Attribute Guidelines

Adding an attribute on a catalog file

• Select the product that you wish to edit, then click the Request Download button.
• Select Catalog File to submit your request.
• Select Listing File to update information.
• You can download the catalog file you requested.
• The greyed out columns can’t be edited, use the Fast Validate option to check for errors.
• Once you make the changes, click on the Upload button.
• Select Catalog File to upload your edited file.

Adding an attribute to the product

• You can’t add new attributes to the product once the listing is verified.
• You will need to contact seller support with the FSN and attribute details that you want to add and support will add the information for you.

Mandatory attributes

• Mandatory attributes are highlighted in blue in the catalog file.
• Mandatory attributes can be changed.

Here are the mandatory attributes that are required to be filled during the listing proccess:

Attribute	Description	Example
Seller SKU ID	Seller Identifier
Listing Status	Indicates whether the listing is active or inactive
MRP	MRP of the product	1499
Selling Price	Product selling price	1199
Fullfilment details	Fullfilment method	FA
HSN	Code of your product for determining applicable tax rates
Stock	Number if items in stock	50
Country of Origin	Country where the product was manufactured or assembeled	India
Tax Code	Flipkart’s tax code which decides the goods and services tax for the listing
Brand	Brand refers to a type of product manufactured by a company under a particular name.	Stylo Jeans
Size	Size of the product	L
Color	Color of the product	Blue
Package Weight	Weight of the package in Kgs
Package Height	Height of the package in cms
Package Length	Length of the package in cms
Package Breadth	Breadth of the package in cms
Suitable For	Refers to the categorization of the product based on usage and occasion	Casual wear
Image URL	Primary image url, for the front view
Other Image URL	Secondary image URL, for the back view
Pack of	Number of products in the package	1

Apart from these attributes, there are certain conditionally mandatory attributes and product specific mandatory attributes that need to be filled out before uploading.

Adding mandatory attributes in new and existing listings

• You can enter the mandatory attribute of manufacturer address, importer address and packer address for new and existing listings. Click on the URL to know how to edit attributes

Good to have attributes

• Good to have attributes highlighted in green in the catalog file.
• These are optional attributes that provide additional information about the product.
• These can be left empty as filling them with incorrect information will lead to quality check rejection.
• You can add them at a later time if you have left them empty initially.
• Filling out the optional attributes will improve the chances of the listing being approved by Flipkart.

Attribute	Description
Manufacturer Details	Details about the product manufacturer
Packer Details	Details about the product packer
Group ID	Seller given identifier to group products of the same design
EAN/UPC	13 digit barcode on the product
Description	Product description
Search Keywords	Words used by the customer to find the product
Key Features	Defining features of the product that can be highlighted on the website
Other Details	Any other product details
Video URL	URL to video description/details for the product
Product Title	Title that appears on the product page
External Identifier	Unique barcode given to each product that is universally recognizable

There are other good to have attributes that

How to edit selling attributes of listings once moved to the live sub tab?

• There is an Edit button next to each listing that enables you to do so.

How to update selling attributes like stock count, price, MRP etc?

• You can download the stock excel file to update or directly do it on the seller portal.
• For some products, it is better to do it directly on the portal than using the excel file to make edits.