Carrefour.es: marketplace guide
About this guide
This is a ChannelEngine guide on the Spanish operation of the Boulogne-Billancourt-based marketplace Carrefour.es. Here you can find information on how to request a Carrefour.es account, how to configure this marketplace on ChannelEngine, what the specific requirements are, and more.
Table of contents
Marketplace-specific requirements and exceptions
Commercial information
| Founded | 1959 |
| Founders | Denis Defforey, Marcel Fournier, Jacques Defforey, Gustave Badin |
| Headquarters | Boulogne-Billancourt, France |
| Area served (orders) | Spain |
| Revenue | circa USD 762.8 million (2020) |
| Number of monthly visits | circa 12 million (2021) |
| Website | Carrefour.es |
| Setup cost | none |
| Commission | 7-20%, depending on the category |
| Other costs | none |
| Payment | thrice/month (on the 6th, 16th, and 26th) |
| Product categories | electronics, domestic appliances, toys, clothing, and more |
| Input language | English, French, Spanish |
| Input currency | EUR |
| Content creation | yes |
| Minimum number of SKUs | no |
| Advertisement options | no |
| Profile on ChannelEngine | Carrefour.es |
How to request an account
To start selling on Carrefour.es, go to the Marketplace Carrefour page, select Form, and submit the required details. This page also contains a PDF with information on the marketplace.
Although Carrefour.es accepts input in English, French, and Spanish, you must be able to provide customer service in Spanish to be accepted as a partner.
Associated costs
Carrefour.es does not charge a setup or monthly fee, but it does charge a commission of 7-20% depending on the product category.
Marketplace features
| Supported | Not supported |
| Product offers (EAN matching) | Returns (marketplace) |
| Product content | Marketplace fulfillment service |
| Orders | Repricing |
| Cancelations (merchant) | Product variations (sizes/colors) |
| Returns/refunds (merchant) | HTML formatting |
| Shipments | Sales channels* |
| Carrier mapping | |
| 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, once you add the marketplace:
- Go through the Setup.
- Create a Product selection.
- Complete the Categorization.
- Set up the Mappings: content, offers, and carriers.
- Configure the Pricing: rules and currency conversion.
- Finish the Activation.
- Check the Listed products overview.
Marketplace-specific requirements and exceptions
Setup
On ChannelEngine
Carrefour.es 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.
You can leave the Mirakl seller name field empty, as Carrefour.es does not support repricing.
Invoice uploads
To configure your invoice settings, click Advanced settings. You can then click the dropdown menu Enable invoice uploading, which contains the following options:
- ChannelEngine invoices - when ChannelEngine receives a shipment, it automatically generates an invoice and attaches it to the shipment before exporting it.
- Merchant invoices (optional) - when ChannelEngine receives a shipment, it exports it – even if there is no invoice attached to it.
- Merchant invoices (required) - when ChannelEngine receives a shipment, it only exports it if an invoice is attached to it. If not, you receive a notification.
- None - when ChannelEngine receives a shipment, it takes no action other than notifying you that no invoice is present.
If you select one of the Merchant invoices options, make sure to enable the invoice upload to ChannelEngine via the Merchant API. For that, call the POST /v2/orders/{merchantOrderNo}/invoice endpoint. Note that only invoices in PDF are supported.
Invalid XML characters
To remove invalid XML characters from your product data, click Advanced settings and enable the Check and filter invalid XML characters setting. ChannelEngine checks product data submitted in the XML format for invalid characters (e.g.: Ã, ¢, â, etc.). Once identified, invalid characters are removed or converted to a valid equivalent.
Categorization
Categorization is mandatory if you want to create or update existing product information on Carrefour.es. Both categorizations and mappings only result in updates if the content connection is enabled, and the relevant credentials have been entered (see the Setup section).
Although product descriptions can be written in English, French, or Spanish on Carrefour.es, the categorization and mappings are in Spanish.
Mappings
Content
All products (required)
- Descripción abreviada por defecto (Default short description) - the short description of the product, with a maximum of 90 characters. It can be the same as Tàtulo (Title).
- Descripción larga por defecto (Default long description) - the long description of the product, with a minimum of 90 characters.
- EAN - the product's 13-digit EAN or GTIN.
- Imagen de tipo grande 1 - the main image of the product, with a maximum size of 500 kB.
- Marca (Brand) - the brand of the product.
- Referencia de vendedor (Seller's reference) - your internal product reference, usually the Merchant product number or SKU.
- Tàtulo (Title) - the product's title.
All products (optional)
- Descripción general (General description) - there is no need to fill this in, as it does not appear on the product page.
