Make a clear distinction between the offer and the product.
To begin, take an example from everyday life; you are in front of a shop window, you like an item, for example a T-Shirt presented in the window.
So you’ve just seen a product that you like. You enter the store, you head to the department where is this T-Shirt, you’ll find the related offers: this T-shirt in all sizes and colors, with different prices, it is therefore offers.
Returning to the marketplaces, the principle is the same, you will find a displayed product, once you click on this product, the offers will appear.
Marketplaces typically process data separately, on one hand the products sheets and on the other the sellers’ offers.
An offer is a set of data that contains information related to the marketability of the product: the reference number, quantity, price, condition (new or used)
A product is a set of data constituting the product itself, we find the description, pictures, features …
On CDiscount it is important to differentiate between the two, for example and in practice, if a product is available at CDiscount, you can create an offer, linked to this product, it is then called the “matching”. We assign a seller’s offer to a product.
Note that on Prestashop there is no difference between a product and offer, we will speak then globally of Product.
So you’ve just seen a product that you like. You enter the store, you head to the department where is this T-Shirt, you’ll find the related offers: this T-shirt in all sizes and colors, with different prices, it is therefore offers.
Returning to the marketplaces, the principle is the same, you will find a displayed product, once you click on this product, the offers will appear.
Marketplaces typically process data separately, on one hand the products sheets and on the other the sellers’ offers.
An offer is a set of data that contains information related to the marketability of the product: the reference number, quantity, price, condition (new or used)
A product is a set of data constituting the product itself, we find the description, pictures, features …
On CDiscount it is important to differentiate between the two, for example and in practice, if a product is available at CDiscount, you can create an offer, linked to this product, it is then called the “matching”. We assign a seller’s offer to a product.
Note that on Prestashop there is no difference between a product and offer, we will speak then globally of Product.
Updated on: 19/05/2025
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