How to Sell on walmart.com marketplace with Walmart Integration?

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The walmart.com Marketplace is a trendy e-commerce brand. Thus, it provides you a platform to boost your product visibility multiple times upon integrating your Shopify store. Walmart Integration app is easy to set up, and even laymen won’t find it hard to traverse. Additionally, Shopify comes with hundreds of professional templates to build a visually appealing online store, making the Integration app all the more appealing. Explore more to find out how to sell on Walmart.com Marketplace with Walmart Integration.

Walmart Integration app synchronizes Shopify Store with Walmart. With Walmart’s APIs’ help, the app creates a channel facilitating the synchronization of product inventory and orders, updating the product’s information, etc. Hence it helps you manage the products from your Shopify store itself.

Why Sell on walmart.com marketplace with Walmart Integration?

Walmart Integration app makes selling on Walmart an easy job. It comes with many features as listed below:

1. Upload all or a selected list of products on Walmart.com from Shopify Store in one go. This involves Category and Attribute Mapping for items on Bulk.
2. The app easily syncs your Shopify store’s data with Walmart so that any changes made on your Shopify store get reflected on Walmart.
3. Employ Walmart Repricer Tool to win Buy Box and remain on top while selling. Ace competition while selling with little effort.
4. Stay updated through quick and immediate notifications.
5. Work on your visibility with planned Promotions using the Promotional Pricing feature of Walmart.com.
6. The most beneficial feature of the Walmart Integration app is that sellers can Manage Partial orders and ship the products in stock right now. The remaining part of the order is passed on to the other sellers who can fill the order in time.
7. Using the Shipping Exception feature, apply more than one shipping method such as Standard, Freight, Express, 2-Day Shipping, Free Shipping, etc., on one product. The customer can choose the method they would prefer.

How to Sell on Walmart with Walmart Integration?

Irrespective of the framework you use to sell online, you need to be approved by Walmart. It is essential since Walmart selects quality sellers who can impart a great customer experience to its customer base. If you’re still not selling on Walmart, you can apply here. From thereupon, to get Walmart Integration, several third-party solution providers can help you in all the letter-and-spirit.

Here onwards, the process of running Walmart Integration is explained lucidly to ensure it covers every aspect of how to sell on walmart.com Marketplace.

Furthermore, once you’re approved, you get Walmart API keys. These include:

• Walmart Client ID
• Walmart Client Secret

These are available on the Walmart Seller Account under the settings section.

Walmart Integration App Installation Process

1st Step: Step 1: Go to the Shopify App store and search for Walmart Integration. In the search results, click on the Walmart Integration app and then click on Add App button.

2nd Step: Enter your Shop’s URL in the box provided and click the Login button.

3rd Step: Then enter your Login details and then click the Login button.

4th Step: Click the Install app button.

The app will be installed successfully.

After installing the app, you can begin the configuration process.

Walmart App Configuration SetUp

Furthermore, to successfully integrate your Shopify Store with the Walmart marketplace and start selling on the Walmart marketplace, few settings must be configured.

Connect with Walmart

This step begins with mobile number authentication. Firstly you need to enter your mobile number, and an OTP will be sent to that number. Enter the OTP received.

Then, paste the Client ID copied from the Walmart Seller Account in the Client ID box.

Paste the Client Secret copied from the Walmart Seller Account in the Client Secret box.

Click Next.

To get Walmart API keys, you need to follow the following process:

Visit Walmart Developer Portal.

Click on My Account.

Select Login Type – Marketplace.

Using the same login credentials, log in to the Walmart Developer Portal.

Click on “Add New Key For A Solution Provider.”

For the New Delegate Access Key, select the Solution Provider “CedCommerce.”

Click on the “Next” button.

Provide Full Access in all the fields. Select View only for those fields where full access is not showing.

Click Submit.

Now Copy API keys and paste both in the respective fields.

Import Shopify Products to Walmart

In the Import Product Options, select one of the accompanying alternatives:

All items: It enables Shopify sellers to import all the Shopify store items in the application.

Published Products: It enables Shopify merchants to import just those items which are accessible at the Shopify retail end.

Filter Products: It enables the storekeepers to import the products on the following basis:

• Product Type
• Product Vendor
• Smart Collection
• Collection

Right after selecting the All Products choice, it will request affirmation. The accompanying pop-up will show up. Click on Confirm. This will import your Shopify store products.

Then, click the Next button.

Profiling

Without proper and accurate category mapping of the relevant products in the respective categories, you cannot get your product to go live. Walmart maps the product type to the category and then subcategories in an elaborate way.

To avoid issues arising from improper mappings, such as no visibility of products under the product’s expected category and appearance in the wrong category, this step needs to be done carefully.

Thus follow the steps here:

In the WALMART CATEGORY field, select the required categories and the sub-categories from the respective lists.

In the WALMART TAX CODE field, enter the required tax code copied from the Walmart Tax Codes page.

If you don’t know the correct tax codes, click on the “click here” link and choose the tax code from the given list.

Select “Required Attribute” if required.

Then you need to select the Variant attributes if there are variants for your products.

Thus in order to complete this, take the following step. For the respective Walmart Attribute, go under the Shopify column, and select the checkbox associated with the correct Shopify attribute for the Walmart attribute. E.g., Map Color with color and Size with size.

With this, the configuration of the app gets completed.

Product Management and Control on Walmart Integration App

Through the Product Section of the App, you can do the following:

Manage Product:

You can find all the products that you imported earlier in this section. All the products were categorized into two categories, based on the actions you took under the mapping stage.

Mapped Products: Products for which categories were mapped.

Unmapped Products: Products for which categories were not mapped.

