M2E Pro Integration with Magento 2 – Step by Step guide

• Step 1. Module Registration

The first stage in linking eBay to M2E Pro is to activate your Installation which means to obtain a License Key

Fill in the form and your account will be automatically created on M2E Pro Clients Portal

The License Key will be automatically generated. Click Continue button at the top to move to the next step.

• Step 2. Account Onboarding

Next, you should link your eBay Account to your M2E Pro Module

You can use both Sandbox and Live accounts. And, if you do not have an existing eBay Seller Account, you can register a new one.

Click Continue button and you will be redirected to eBay site where you will need to provide your Login and Password

Press Sign In and then I Agree button.

• Step 3. First Listing Creation

Voila! You have now successfully registered your M2E Pro Extension and linked your eBay Account to it

You can provide the email address related to your PayPal account and select if the Immediate Payment is required.

Also, note down that this option only applies to Items which are listed on PayPal-enabled eBay Marketplaces that are supporting immediate payment on categories when a Seller has a Premier or Business PayPal account

– Additional Payment Methods

There are other Payment Methods also available for eBay Marketplace for your Listing

• Shipping Settings

This will show you a list of options in which you can set them as below:

Item Location

This will be auto filled by your Magento settings where you can update the info if needed

Also you can select respective Magento values in Location settings

Domestic and International Shipping

There are different types available for Domestic Shipping Preferences and you can select suitable option for your customers’ delivery

– Flat: same cost to all buyers

Here it will apply charge of the single rate for domestic or international shipping. But if you choose this option then detail of at least one service needs to be provided with Add Shipping Method button

There are multiple modes as well which allows you to set custom costs for different types of products you will be selling

– Shipping Surcharge

For Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico (for USA or eBay Motors sites only) you can set surcharge in shipping using this option for Domestic Flat Shipping when FedEx or UPS Shipping Services are selected.

Click and Collect Opt-Out

This will allow your Customers to collect Items from eBay Collection Points available across the UK and Australia

Calculated: cost varies by Buyers location

With use of this by customer’s location (zip code or postcode), weight, and dimensions of a package, it will apply shipping charge automatically calculated

After selecting that it will show Package Details section like this

Freight

This is used for items which are heavier than 150 lbs and its only available for AU, CA, GB, US, CA (French) eBay Marketplaces.

No Shipping

If not planning to ship product and pickup is required by customer

eBay Shipping Rate Table

This charges shipping based on eBay Shipping Rate Table and only applicable to Domestic Flat shipping of the USA, the UK, Germany, Australia, eBay Motors and for International Shipping.

Dispatch Time (only for Domestic Shipping)

All customers expect short dispatch times, ideally next day but preferably within 3 working days. You can set the time your business takes to deliver the product to customer.

Handling Cost

If there is any extra cost for packaging any product you can charge this cost. Customers will not be shown separate cost for this but included in shipping

Combined Shipping Profile

From your eBay account you can use this Profile to manage some of your shipping discounts which allows using flat shipping and calculated shipping rule profiles

Promotional Shipping Rule

From your eBay account you can use the Rules to give shipping discounts based on item quantity or specific order amount

“Cash On Delivery” Cost (eBay Italy only)

Add convenient method of cash on delivery which is required for COD Payment Method.

Offer Global Shipping Program (eBay US only)

With this you can easily sell items to customers from countries outside the US and UK to purchase items from US and UK sellers

Cross Border Trade – International Site Visibility

This is to maximize product visibility in search results international sites.

Excluded Locations

This will allow to specify the locations you will not ship products to

Customers trust those sellers more who offer product Return options if they are not happy with the product purchased, while most of them never do return. Products with a clear Returns Policy generally sell better than which don’t have one

How You Want To Sell Your Item

This specifies type of listing for products will be fixed price, Auction, Private or Business only

Quantity and Duration

Here you can specify that products will be available for how many days and specific quantity you want available on eBay from your Magento inventory

Taxation

In this section you can set your VAT Rate for European eBay Sites or you can use eBay Tax Table for US, CA or eBay Motors site

Condition

With this you can let your customers know that in what condition the product will be available for purchase along with notes to give more information on the condition for new items like defects, missing parts, scratches, or other wear and tear etc

Images

It will take the product’s base image as main image by default from your Magento website but you can specify other images or provide direct URL of the image if it needs to be taken from external resource

There are other options as well to select big sized images, thumbnail images for gallery which are available up to 12 and attribute to select to specify the image associated with it

Watermark

You can add a watermark to your images with different settings as below but this option is only available for the images available in Magento store

Details

With these options you can specify different details for Product such as Title, Subtitle, Meta information etc

Description

You can allow to show product description or short description or even custom value

eBay Catalog Identifiers

In this section, you should specify the eBay Catalog Identifiers, which are required for eBay Items as listed below and map them with Magento product attributes

Upgrade Tools

With below additional features you can help your Listing to stand out from others but these require additional fees if you want to use them.

