Collections allow you to organize your product catalog into groups such as categories, seasonal promotions, or curated lists. LoudCrowd uses collection data to:
Populate the product picker collections in the storefront creator tools to help creators curate their Storefront collections.
Configure commission rules for specific collections in the program settings
In order assign products to collections, see Send Product Data to LoudCrowd
Pre-requisite: create an SFTP integration
Your collection feed file can be sent to LoudCrowd via Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). Your team will drop the file to a LoudCrowd-hosted SFTP server.
In order to set this up for your account, please contact your LoudCrowd Client Strategist via email. Your email should include:
File purpose (ex., Product + Collection feed)
Your server host's public SSH key (in the form RSA, ECDSA, or ED25519) OR request a password from LoudCrowd.
Note: If you are sending multiple different data files to LoudCrowd, you can use the same key, or generate a different key for each.
Sample file with the required fields (listed below), including a couple sample collections
LoudCrowd will create your SFTP server, and your Client Strategist will email you the following information to access your server:
username
SFTP server address
Drop a collection file to LoudCrowd SFTP
In order to drop collection files to our SFTP server, the connection has the following requirements:
Your server host's public SSH key (in the form RSA, ECDSA, or ED25519) OR the password you received from LoudCrowd
The file must be dropped into a directory named
~/collectionsFile must be a .csv or .tsv file
Collection field guide
The following collection fields are required to maintain your ecomm's collections in LoudCrowd:
collection_id - A unique identifier for the collection in your system. This is the ID that will be referenced in the product feed's collectionIds field.
collection_name - The display name of the collection (e.g. "Summer 2024", "Outerwear", "Sale").
active - Boolean flag for whether the collection is currently active (true/false)
Collection file example
collection_id,collection_name,active
summer-2024,Summer Collection 2024,true
winter-2024,Winter Collection 2024,true
apparel,Apparel,true
outerwear,Outerwear,true
sale,Sale,false