CDON supports a variety of ways to create and manage products. Usually the amount of products you look to upload determines the process you use to do so. Please check our four methods below.
1. Manual product creation
a) CDON Merchant Center:
- To create articles in Merchant Center you will need to log in here.
- Click on Articles.
- Click on the Add New Article button to start creating your article.
- If you want to create products with variations, please read the information here.
- Fill in the article information and click Create Article.
Read more here.
b) CDON Connect (Old Legacy Platform):
Please note: CDON Connect will be discontinued February, 2026.
To manually create a product through the interface in Connect, click "Add Product" at the top right of the Products page.
Chose what kind of product you wish to create, a regular product or a variation product.
This will take you to the product editor where the product data can be entered.
This method is recommended when handling a smaller amount of products where you have to manage them manually in our GUI.
2. API Import
Using the API for automation is highly recommended if you have a larger amount of products.
By sending HTTP POST requests containing XML files towards CDON Connects open REST-API, you can create products programmatically.
You can find our complete API documentation here.
3. Integration Partner
Using an integration partner can ease the product creation, product management, and order management process greatly. There are a number of partners that have a ready-made integration to our APIs that you can connect up to.