Manual Overview for Brands & Retailers

Table of Contents

  1. General
  2. For Brand Owners
  3. For Channel Partners
GENERAL
Locales: Countries and Language Code Table
International Standards Supported by Icecat
Icecat User Access Management Policies

FOR BRANDS OWNERS

General
FAQ for Brand Owners
Icecat Brand Rank: What is It and How to Improve on it?
How are your brand’s Data Health and Product Completeness Score calculated?
Product Story Content Requirements and Blocks
Brand Cloud
How to Register for Free Brand Cloud?
Manual: Brand Editor UI in Brand Cloud
Video Tutorials: How to Edit Your Product Data in Brand Cloud
Integration
Manual: Amazon Feed Specification (AFS) Integration
How to Upload Your Content to Google Manufacturer Center via Icecat
Manual: Brand API, main API for product management
Manual: Brand API Schema Cheatsheet

FOR CHANNEL PARTNERS

Getting Started with Icecat
Overview: Matching & Coverage Analysis of Your Catalog
Manual: Amazon Listing API
How to host your Product Feed
Authorization
How to set up 2FA
Manual: Access Tokens – Recommended Authorization Method
Icecat Assets Overview
Overview: Product Data Sheet
Overview: Product Gallery
Overview: Multimedia Assets and Documents
Manual: Download Galleries for Your Online Products
Manual: GPSR – Retrieving Brand Contact Details
Icecat Catalog
Overview: Personal Index File & Catalog (PIF & PCF)
Manual: XML Index Files – Batch Processing
Manual: Index Files per Vertical
Manual: Icecat Taxonomy – Reference FIles XML
Integration
Overview – How to Import data via Icecat APIs (Intro, Comparison, Identifiers)
Manual: XML API, sophisticated, the oldest & the deepest integration
Manual: JSON API, lightweight and flexible
Manual: CSV & Excel, legacy format for reports & tests
Manual: Live HTML, real-time product data in your app
Manual: Granular Live HTML, partial data retrieval
Overview: Icecat Add-Ons
Manual: How to Connect your AI to Icecat MCP (example Claude Desktop App)
Code Examples
How to Embed Product Stories into Your Website?
How to Embed Product Stories 2.0 Into Your Website?
How to Create a Button that Opens Video in a Modal Window