Product matching
Matching is a data analysis and processing method based on executing specific instructions depending on whether the examined value matches a particular pattern.
In Pricer24, data for product analytics is sourced from websites, B2B portals, Excel price lists, and other sources. For simplicity, we will focus on products from websites, but the information below applies to data from all sources.
The same product is often listed with different names across websites, and these names can differ from the product name used in your catalog. To ensure the system can recognize that a product card from website A and a product card from website B actually contain the same product, you’ll need to specify which product in your catalog corresponds to which products listed on these websites. This process is known as matching.
When a product card from a website is added to Pricer24 for the first time, an entry is created in the Vocabulary module. You then need to link this new entry to the corresponding product in your catalog. Pricer24 has algorithms that can automatically link entries: for example, if the product name matches yours or if the product card name contains your product’s item number (item ID). If there isn’t an automated match, you’ll need to link the entries manually.
System features:
Product card matching only needs to be done once, after which the system remembers the connections.
The system stores connections using product codes, not product names. This means that if a matched product is renamed on the website, re-matching isn’t necessary.
By default, if a product disappears from the website and hasn’t been matched, it will be deleted from the vocabulary. However, if the entry has been matched to one of your products, it will remain unchanged.
New products appear in the vocabulary with a delay of about 5 to 10 minutes, which is the time the system needs to attempt automatic matching.
For more details on how to perform manual matching, please refer to this article: Manual matching.
In Pricer24, data for product analytics is sourced from websites, B2B portals, Excel price lists, and other sources. For simplicity, we will focus on products from websites, but the information below applies to data from all sources.
The same product is often listed with different names across websites, and these names can differ from the product name used in your catalog. To ensure the system can recognize that a product card from website A and a product card from website B actually contain the same product, you’ll need to specify which product in your catalog corresponds to which products listed on these websites. This process is known as matching.
When a product card from a website is added to Pricer24 for the first time, an entry is created in the Vocabulary module. You then need to link this new entry to the corresponding product in your catalog. Pricer24 has algorithms that can automatically link entries: for example, if the product name matches yours or if the product card name contains your product’s item number (item ID). If there isn’t an automated match, you’ll need to link the entries manually.
System features:
Product card matching only needs to be done once, after which the system remembers the connections.
The system stores connections using product codes, not product names. This means that if a matched product is renamed on the website, re-matching isn’t necessary.
By default, if a product disappears from the website and hasn’t been matched, it will be deleted from the vocabulary. However, if the entry has been matched to one of your products, it will remain unchanged.
New products appear in the vocabulary with a delay of about 5 to 10 minutes, which is the time the system needs to attempt automatic matching.
For more details on how to perform manual matching, please refer to this article: Manual matching.
Updated on: 28/08/2024
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