Product Specifications & Guidelines

We mean business, so we want to deliver a significant contribution to your success. We do so by creating the best user-experience possible for customers. That's why we aim for perfect product-information, up-to-date stock-levels and fair pricing. Product offering based on a competitive price, with high-quality product-data, sell more. It’s really that simple. We’ve set up a list of Do’s and Don’ts when uploading & configuring your products. Please read and follow our guidelines.

Pricing

Fête du Café only offers fair-prices to customers, meaning you have to sell your product on Fête du Café for the same (or less) price as you offer on your own webshop or other stores. You can set-up Quantity Discounts in your Vendor portal promoting bulk-sales of your products.

Shipping Costs

Instead of charging shipping costs, calculate your shipping costs in the sales price. Vendors without shipping costs sell more. You could consider setting a minimum buying-quantity to cover for the shipping expense.

Product Specifications

Each products has a set of common & specific fields. The specific fields vary for each product category.

Field <XML-NODE>		Type	Description	Example
Vendor Identifier
*	vendor	varchar	Unique Vendor ID	Pizolato
Category Fields
*	category	varchar	Fête du Café Category	coffee///coffee capsules
Common Identifiers
*	code	varchar	Unique Vendor Code	FDC000050
	EAN	varchar	European Article Number	7613287418890
	MPB	varchar	Manufacturer Part Number	8003753186412
	GTIN	varchar	Global Trade Item Number	12345678900
Common Fields
*	language	varchar	Language codes: ISO 639-1	EN
*	title	varchar	Product Title Enclose in <![CDATA[ ]]>	<![CDATA[ Starbucks - Long House Blend ]]>
*	description	varchar	Description of product. Allowed: <P>, <UL>, <LI>, <STRONG> Enclose in <![CDATA[ ]]>	<![CDATA[ The modern "to-go" coffee as we know it. This is for the coffee-lover. ]]>
*	image_link	varchar	URL of the image. Allowed: JPG, WEBP, PNG	https://www.example.com/nespresso-starbucks-house-blend-lungo-01.jpg
Common Price & Stock Fields
*	price	integer	Price of product per unit	3.80
*	list_price	integer	Suggested (from) price	5.10
*	taxes	varchar	High, Low, Zero	9%
*	free_shipping	boolean	Values: Yes, No	No
*	unit_name	enum	Values: Piece, Unit, Capsules, Bag, Machine, Package	10
*	units_in_product	integer	Number of units in the product/package	10
*	quantity	integer	Current stock-level of Vendor	124
*	available	enum	Values: A (Active) · D (Disabled) · H (Hidden)	A
	condition	varchar	Condition of product. Values: New, Used	New
Common Fields
*	brand	varchar		Starbucks
	compatible	enum	Values: Beans, Drink, Ground, Instant, Dolce Gusto, Illy, L'OR, Nespresso, Nespresso Pro, Senseo, Vertuo	Nespresso
	weight	varchar	The netto-weight of the product. Mostly applicable for Beans and Ground coffee	250 grams
	dimensions	varchar	The dimension of the product	16.5 x 30 x 17.5 cm
Coffee Consumables Fields
	caffeine	boolean	Values: Yes, No	Yes
	country_of_origin	varchar	Name of country in English	Brasil
	ingredients	varchar		100% Arabica Coffee beans
	roast	enum	Values: Extra Light Roast, Light Roast, Medium Light Roast, Medium Roast, Medium Dark Roast, Dark Roast, Extra Dark Roast	Medium Roast
	sca_score	varchar	Coffee grade is detailed by the Specialty Coffee Association	82
	servings	varchar	Number of servings. For 10 capsules this would be 10. For 250 grams of beans it would be approximately 16	10
	strength	varchar	Coffee strength on a scale from 1 to 10. Values: 1 - 10	8
	taste	varchar	Description of Taste	Nuts, Caramel, Sweetness
Coffee Machines Fields
	adjustable_strength	boolean	Values: Yes, No	Yes
	adjustable_temperature	boolean	Values: Yes, No	Yes
	adjustable_volume	boolean	Values: Yes, No	Yes
	milk_frother	enum	Values: Yes, No, Optional	No
	cups_in_container	integer		12
	cups_per_cycle	integer		1
	energy_label	varchar		A
	noise_level	varchar		96 db
	power	varchar		230 volt
	pump_pressure	varchar		19 bar
	water_reservoir	varchar		0.75 liter
Coffee Fields
	material	enum	Values: Bamboo, Fabric, Glass, Metal, Paper, Plastic, Porcelain, Steel, Wood	Plastic
	volume	varchar	Volume of reservoir, tank, cup, etc.	0.5 liter
	color	enum	Values: Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Green, Ivory, Orange, Red, Stainless Steel, Stainless Steel - Black, Stainless Steel - Brushed	Black
	size	enum	Values: X Small, Small, Medium, Large, X Large, XX Large	Medium

* Required

Examples & References

Do's - Specifications

Use clear, descriptive product titles.
The short description should be at least 500 characters
Feature fields (specifications like: color, brand, strength, etc.) are mandatory.
Add reliable information over packaging and content details.
You're adding your products in English.
Update your product-stock daily.

Do's - Images

Each product is required to have at least one unique product-image.
The first product-image is a package-shot. The front-side of your product package.
We recommend adding multiple product-images to each product. It’s been proven that products with multiple images sell better.
Product-images are square and at least 720 x 720 pixels.

Don'ts - Specifications & Images

Do not refer to discounts, guarantees, "sales phrases" or other products.
Do not include URLs to your own or other websites.
Do not infringe the rights of third parties, including but not limited to intellectual property rights such as trademark and copyright.
Description are not offensive or biased.
Images do not contain discount labels, watermarks, company names and/or company logos.

Underperformance

We consider products ‘underperforming’ if they do not meet our standard as described. To guarantee a high-quality and fair offering on Fête du Café we reserve the right to cancel and/or remove products that do not meet the minimum requirements.

The product information & description does not meet minimum standards as described.;
The product stock and/or delivery is not reliable.
The product price is higher then you offer on your website/outlet.
The product price is not compatible with average market-prices.

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