Practical guides for catalog work

Learn how to map supplier CSV and Excel columns to standardized product fields, review AI mapping suggestions, validate product data, and prepare a clean catalog for import.

Compare CSV, JSON, API, and FTP product-feed methods, understand how each format is delivered, and choose the right catalog workflow for your business.

Learn how to create catalog-level rules for product access, pricing adjustments, and exclusions — and how to review calculated prices against MAP before sharing.

Learn how manufacturers organize product information, approve reseller access, apply product and pricing rules, and deliver accurate catalogs from one shared workspace.

Learn how to prepare, upload, review, and apply product price, inventory, and discontinued-item updates while preserving history and validating affected catalogs.

Learn how to name, organize, upload, and match product images to SKUs while keeping primary and alternate product images connected to the correct catalog records.

Learn how resellers create purchase-order drafts from shared catalogs, submit orders to vendors, follow order statuses, and communicate through the purchase-order thread.

Learn how to prepare, upload, map, validate, and import a vendor product catalog from a CSV or Excel file without losing important product information.

Learn how resellers request or receive catalog access, browse permitted vendor products, review pricing and updates, download catalog data, and create purchase orders.

Learn how manufacturers prepare marketplace catalog listings, present product information, review reseller access requests, and grant catalog access through InventaCloud.

Learn how to store MAP values, apply catalog pricing calculations, compare delivered prices with MAP, and review reseller catalog output before sharing.

Learn how to normalize supplier spreadsheets, SKUs, brands, categories, dimensions, pricing, inventory, descriptions, and image references into a consistent product catalog structure.