- Descripción por defecto (Default description) - there is no need to fill this in, as it does not appear on the product page.
- Fabricante (Manufacturer) - there is no need to fill this in, as it does not appear on the product page.
- Imagen de tipo grande 2-6 - the product's additional images, with a maximum size of 500 kB.
- Texto legal (Legal text) - there is no need to fill this in, as it does not appear on the product page.
- URL video - the product's video.
Offer
The only mandatory offer mapping is Price, which is your desired sale price.
Optional
The following offer attributes are common to some Mirakl-based marketplaces, particularly in France and Germany:
- 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 Mirakl-based marketplaces:
- 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 uses of logistic class codes, they can be found below.
Working with discounts
- To set up a discount, you must map the Discount price, Discount start date, and Discount end date attributes. If you want to set a permanent discount, map the Discount end date attribute with a date in the far future instead of leaving it unmapped. Otherwise the offer is not exported, and errors are shown on the Validation and feedback tab.
- If your discounted price is not lower than the base price, it is not exported.
- If you do not want to set a bulk discount, leave the Discount quantity threshold attribute unmapped – otherwise the export is broken.
- If you do want to set a bulk discount, the Discount quantity threshold must be set to a value higher than 1. E.g.: a value of 2 indicates that two or more of the product must be purchased at the same time for the buyer to benefit from the discount.
Carrier
Carrier mapping is not required on Carrefour.es. However, you can map your carrier to a specific list of carriers maintained by Carrefour.es. This allows for working track-and-trace links in the back-end, as well as for the buyer. If your default carrier is missing, please contact Carrefour.es.
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 filter on Channel status (select Invalid to show all products that ChannelEngine has not exported, such as products with an empty GTIN or that currently do not exist on the marketplace) or use the Validation and feedback tab to see all known errors for specific products.
For detailed status reports, go to the Mirakl back-end. Their reports contain specific errors if a product or product offer cannot be created. To find them, go to My inventory, Import from file, Track offer imports/Track product imports. By hovering over the 'i' under the Status section, you can see how many products in the file were processed correctly and how many had errors, etc.
If there are errors, the last column shows a downloadable file in which they are listed. The same goes for the product file import, but this can contain multiple files because processing goes through several systems. There is also a manual check of your submitted content, which, once approved, goes to staging as well. Note that you need to map as much as possible to prevent products from not being created.
Additional information
How to group products
In many categories on Carrefour.es, it is mandatory to group products under a specific 'group number'. On most marketplaces, this sort of grouping is only required for variants – and is done based on a group number like the parent's SKU.
Carrefour.es is different, as it uses a dedicated attribute that must be mapped: Código de familia (Family code). This is always required, even if the product is a standalone.
Products with variants
If you have a product that belongs to a product family, map the parent product's SKU as the Código de familia. In most cases, this is the Parent SKU.
When exporting the product to Carrefour.es, ChannelEngine sets the EAN of the first variant as the Código de familia.
Standalone products
If you have standalone products, map the product's SKU as the Código de familia. In most cases, this is the Merchant product number.
When exporting the product to Carrefour.es, ChannelEngine sets the EAN of the product as the Código de familia.
Combined products
If you have both types of products in the same category, use an advanced rule based on the product type to map it according to Carrefour.es' requirements.
FAQs
Can I create variants on Carrefour.es?
Creating variants on Carrefour.es is possible, however, it works differently than on other marketplaces. To create product families, Carrefour.es uses the attribute Código de familia (Family code), which must be the EAN of the first child of the product family. To use this feature, the attribute Código de familia must be mapped to the ChannelEngine field Parent SKU. ChannelEngine uses the product's parent to export the EAN of the first child of the family. For more information, refer to the Carrefour.es: how to group products article.
Can I set up shipping fees on ChannelEngine?
To set up shipping fees:
- Go to the Shipping section of the Carrefour back-end and select Overridden price.
- Add the amount you want to charge for shipping in this specific shop (leave the Additional price as 0, since it is not applicable on Carrefour.es). Select Save.
- Go to the Shipping options section of the Carrefour back-end
- Set the minimum threshold for free shipping on this shop. I.e.: free shipping is applied to all orders with an order value higher than the chosen threshold.
- Optional: if you enable Offer free shipping for all orders, it overrides all other shipping fee values added to the shop – and free shipping is applied to orders of any value. Select Save
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 channel | every 60 minutes |
| Export product offers to channel | every 15 minutes |
| Import product offers from channel | every 15 minutes |
| Import orders from channel | every 15 minutes |
| Export order shipments to channel | every 15 minutes |
| Export returns to channel | every 30 minutes |
Can I simultaneously 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.
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