Selling on Fruugo

ChannelAdvisor has been on the front lines of e-commerce since 2001, helping retailers and branded manufacturers manage more listings, reach more consumers and sell more products than ever before.

How Does ChannelAdvisor Work with Fruugo?

  • Upload Your Inventory to ChannelAdvisor – Regardless of where you maintain your inventory, you will need to keep a record of your products within the ChannelAdvisor application. ChannelAdvisor offers a variety of options based on what works best for your company. To learn more about getting your Inventory into ChannelAdvisor please refer to the Inventory Getting Started Guide .
  • Map Your Inventory to Fruugo's Format – Fruugo, like other marketplaces, has a particular format they require sellers to conform to. ChannelAdvisor has made the process of mapping your inventory information to Fruugo's product fields simple by providing a template for communicating your inventory data in the preferred format to Fruugo.
  • ChannelAdvisor Sends Your Listings to Fruugo – Once you have completed your inventory mapping you are ready to list products on Fruugo. You will activate your integration between ChannelAdvisor and Fruugo and we will begin sending files to Fruugo with your product details, prices and quantity available to sell.
  • Customers Purchase Your Products on Fruugo – Now that your products are showing on the Fruugo marketplace, you should start to see sales. Fruugo will handle all aspects of customer payment processing and fraud prevention.
  • Orders Are Imported into ChannelAdvisor – ChannelAdvisor will retrieve each order and acknowledge it on your behalf. Your orders will then be available in the ChannelAdvisor software to fulfill.
  • ChannelAdvisor Sends Shipping Confirmations to Fruugo – After you have fulfilled an order, ChannelAdvisor will send a shipping confirmation to Fruugo on your behalf. This will mark the order as shipped in Fruugo and does not require additional input from you.

How Do I Get Started?

Getting started with Fruugo is easy and ChannelAdvisor can help you along the way with this process.

  • Please make sure you meet the following Fruugo requirements:
    1. Be capable of shipping internationally (You can select which countries to ship to when completing the Fruugo shipping template (supplied by Fruugo)).
    2. Have good product data including GTINs and MPNs
    3. List using local currency and language (Fruugo provides the internationalization)
    4. Ex-tax/VAT prices (Fruugo calculates tax/VAT)
    5. You should supply a good range of products.
  • To apply, you must complete registration. Once evaluated, Fruugo will contact you and provide a more detailed form. Once that has been completed Fruugo will send a marketplace ID and API token.
  • Fruugo is supported in the following ChannelAdvisor posting locales:
    1. AU, BE, CA, CH, CN, DE, DK, ES, FR, IE, IT, NL, PL, PT, UK & US in order to sell globally.
    2. If you do not have a posting account in one of the locales, please look to the Add a New Country page for instructions.
    3. Important note: As mentioned above, Fruugo is a global marketplace; you only need to map a template in one of the locales listed above.
  • If Fruugo doesn’t display in Marketplaces > Add Marketplace, contact your ChannelAdvisor Sales Representative to request access to the Fruugo ChannelAdvisor integration.

ChannelAdvisor Marketplace Category Guide

MarketplaceRecommended if you sellRequirementsAvailable Categories
FruugoFruugo aggregates the products from many sellers and doesn't favor any particular category. Any seller who is able to offer marketable products combined with good service should be a good fit.

Sellers need to be an established company that is tax/VAT registered. As well as being capable of shipping internationally. It is important to have good product data including GTINS and MPNs.


Sellers will need to list using local currency and language. The price sellers provide will need to be ex-tax/VAT as Fruugo provides tax/VAT calculation. The seller will also need to provide a good range of products.

Fruugo uses a category system closely aligned to the Google Shopping taxonomy.

Processing & Communication Frequency

Communication ActivityActivity DetailCommunication Interval
Changed Product Detail UpdateFull sync of all product data in the Fruugo template.Every 12 hours
Quantity & Price UpdateIncremental update of quantity and priceEvery 60 minutes
Order RetrievalOrder information is retrieved from Fullbeauty after orders have been cleared.Every 15 minutes
Shipping / Refund / Cancellation Notification
Every 15 minutes
Withdrawal Product Listings
Every 60 minutes