• Create custom export files for ABA website data or setup authentication to automatically import web orders into imerchant.  First setup any of the three types of export files including Inventory by Store, Custom Products or Store Books.  Each export type can be used to export new book titles or custom products like clothes, food and more.  

• Schedule inventory by store to FTP ABA with your export file from IM every day. 
• Store books and custom products will need to be manually imported into your ABA system, as they do not allow these types of files to be automatically imported.
  
  New Export Setup (Pick Type of Indie Export)
  
  
• TYPE: 
  - Inventory By Store
  - Store Books
  - Custom Products
  - WordPress Website - WooCommerce
  - Products On Sale
  
  Each type performs similar but unique tasks. Store Books and Custom Products currently do the same tasks so selecting either for non-book product would be fine.

• Inventory By Store

- Exports a single file with only the columns ISBN, Price, Quantity, Location each type with the heading.
- Each time the file is created, it will create a full of matching records in your query.

- Use the Settings tab to setup a query, ftp settings, base folder, file prefix, outlet ID and other ABA settings to customize your export file for each type of product.  The mapping section can be ignored, since the LSI file always just includes the same 4 columns.  

- The file will be named
STOCK/INVENTORY FILENAME PREFIX_TIMESTAMP_OUTLETID.txt

SAMPLE FILE BELOW:

NOTES ABOUT LSI INVENTORY BY STORE FILE:

- A new file should be uploaded at least daily and no more than every 2 hours. If new files are not uploaded at least weekly, the inventory information on your site will be voided. Uploaded files are processed within the hour.

- If an item has 0 quantity, your site will display the uploaded price (and location, if provided) and the availability status as per Ingram's data. Such titles will still be considered as 'in stock' by search. For best search relevance, please do not include books that are actually not on hand in the LSI file.

Using the Indie Commerce Properties you can create files for importing into your Indie Commerce website for adding / updating Custom Products and Used Book products. 

Additional Details: 

- On Hand / Available For Sale Values for these items will be included in your main LSI files, not these files.
- Product ID# will either be a Product Number or the SKU number depending on if the product number meets a certain criteria. Used Book export will always use the SKU to always a unique ID vs the new book.
- The list of products is sorted by Product Number, if we find an identical product number as the next row in the file we will skip the next line as to not create duplicate product rows in your file.
- Column heading names and data for each column is wrapped in quotes for formatting.
- Generally you can create 1 file for each custom product category, then 1 file for your used books.
- Both types of files need to be uploaded manually to your Indie Commerce Web Admin Panel.

Then switch to the Settings tab to setup a query, ftp settings, base folder, file prefix, outlet ID and other ABA settings to customize your export file for each type of product.  The file name for store book products doesn't matter currently, since you will upload manually.  

Use the FIELDMAPPING button to pick the columns you want to export for your FIELD FILE or ATTRIBUTE FILE from Indie Commerce.  You should download a TEMPLATE FILE from your Indie Commerce site then click IMPORT MAPPING and pick the template file.  

Then pick the following columns:

Export to a WordPress site in txt file, then Import into your site via a plugin like WP All Import.

Use the Products On Sale Type to create a file for exporting to a website with Product ID, Retail Price, Sale Price, Available For Sale.  Use the sale promotions to setup discounts and other pricing updates for website.

To open the web admin panel, make sure you have set your Website Admin Panel URL 
in TOOLS / SYSTEM OPTIONS / ACCOUNT INFORMATION TAB

One you create your custom product or store book files using the CREATE FILE button, filling in the information above will allow you easy access to upload the file to your Indie Commerce Site.

Use the following steps to upload your files to Indie Commerce:
- Open the Indie Commerce Property you want to upload.
- Click OPEN FILE LOCATION to find the file.
- After locating the file click the OPEN WEB ADMIN PANEL to open your ABA website admin panel.
- Click browse and pick the file you located above, then click UPLOAD. (BUTTON NAME MAYB DIFFER).