Icecat Index Files are the most comprehensive catalogs or products and serve as a primary source for users that import all the products in Icecat. Its main advantage is listing all available products in one place, which makes it perfect solution for online supermarkets.
However, there are many clients that provides specialized products for limited audiences. For example, for a shop that sells perfumes it makes no sense to download Index file since they only need a fraction of it.
| Complete Index File | Vertical Index file | |
| Number of Verticals | All | 1 |
| Available formats | XML, CSV | XML |
| Available locales | All | Selected (see below) |
| For | Multi-category online supermarkets Electronics retailers spanning multiple product verticals | Specialized resellers – Toy shops, Fashion stores |
| Size | Very big, GB | From very small to medium, MB |
| Can be opened in Excel? | No | In most cases |
| Approximate # of products | 10th of millions | from tenths of thousands to millions |
⚠️ Vertical Indexes are provided only in XML format.
At the same time, the structure of the vertical index is the same as of complete index.
💡 A Vertical is a root category, for example, Computers & Peripherals, Lighting, or Fashion.
Where:
level4 to access Full Icecat. In case of Open Icecat, use freexml.You can find the complete overview of verticals and their corresponding vertical IDs below:
| Vertical ID | Vertical name |
|---|---|
| 107 | Telecom & Navigation |
| 300 | Office |
| 1058 | AV & Photo |
| 1265 | Food, Beverages & Tobacco |
| 1280 | Health, Beauty & Personal Care |
| 1314 | Domestic Appliances |
| 1575 | Fashion & Lifestyle |
| 1960 | Sports & Recreation |
| 1965 | Vehicles |
| 1980 | Baby & Children |
| 2248 | Pet Care |
| 2295 | Toys |
| 2332 | Lighting |
| 2830 | Home |
| 2833 | Computers & Peripherals |
| 2835 | Industrial & Lab Equipment |
| 2836 | Entertainment & Hobby |
| 3877 | Online Data Services |
| 4776 | Building & Construction |
| 4860 | Drugs & Pharmaceutics |
| 5233 | Hospitality |
| 5401 | Medical Equipment |
| 7775 | Defense, Police & Safety |
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This is very good news. Do you expect to add the language US any time soon? It would be a great help to us.
Yes, working on the rollout of the Vertical indexes for all Locales. We'll keep you posted via the blog.
The US indexes should now be available. Please, check. We're running some checks as well.