Private Sport Shop: marketplace guide

About this guide

This is a ChannelEngine guide on the Montpellier-based marketplace Private Sport Shop. Here you can find information on how to request a Private Sport Shop account, how to configure this marketplace on ChannelEngine, what the specific requirements are, and more.

Table of contents

Commercial information

How to request an account

Associated costs

Marketplace features

Settings and configuration

Marketplace-specific requirements and exceptions

• Setup
• Mappings
• Pricing
• Listed products

Additional information

FAQs

Commercial information

Founded	2011
Headquarters	Montpellier, France
Area served (orders)	all EU countries
Area served (shipments)	all EU countries
Revenue	104 million
Number of monthly visits	55 million
Website	https://www.privatesportshop.com/
Setup cost	none
Commission	not disclosed
Other costs	none
Payment	monthly
Product categories	accessories, automotive, beauty, electronics, fashion, outdoor, refurbished, sports, toys, games, crafts
Input language	English, French
Input currency	EUR
Content creation	no
Minimum number of SKUs	no
Advertisement options	yes
Profile on ChannelEngine	Private Sport Shop

How to request an account

To start selling on Private Sport Shop, send a request by email to their onboarding team at marketplace@privatesportshop.com. 

The requirements to sell on Private Sport Shop are as follows:

• At a minimum, you must be able to ship to France.
• You must be able to fulfil orders via dropshipping.

Associated costs

Private Sport Shop does not charge setup or other costs. However, they may charge a commission based on the merchant.

Marketplace features

Supported	Not supported
Refurbished products	Automatic relationships
Product offers	Sales channels*
Orders	Returns (merchant)
Shipments	Repricing
Cancelations (merchant)	Cancelations (marketplace)
Carrier mapping	Returns (marketplace)
Invoice uploads	Marketplace fulfillment service
Settlements	HTML formatting
	Product variations (size/color)
	Product content
	Bundles
	Multiple stock locations

* A marketplace that supports sales channels allows merchants to list and sell products across multiple markets (e.g.: countries, regions, and states), all from the same connection.

Settings and configuration

Setting up each marketplace on ChannelEngine follows the same flow, though not every marketplace includes the steps listed below.

1. Go through the Setup.
2. Create a Product selection.
3. Complete the Categorization.
4. Set up the Mappings: content, offers, and carriers.
5. Configure the Pricing: rules and currency conversion.
6. Finish the Activation.
7. Check the Listed products overview.

Marketplace-specific requirements and exceptions

Setup

On ChannelEngine

Private Sport Shop is a Mirakl-based marketplace, so you can connect it to ChannelEngine using a Mirakl Connect SSO account. For more information on this, check out the Mirakl-based channels: SSO authorization article.

Categorization

Categorization and product content mapping on ChannelEngine are not applicable to Private Sport Shop, since Private Sport Shop manages this via their Mirakl back-end. 

Mappings

It is necessary only to map your product offer data so that ChannelEngine can export offers to Private Sport Shop.  

Offer

Required

• Price - this is your desired selling price, excluding VAT. If you use pricing v2, this attribute is not mapped under Offer mappings. Instead, it is configured under Pricing, Price rules.
• EAN - the product's 13-digit EAN.

Optional

Attributes such as Leadtime to shipment (the number of days before you ship the item), Logistic class (optional shipping class), Offer state (the condition of the item), and Min. qty alert (notifies you if the stock drops below the number set) are common for Mirakl mappings.

The following offer attributes are common to some Mirakl-based marketplaces:

• ECO #1-5 amount - the amount due for the eco-contribution related to the product. E.g.: 2.50.
• ECO #1-5 EPR category code - the extended producer responsibility (EPR) code that applies to the product. For a list of category codes, check out the article Providing data to comply with circular economy regulations in Mirakl's help center (note that you need to be logged in to Mirakl to access this page). E.g.: DE-WEEE, FR-DEA, etc.
• ECO #1-5 producer ID - your producer ID, received upon registering with a packaging register, such as Germany's LUCID. The maximum number of characters is 255.

The following offer attributes are common to all Mirakl-based marketplaces, if you use pricing v2:

• Allow promotion below min price - set it to ‘true’ to allow the promotion price to drop below your product's minimum price. To learn more, check out the article ChannelEngine: promotions.
• Fee groups - the ID of the fee group you want to assign to this product. To learn more, check out the article ChannelEngine: marketplace fees.
• Strike price - the regular selling price. Use it in combination with the Price attribute to set up a discount/strikethrough pricing. To learn more, check out the 'Working with discounts' section of this article. 

