Adding Volusion

To add your Volusion shop, follow the steps below:

Note that you can connect Volusion only if you're on a Business or Prime plan.

Log in to the Volusion Admin Dashboard
From the menu at the top, select Inventory > Import/Export

3. Click Volusion API link.

4. Check the Enable public XML for Featured Products and Enable Public XML for All Products checkboxes.

5. Click Save (both buttons).

6. In the upper-right corner, click Get Help.

7. From the bottom of the page, click Volusion API Integration Help.

8. Select instructions for Generic Products.

9. Expand URL with Query String... section at the bottom.

10. Retrieve Login and Encrypted Password (API KEY) in Volusion (Encrypted Password can be found in the URL displayed, between.

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11. Log in to your DataFeedWatch Account > Shops > Add shop.

a. Enter a Name for your shop.

b. In the Main Feed section, choose Volusion.

c. Enter your shop's address.

d. Provide the Login and Encrypted Password.

Every time you change the password to your Volusion store your API, Encrypted Password changes as well. In which case, you need to provide your new API Encrypted Password in DataFeedWatch.

12. To continue to Updates Schedule tab, click Next Tab.

a. From the drop-down, choose your timezone (e.g. UTC, Central Time, or London).

Time is money, so this setting may be quite important. Remember 3 PM may mean different time of gathering your data if you chose London, and different for Sydney.

b. Use Add Another Update button, to add more than one daily update times.

If you need more downloads that what's available for your plan here—you'll easily do that after you add this shop, in Shop Settings.

13. To continue to Master Fields tab, click Next Tab.

a. For each field on the left, select a main mapping type from the first drop-down.

You can just check and accept our suggestions where available.

b. From the second dropdown, choose one of the attributes from your shop.

If you'd like to change and optimize your product attributes, try using also our IF Conditions and Edit Values options.

14. To create a shop and continue to adding a channel, click Finish.