Source feeds are either scheduled URLs or files that contain all of the product info from your online store. Most source feeds look something like this:

https://www.mystore.com/feedplugin/feedexport.xml

https://storageservice.com/1234567/filename.csv

sftp://feedmanagementplatform.com/:incoming-files/folder/filename.csv

filename.csv

Upload Your Source Feed

You can upload your source feed in 1 of 3 ways:

Paste your source feed URL into the Product Feed URL field
Retrieve your source feed from Meta Commerce Manager*
Upload a CSV file from your computer

*If you are using Shopify's direct integration in Meta, you'll need to use Flexify to obtain a usable source feed URL

Confirm the type of products & feed format from the dropdowns:

Hidden Comments

Sometimes source feeds contain hidden comments. If you’re having issues uploading, try checking the Feed Has Comments option and then upload again.

STFP Options

Source feeds linking to an SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) require a username and password to connect. You can input this information under the SFTP Options.

Source Feed Requirements

The source feed must include the following fields (column titles are case sensitive):

id
title
description
availability
condition
price
link
image_link
brand
fb_product_category
google_product_category

SFTP Feeds (Feedonomics Specific)

Feedonomics is a popular feed management platform that outputs feed URLs in sftp format.

Feedonomics URLs usually look something like: sftp://app.feedonomics.com:/incoming/brand_name/feedfile.csv

Make sure that you are inputting the correct file path after the root domain name
Make sure that you use a ":/" before "incoming" in the URL

XML Feeds

Marpipe requires the same XML formatting that Meta outlines here.

If using XML format, make sure that SKUs are represented using "item".

<item>
<id>123</id>
<image_link>myimage.jpg</image_link>
...
</item>