Bulk Upload Many Items Steps 1-4
Please NOTE that you must first establish access to your online IMS Barter account to shop or sell in the online Marketplace. If you have not done this, don’t wait! Call your IMS broker! It takes just minutes.
STEP 1
Welcome to the IMS MARKETPLACE where you can experience yet another IMS membership benefit. The IMS Marketplace will afford you the luxury of buying and selling products nationwide to/from over 16,000 potential new clients without leaving home.
Log on to www.IMSbarter.com and click on “Sign In”.
If you have not yet registered for your Online Web Account Access, you will be required to do so prior to gaining access to the MANY FEATURES available on the IMS website. If you have already registered, bypass this step and go to Step 2.
STEP 2
Enter your Username and Password and click on “Sign In”.
Again, if you have not yet registered for your Online account, you can do so here by clicking Register in the right-hand box. For assistance registering your account, contact your broker! They will be able to help you with your account number and PIN number needed for registration.
STEP 3
Next, click on the Sell, and then Marketplace from the drop down menu.
Then, create an ad by clicking Create New Ad in the Marketplace Dashboard.
STEP 4
Click on "My Bulk Uploads" to start the bulk upload process.
On the Bulk Uploads page, you can see tips for a good bulk upload. Namely, the file must be a CSV (comma separated value) file, an Excel spreadsheet (XLS or XLSX format), or an OpenOffice/LibreOffice spreadsheet (ODS format). Your file’s first row should contain the “headers”, or column titles that describe the data in those columns. The file should be less than 4MB in size. Each product should have a unique ID column – the unique ID is used to group together different variations (i.e. a product that is available in different sizes, colors, etc.).If you include one or more columns with an image URL (i.e. a link that points at the photo for your product, with one link per column) we can automatically attach your photos. Alternatively, if you sell on Amazon and have an “ASIN” (Amazon Standard Identification Number), we can retrieve the primary photo for your product. If neither of those options work for you, you can manually attach photos for each ad during the upload wizard process. Your upload file itself should NOT contain inserted photos, as they will not be processed.
If you don’t have a CSV / spreadsheet of your products, but would like a template to fill in for a later bulk upload, you can click here to download a file, or use the link shown at the bottom of the blue “info box” on the Bulk Uploads page.
Click to “Start a New Bulk Upload”