In this rule you have to define which new products are to be listed on eBay based on the conditions specified

General

If selected Enabled it will automatically list new products from your Magento store inventory to eBay based on conditions set here

List Conditions

These are the Conditions which should be met to make the Item be listed to eBay which are self explanatory

Advanced Conditions

With this you can add custom List Rules.The first rule is default: If ALL these Conditions are TRUE which means all conditions should meet with you define in rule or if any of them can be met (AND or OR) in order to execute the rule’s action

This icon will show a selection field to select required options

Click on the “is” link to specify comparison between conditions

Click on three dots to fill value field and enter the value

Your Rule is now configured with this and products from your store will be listed to eBay only if all the conditions setup above are met

And in this rule you have to define when the products which are listed on eBay need to be revised. These options are almost identical to List Rules so you can setup with above guide.

While in this rule you have to define when products that were previously listed on eBay but aren’t currently need to be listed again on eBay. This is identical to List Rules so refer to above

This rule defines when to stop the listings on eBay. If all conditions set to No or No Action then it will not stop the eBay listings. Based on the conditions you setup it will sync eBay listing to stop.

Stop Conditions

If Out Of Stock Control is enabled

If you have enabled Out of Stock Control option in the section of Price, Quantity and Format Policy for Good Till Cancelled Listing then it will run Revise action instead of Stop depending on the Stop Rules you configure and it will show warning in Log records to inform you for the same

After that product’s status will be changed from Listed to Listed (Hidden)

Advanced Conditions

Please follow advanced conditions in List Rules as same can be applied on stopping the listing

It will display all products as single list if you select Products from Products List

Start selecting Product in the table by checkboxes in first column to add those in M2E Pro Listing.

Click on Continue button after done with product selection and you will be asked to select eBay Categories for those

During Magento eBay integration, If you choose to select products from Category then it will allow you to SEARCH Products based on Magento Category.

To view the Sub-Categories click + sign in the hierarchy, Select Product in the tableby checkboxes in first column to add those in M2E Pro Listing

Your selection is added to total at the top Category list once you move to another Category

Total numbers of Products you have selected in that Category are shown in the bracket. Click on Continue once you are done

Also you can use Auto Add/Remove Rules to add or remove them from the M2E Pro Listing like Manual Product adding to the Listing. There are 3 levels to choose from

Global (All Products)

This is used for all products in Magento Catalog when products added

– New Product Added to Magento – you can specify what to do to the Product when added to Magento

– Add not Visible Individually Products – you can select if Products with Not Visible Individually status need to add to M2E Pro Listing automatically or not

– Product Deleted from Magento –what action to take on Listing when Product deleted from Magento store. It will remove from eBay Listing and M2E Pro Magento Listing

Website

This option is available only when a Store View is specified in Listing Settings. All the options are same as above but only applicable to specific store.

Category

This option helps you monitor the Categories when new products added to Magento

You can click on New Group then select Categories and specify Title and action to apply on the products of that category to setup this rule

You have to select the eBay Categories for the Products you want to add in M2E Pro Listing to send to eBay. There are below options for selection:

All Products Same Category

This will List all Products in same eBay Categories. This will allow you select the Primary and Secondary eBay Category and also select eBay Store Categories for existing eBay Store

Click on Edit to choose and set a Category and use tabs to select as well

Click on Confirm to go to previous screen once you have selected the Categories

Based on Magento Categories

This option will help you select from your Magento website categories

From Actions column you can select set All Categories, Primary Category or Store Primary Category

Choose Categories before choosing the action in the Actions bulk at top to make same changes to multiple Magento Categories and click Submit

If you stuck on anything during your M2e Pro Magento integration, You can contact your Magento eCommerce development team for assistance

Click Edit on this page to select the Primary Category

And then select eBay categories with various tabs same as above step

Once the Category is set then click Confirm button to go to previous screen where it shows confirmation of eBay Categories that you have selected in list

Get Suggested Categories

This option fetches suggested categories from eBay. This process time depends on the number of Products you have added in the listing and it will show a progress bar to keep you updated with its status of search

When search is complete it will display list of Products with suggested eBay Categories and show notification for products if category suggestion was not found on eBay

You can use Actions column dropdown if need to edit Product’s Category and follow same steps as above to select different Category with help of various tabs

Set Manually for each Product

If you select this option then it will show Products list from Listing and notification will be shown for a product if eBay Category is not set

You can edit to select the Product Category with help of left Action menu which will show the tabs to select eBay categories for each product

Now the last thing to do after you have added Magento Products to M2E Pro Listing and selectedrespective eBay Categories is to set Item Specifics

These are product related information like manufacturer, color, size, etc. This info is displayed on eBay at top of Products so that customers get all details about your product

You can choose options from eBay recommended, Custom value or Custom Attribute for each of the product info