Hello. This is Coupang.
Coupang is continuously working to improve the shopping experience, and the input purchase options (attributes) of the product creation API will be changed from October 10, 2024.
Please check the category and familiarize yourself with the changes and use them for your work.
- Effective Date: October 10, 2024
- Target API: Product Creation API
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Target Category: all target category list (click)
- Furniture/Home
- CE/Digital
- Pet
- Beauty
- Household
- Sports/Leisure
- Food
- Toy/Hobbies
- Car Accessories
- Kitchen
- Maternity/Baby
- Book
- Album/DVD
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Changes:
- Only purchase options in the category metadata can be registered
- Free purchase options cannot be created
- If a purchase option that is not in the category meta information is entered, the product cannot be registered
- Check the purchase option search and creation method in the category meta information: How to create a product (click)
* Before the effective date, you can freely configure only the required options to register a product, and even if the product registration is successful, you can check the response message to see if there are any potential errors in the current product configuration.
FAQ
Q. What is changing?
You will now be required to enter purchase options as defined by the Coupang catalog. You must register attribute values available for each purchase option. Creating custom purchase options will not be allowed.
For example, if you are listing a beverage product, you must enter the quantity and either the per-item size or per-item weight. It should be like “Count: 1” and no custom options (e.g., “Option: None”) are allowed. “Quantity: single item” is not allowed either.
Q. Which categories are affected? The full list of the affected categories (Click)
Furniture/Home Decor
Consumer Electronics
Pet/Pet Supplies
Beauty
Household
Sports & Leisure
Food
Toys & Hobbies
Automotive
Kitchenware
Maternity/Baby
Q. How can I check the required purchase options and attribute values available for entry?
If the attributes of the product you wish to list meet either Condition 1 or Condition 2 in the category metadata API, they are required purchase options.
Condition 1: Attributes that satisfy the following parameter values:
“required": “MANDATORY”
“groupNumber": “NONE”
“exposed": “EXPOSED”
Condition 2: Attributes for which you need to select and enter one of the following parameter values (group attribute):
“required": “ MANDATORY”
“groupNumber": “1”
“exposed": “EXPOSED”
In the category metadata API, you can check the available values for each required purchase option:
The “dataType” field indicates what data types can be entered (NUMBER, SELECT, STRING, etc.)
The “usableUnits” field indicates the attribute unit values that can be entered (kg, g, count, set, etc.)
Q. Does this change apply to existing products as well?
The change will only apply to newly registered products.
Q. I list products through an integrated shopping mall management service. How should I apply this change?
Please follow the guidelines of your integrated management service provider.
If you have any other questions, please contact us online.