The following offer attributes are common to all Mirakl-based marketplaces:

• Discount end date - the date until when the product's sale price is valid, if applicable. The date format is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ZZ. E.g.: 2022-12-31 23:59:59 +00.
• Discount price - the product's sale price, if applicable. This attribute must have a lower value than the Price attribute. This attribute only applies if you use pricing v1.
• Discount quantity threshold - the minimum quantity required for the discount rate to be available.
• Discount start date - the date from when the product's sale price is valid, if applicable. The date format is YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS ZZ. E.g.: 2022-12-31 23:59:59 +00.
• Leadtime to shipment - the number of days before you ship the product. By default, this is set to two. You can create your own unique rules, if applicable. For more information on this, check out the article Lead time to ship in Mirakl's help center.
• Minimum quantity alert - map this attribute to receive a notification from Mirakl if your stock drops below the threshold defined.
• Offer state - the product's condition. Find your option from the dropdown menu by selecting the fixed value to apply to all.
• Product tax code - the taxation code applicable to the product.
• Logistic class - your optional shipping class. Make sure to map it using the marketplace’s codes, not the labels visible in the front-end. These codes vary per marketplace. If this marketplace makes use of logistic class codes, they can be found below.

 

Code	Label	Description
S	Petit (Small)	Petits colis de moins d'1 kilo et dimensions L + l +h < 150 cm avec L < 100 cm (Small packages under 1 kg and total dimensions, L+W+H, less than 150 cm, and maximum length 100 cm)
M	Moyen (Medium)	Colis moyens entre 1 et 3 kilos et dimensions L + l + h < 150 cm avec L < 100 cm ( Medium packages 1-3 kg, and total dimensions, L+W+H, under 150 cm, and maximum length 100 cm)
L	Grand (Large)	Grands colis entre 3 et 5 kilos et dimensions L + l + h < 150 cm avec L < 100 cm (Large packages 3-5 kg, and total dimensions, L+W+H, under 150 cm, and maximum length 100 cm)
XL	Surdimensionné (Extra Large)	Colis hors gabarit, soit plus de 5 kilos soit dimensions L + l + h >= 150 cm et dimensions L > 100 cm (Oversized packages weighing more than 5 kg, or total dimensions, L+W+H, equal to or more than 150 cm, or length over 100 cm)

 

Carrier

Carrier mapping is not required on Private Sport Shop. However, you can map your carrier to a specific list of carriers maintained by Private Sport Shop. This allows for working tracking links in the back-end, as well as for the buyer. If your default carrier is missing, please contact Private Sport Shop. 

Pricing

Private Sport Shop requires prices to be submitted in EUR. If you do not have pricing attributes in EUR, you need to set a currency conversion.

Listed products

If you have problems with products not appearing on Mirakl-based marketplaces – especially if you are trying to create products –, check the Listed products page for more information.

You can either use the Channel status filter (e.g.: products that ChannelEngine has failed to export, such as those with an empty GTIN or that do not exist on the marketplace yet, are shown as Invalid) or the Validation and feedback tab to see all known errors for specific products.

Alternatively, you can access the marketplace's back-end and download the error report generated by Mirakl. To do so:

1. Log in to the Mirakl back-end and go to Catalog, Product imports.
2. Identify the latest report and click the See details button by it.
3. Download the CSV file Non-integrated products report.

Additional information

Order extra data items

When an order is imported to ChannelEngine, ChannelEngine also fetches extra data items related to the order itself – or to order lines. This extra data is specific to this marketplace. An explanation of each can be found below: 

Order extra data

Key	Conditional*	Description
email customer	Yes	Email du client (customer's email address)

 

* Conditional fields only display if the channel provided a value. 

FAQs

How often does each task run on Mirakl-based marketplaces?

By default, Mirakl-based marketplaces follow the schedule below:

Task	Frequency
Export product data to marketplace	every 60 minutes
Export product offers to marketplace	every 15 minutes
Import product offers from marketplace	every 15 minutes
Import orders from marketplace	every 15 minutes
Export order shipments to marketplace	every 15 minutes
Export returns to marketplace	every 30 minutes

Can I map attributes on ChannelEngine and in the Mirakl back-end?

No. Mapping attributes in the Mirakl marketplace back-end interferes with ChannelEngine's content export. Therefore, it is recommended to stick to categorizing and mapping content only on ChannelEngine.

Why am I not receiving feedback on my content and/or offer exports?

Chances are you are receiving the feedback. However, different types of error report can take a couple of hours or several days to be generated:

• Offer feedback
  • Error reports are mostly generated automatically, and are imported quickly.
• Content feedback
  • Transformation error report - this is automatically generated, and usually imported within a maximum of one day.
  • Conventional error report - this requires a manual review by the Mirakl-based marketplace, and not all do so. It can take several days for this report to be imported.

Note that the previous feedback report is not removed from ChannelEngine until both the latest transformation and conventional reports have been fully processed by ChannelEngine – or no new reports have been generated because there are no errors to report.