Tasks that you can perform from this page are as follows:

1. Edit Product Information: You can edit the product information to match the details and requirements of Walmart.com and set it differently from the Shopify Store.
2. View Product: Fetch the information corresponding to the product if it is live on Walmart and from the Shopify store.
3. Add Swatch Images: All you need to do is paste the links for the image to add the Swatch Images to your product.
4. Preview Product on Walmart: Find out what your listing looks like on Walmart.com once it is live.
5. Filter Products: Filter products based on Product ID, SKU, Title, Type, Vendor, Type, Status, Tags, etc.
6. Bulk Uploads of Products: Upload Products to Walmart.com in bulk.
7. Update Product Status: You can synchronize the status of Products from Walmart Seller Account to the app.
8. Retire Products: Remove products that you don’t want to be listed on Walmart.com.
9. Update Price: Update Price for the selected products in bulk.
10. Update Inventory: Update Inventory if required.
11. Sync with Shopify: Synchronize all the changes you have recently made on Shopify. This happens automatically after a certain period of time. But for quick action, take this action.

Product Tax code

To set the Product Tax Code for your Walmart products, go to the Walmart marketplace integration app, and click on the products. Walmart Tax Code page appears from where you can select the best code for your products at Walmart.

Repricing

Repricing is an exciting feature of the Walmart Integration app that enables merchants to update their products’ prices according to another seller’s best marketplace price on Walmart.

Moreover, repricing helps merchants win the Buy Box and can be applied only to the Published products. In the Walmart Integration App, go to the navigation menu on the left and click on the Products menu. From the drop-down list, click on Repricing.

Enable Repricing and proceed accordingly after selecting Walmart integration using the checkbox.

For more on Walmart Pricing and Repricing:

How to update item pricing through Walmart Seller Center?

Selling at Walmart made easy: Walmart Scorecard Metrics

Order Management Using Walmart Integration App

With Order Management, you can take the following actions:

You can instantly fetch any new order created on Walmart, on the Walmart Integration App. Now the same order is created on the Shopify store to view its details and fulfill them. Also, it imports only ready state orders in the App.

From Walmart Integration App, go to the navigation menu on the left and click on Order Menu. Further, from the drop-down list, click on Sales Orders. From the page, you can perform the following actions:

• Fetch new orders from Walmart by clicking on the ‘Fetch Orders’ button.
• Synchronize all orders with your Shopify Store, click on the ‘Sync Orders’ button. It creates newly fetched orders on the Shopify store.
• Update shipment information of order on Walmart, click the ‘Sync Shipment’ button.
• Update order status. click on the View icon corresponding to a particular product whose details you want to view.
• Cancel orders. To cancel an order, go to the Cancel Order button, and click on yes to confirm cancellation.
• Create order Refunds. Click on the Refund orders, and you will find the window aiding the refund process.
• View Failed orders. To view failed orders, go to the Order menu and click on failed orders. It redirects you to the page with failed orders. For actions on Failed Orders, access the Failed Order page.

Manage Promotional Pricing

Putting up a promotional price is an evergreen strategy to attract more customers for your business. It could be done for a clearance sale or to call out a comparison price.

Promotional feature rules:

• Merchants can set up up to 10 promotions for an item at a time in API.
• Merchants must provide the Promotions Status, Promo Price, Promo Start Date, and Promo End Date.
• The end date of a given promotion should be 365 days from the current date and time.
• For any SKU, a promotion end date can’t be before or equal to the promotion start date.
• Promotions should be set up at least 4 hours before the start date.
• Delete promotions by setting the Promotions Status as Delete All.

How to update Promotional Pricing on Walmart?

From the Walmart Integration app, go to the navigation menu on the left and click on ‘ Promotional Price,’ which appears in the drop-down option under ‘Product.’ The page appears below with the products listed.

Now click the checkbox adjacent to the product name and update (upload or remove) the promotional price. Then click on ‘Upload Promotional Price’ or ‘Remove Promotional Price’ for bulk products or individual products.

For more on Promotions:

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Walmart Integration Dashboard

The Dashboard or the Home of the App is where you can track your performance and track inventory, products, orders, sales, etc.

The sections that are covered on the Dashboard are:

1. Product Statistics: A quick but thorough insight into the complete inventory of the products you have imported from Shopify. It also shows the count of products that are Published, Unpublished, Products that haven’t been uploaded yet, Products in process, etc.
2. Order Statistics: Detailed insights into Orders that your customers have placed from Walmart.com. Counts on Completed, Acknowledged, Cancelled, and Failed orders are visible for your benefit.
3. To-Do: This section provides information about the tasks that you need to do. Example: Orders that are pending and you have to ship them today, etc.
4. Recent Activities: This section lists the recent automatic activities performed by the integration app.
5. Oops!! Check Your Inventory: The low inventory triggers, in case you have placed the low inventory limits in the app, will notify you of any running out of inventories immediately. This ensures that you don’t have to check everything manually all the time.
6. 3 Top Selling Products: This section displays the 3 topmost selling products on Walmart from your catalog.
7. Account Information: From here, you can check your app subscription status. It shows the number of days left in your app subscription and the SKUs limit.
8. Latest Updates: Find all that you might need to update and expand your business and learn about the dynamic business environment’s intricacies from the Latest Updates section on the Dashboard.
9. Popular Integration Apps: This section shows the most popular apps by CedCommerce.

To Sum Up

If you are an online merchant with a Shopify store and planning to sell on Walmart, then here is what you can do. Install the Walmart Integration app, and the entire process will be made hassle-free with the help of a dedicated account manager from CedCommerce. So what are you waiting for? Reach out to us and make your Walmart onboarding a frictionless job.