Mergado Pack for OpenCart

The installation process is standard, as is common with OpenCart modules.

1. At the pack.mergado.cm/opencart website, download the module Mergado Pack. 
    
2. Let’s go to the OpenCart administration. In the left menu, select the Installer from the Extensions menu. Here, click the Upload button, upload the file you previously downloaded from the web, and complete the installation. 
    
   

    

3. Then, in the Extensions menu, select the Extensions category and select Feeds as the extension type in the filters. 
    
   

    

4. Here, select Mergado Pack and install it by clicking on the green Install button. Then click on the button with the pencil symbol and  on the first tab Settings in Mergado Pack, activate. To save this setting, click the floppy disk button in the upper right corner of the screen.
    
   

    

5. To see the extension in the left menu and get easy access to it, in the Modifications section, click on the orange button to clear the cache. After clicking on the blue Refresh button, the Mergado module will appear in the left menu.
    
   

Mergado Pack is designed for OpenCart version 3+ and higher.

If a new version of the module is available, a notification will appear in the administration. Please download the new version of the extension from the Mergado Pack OpenCart page and update using the same procedure as for installing extensions.

The extension allows you to export data from your online store in XML format, in Mergado XML specification. Such data can be used to connect your store to Mergado, where you are able to convert your product data to hundreds of different formats for comparison shopping services such as Google Shopping, GLAMI, etc., or for advertising systems like Google Ads, Facebook, or for different eCommerce solutions, e. g. Shoptet, etc. 

In addition, the Mergado Pack plugin is equipped with many marketing features to help you improve your advertising. Integrated support for Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, GLAMI piXel, Heureka and much more.

If you are using the module for PrestaShop or WooCommerce version 3 or higher, no special settings are needed. A simple wizard will guide you through generating the feed.

If you are using an older version or OpenCart module, follow the instructions:

1. First, go to the Settings tab. If you have a large number of products or problems with feed generation in general, choose a limit in Settings and the product exports will be generated in batches.
    

   

    

2. For WooCommerce only - If you use multiple tax rates at the same time (e.g. for different countries) select which rate will be used in the XML feed.
    

   

     

3. In the second menu item, you set up Cron tasks. Here you will find a list of Cron URLs that you can copy and paste into the task scheduler. 
   More about cron jobs in our article. 

   To generate a feed for the first time, you must first click the ​“Manually generate a feed” button (PrestaShop). 
    

   

    

4. Then in the XML feeds tab you will find a list of feeds generated at least once. On this page you can further work with the feeds, delete them, copy them and use them in Mergado Editor, download them or check the progress of the generation.
    

   

    

Yes. 

The WooCommerce plugin generates SKU values in the <PRODUCTNO> element.

Cron is simply an automatic task launcher, so it can, for example, start generating an product XML feed from your e‑shop at regular times. Cron can be set up at your web hosting. About cron settings, it is necessary to log in to the administration of your web hosting and find the cron settings there, or contact your web host for more information. 

More about cron in our article. 

1. First try to delete the feed and manually generate it again. If the problem persists, try repeating the process several times. 

    

   

    

   

    

2. If the error persists, please contact us using the contact form in the plugin administration or contact form on the Support page or email wordpress@mergado.com. Please attach as much information as possible to your email. Your CMS version, PHP version, Mergado Pack module version and other information that will help us determine the cause of the error.

Yes, the export generates the number of items in stock in the element <STOCK_QUANTITY>.

Gradual regeneration of exports brings important improvements in their creation. With a large amount of data, problems arose and in some cases the whole process ended in failure. Our Mergado Pack therefore offers the option of choosing the number of products that will be generated in one step. And thanks to the limit, only the number of items that the user chooses is subsequently created. This speeds up the process, stabilizes it and reduces the risk of it falling. 

In practice, this means that the feed is generated in partial files, which are merged after this process and create a complete XML feed.

Check Export Settings

Go to Export Settings (Sprocket tab) and check if you have the correct export settings checked according to visibility. By default, products are listed in Public visibility and in the catalog Shop and search results. 

Delete and re-generate feed 

1. First try to delete the feed and re-generate it manually. If the problem persists, try repeating the process several times. 
    
   
   

If the error persists, please contact us using the contact form in the plugin administration or on the Support page or via email wordpress@mergado.cz. Please attach as much information as possible to your email. Your CMS version, PHP version, Mergado Pack module version and other information that will help us determine the cause of the error.