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Templates and Recipes

LitCommerce is designed to optimize how you manage products across multiple platforms. The tool offers Templates & Recipes, which streamline how you create, edit, and sync product data.

This article walks you through these features, including:

Templates

Recipes

How to manage Templates & Recipes?

How to manually apply Templates and Recipes?

More details can be found below.

Templates

A template is a set of attributes and settings used to create or update listings on a designated sales channel. Any changes made to the template will automatically update every listing that has it assigned.

How to create a Template?

Select the Templates & Recipes section on the sidebar menu to find all the integrated channel tabs. Each tab contains its own set of templates.

Alternatively, go to the target LitCommerce channel and click Listing Templates/Recipes to view the templates and recipes.

Click + Add New beside the template you want to create, and proceed with the setup.

Each template contains a unique set of product attributes, which vary depending on the sales channel. Be sure to complete all required fields, indicated by a red asterisk (*).

Each template requires a Template Name, which lets you differentiate it from other templates.

Once the template is completed, click Save.

For more detailed information, check out our marketplace-specific guides:

Auto-assign templates

Enabling the Choose as default toggle will automatically assign the template to every new draft listing added to the channel from All Products. Default templates will be marked with a (Default) icon.

The first time you save a template after setting it as the default, the “Also apply to Draft and Error listings” option will appear. Check the box to apply the default template to all Draft and Error listings without a template assigned.

Editing a template and save it will apply the changes to all listings using that template. LitCommerce will automatically process the new data and send it to the target platform.

Recipes

A recipe is a set of templates for a specific channel. It can include shipping, category, and pricing templates, among others. Assign it to apply all included templates to a listing at once.

How to create Recipes?

Once your templates are set up, open the Listing Recipes tab and click + Add New to start creating your recipe.

A recipe consists of three main sections:

1- Select the templates to use in this recipe

Select the templates you would like to include in the recipe. Adding all template types is optional.

Click View to see template details.

2- Auto assign this recipe to new listings (optional)

Create different rules so LitCommerce can automatically apply your recipe to new listings added to the channel. Refer HERE for more details on the process.

3- Give the recipe a descriptive name

Each template requires a Template Name, which lets you differentiate it from other templates. Enter any name of your choice in this field.

After all the necessary information is provided, click Save to save the recipe configuration.

Use the Save & Apply button to assign the recipe to all existing eligible Draft and Error listings on the channel.

Recipes containing rules will be marked with a (Rules) icon.

Auto-assign recipes

You can automatically assign recipes by configuring rules in the “Auto assign this recipe to new listings” section of each recipe. They apply to new listings added to the channel from All Products

These rules determine the criteria a listing must meet for the recipe to be applied. You can customize them based on the target sales channel and intended use.

There is no limit to the number of rules that can be added per recipe.

Click on the +Add Rule button to start creating a new rule. The structure of a rule includes:

Logical condition between rules: And/Or.
Product fields.
Comparison condition.
Condition within the rule: Any/All.
Condition value.

Let’s go through each rule component below.

Logical condition between rules: And/Or

The And/Or condition is applied when choosing two or more rules:

And: The rule will take effect if the product meets all conditions.
Or: The rule will take effect if the product meets any condition.

Product fields

When clicking on the second column, the system will display a product attributes list (including Main Store fields and metafields) used to evaluate conditions.

Product attributes vary depending on your Main Store.

Comparison conditions

Choose the suitable condition based on the selected product field. Some of the conditions include:

Condition	Definition
Equals to	Checks whether the selected product field value matches the specified condition value.
Not equal to	Checks whether the selected product field value is different from the specified condition value.
Contains	Checks whether the selected product field value includes the specified condition value.
Does not contain	Checks whether the selected product field value does not include the specified condition value.
Starts with	Check whether the selected product field value starts with the condition value.
Ends with	Check whether the selected product field value ends with the condition value.
Less than	Checks whether the selected product field value is lower than the specified condition value.
Less than or equal	Checks whether the selected product field value is lower than or the same as the specified condition value.
Greater than	Checks whether the selected product field value is higher than the specified condition value.
Greater than or equal	Checks whether the selected product field value is higher than or the same as the specified condition value.
Is available	Checks whether the selected product field contains a value.
Is not available	Checks whether the selected product field does not contain a value.

Condition types vary by field. The system only shows condition options that are compatible with the field’s data type.

Condition within the rule: Any/All

Several conditions come with their own set of specifications: Any/All. They are used to check conditions within a rule:

Any: The rule will take effect if the product data meets any value entered in the condition.
All: The rule will take effect if the product data meets all the values entered in the condition value.

Condition value

Enter or select suitable values in this box to complete the rule logic. LitCommerce will use these values to check your product data against.

How to manage Templates & Recipes?

You can find the additional management actions next to each existing template or recipe.

Edit: Use this button to open the template details page for editing.

Copy/Duplicate: Use this button to duplicate the selected template. It creates a new template that contains all the same data as the original.

Delete: Use this button to clear all data and remove the selected template from the LitCommerce channel.

Additionally, recipes include a Run Now action that applies the recipe to all eligible Draft and Error listings on the channel.

How to manually apply Templates and Recipes?

Once the templates and recipes are ready, you can follow these steps to manually assign them to your listings.

Go to the target LitCommerce channel from the sidebar menu.

Click on Apply Template/Recipe and choose the suitable templates and recipes for the selected listings.

The channel page in LitCommerce will show which templates have been assigned to each listing.

If you have any questions, let us know via the Chat Box in the bottom-right corner of our Help Center.

Updated on: 02/12/2025

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