Pinterest Shopping

Creating a Pinterest Shopping Channel

Setting up a Pinterest Shopping Channel

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Creating a Pinterest Shopping Channel

All Channels, including Pinterest Shopping, are managed in the Channels section of Plytix. This area can be found on the top menu of the main navigation bar. 

To create a new Pinterest Shopping Channel: 

1. Go to the Channels section
2. On the right of the screen, click "Add Channel"
3. Then give your Channel a unique name, and choose Pinterest Shopping
4. Click "Add Channel"
   
   
5. You will be taken to the Channel Detail View where you will be greeted with some instructions that will tell you how to set up your Channel. You can add products and attributes to configure your Channel and you can also configure the settings for how to process the Channel data. 

Setting up a Pinterest Shopping Channel

1. Choosing Products
Add a Product list containing the products you want to include in your feed by navigating to the "Products" tab and choosing a list from the dropdown menu. Alternatively, you may choose to create a new list by clicking "+ Create a list". 

2. Attribute Mapping
The third tab in your Pinterest Shopping Channel setup is called "Mapping". This is where you'll match attributes from Plytix to Pinterest Shopping fields.

3. Defining Output Format 

In the "Format" tab of your channel, you can configure the order in which your attributes should be displayed, and whether to include attribute values for product parents, variants, sub-variants or all. 

4. Processing the Feed 
To finalize the feed, you need to process it. It will then generate a feed link and file that you can use in your Pinterest Shopping account.

To process your feed: 
1. Go to the top of the Channel area.
2. Click the "Process now" button. In the next window that appears, adjust settings and click  "Start processing"

5. Settings
Schedule recurring processing in the "Settings" tab of your Channel to automate product content updates. Additionally, from the Settings tab of your channel, you can also change the file name, send a copy of your file to Dropbox or an FTP server, and create Webhooks