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Identifying compatible tools

Adding compatible vehicles to your spare parts and accessories products. Customers select their vehicle in the storefront and see only compatible products; the product page indicates whether the part fits their vehicle.

  • Store owner
  • User with permission to edit products

How to define compatible vehicles?

Adding compatible vehicles to your spare parts and accessories products. Who can do this: Store owner; User with permission to edit products. Customers select their vehicle in the storefront and see only compatible products; the product page indicates whether the part fits their vehicle. The selected vehicle is remembered in the customer's browser; when they switch to another category, the selector defaults to the same vehicle.

Adding a vehicle to a product

In the panel, open Products and click on a product. Open the Compatible vehicles section at the bottom of the window. 1 Use Add vehicle to enter one vehicle per row: make, model, start year, end year, and optionally engine type. 2 When finished, click the Save button in the window; the vehicle list is saved with the product.

  • If Model is left blank, the part is compatible with all models of that make.
  • If Year is left blank, there is no limit in that direction. Entering only the start year means "that year and onwards"; entering only the end year means "that year and earlier".
  • A maximum of 300 vehicles can be added to one product. If the same vehicle is entered twice, it is saved only once.
Compatible vehicles section in the product window: columns for make, model, start year, end year, and engine; with 'Add vehicle' and 'Bulk add' buttons below.
  1. 1Compatible vehicles
  2. 2Year range
  3. 3Add bulk
With demo data.

Bulk add

Instead of entering many vehicles one by one, click Add bulk 3 and paste one vehicle per line. Format Brand / Model / Year / Engine; model and onwards are optional:

Renault / Clio / 2012-2019 / 1.5 dCi
Dacia / Sandero / 2013-
Volkswagen / Golf / -2020
Fiat

Enter years in formats such as 2015, 2012-2019, 2012-, or -2019. To include all models, leave the model field blank or enter *: Renault / * / 2015-. The Copy list button copies the list to the clipboard in the same format, allowing you to paste it into similar products.

Use the compatible_vehicles column for bulk upload via Excel or CSV. Separate vehicles with |: Renault / Clio / 2012-2019 | Dacia / Sandero. If a product has multiple rows (variants), vehicles are merged. If the column is empty, the product's existing vehicle list remains unchanged; use the product window to clear the list.

"My Vehicle" selector in the storefront

If at least one product with vehicle information is on sale in your store, a My Vehicle selector appears at the top of category and search pages. The customer selects the make, model, and year, then clicks Show matching parts. 1 The list filters to show only products compatible with that vehicle and displays the count. 2 Clicking Remove vehicle restores the full list of products.

The makes and models in the selector are built from the vehicles you have entered; you do not need to maintain a separate list. Products without vehicle information (e.g., cleaning products compatible with all vehicles) will not appear in the list when a vehicle is selected.

Category page in the storefront: "My Vehicle" selector at the top (Renault, Clio, 2016), with two compatible products listed below.
  1. 1My vehicle selector
  2. 2Matching product count
With demo data.
TipThe selected vehicle is remembered in the customer's browser; when they switch to another category, the selector defaults to the same vehicle. Pages with a selected vehicle are hidden from search engines, but your category page itself remains indexed.

Compatibility on the product page

If the customer has previously selected their vehicle, the product page indicates whether the part fits their vehicle below the 'Add to Cart' button. 1 A Compatible vehicles table appears below. 2 If more than eight vehicles are listed, the table collapses by default; the customer can expand it to view details.

Product page: warning indicating compatibility with your Renault Clio 2016, and a Compatible vehicles table below.
  1. 1Compatibility result
  2. 2Compatible vehicles
With demo data.

SmartOperator

If SmartOperator is connected, the assistant retrieves the list of compatible vehicles along with product information and searches for parts that match the vehicle specified by the visitor.

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