How to use the Store Publisher

The Store Publisher lets you upload your own list of stores and the products each one carries. Use it to fill gaps in your data feeds, or to list stores if you don't subscribe to a data feed.

You can open the new Store Publisher from the Stores section of the Destini CMS, or go directly to cms.destinilocators.com/publisher.

Step 1: Generate your template

1. In the Store Publisher, click Store Templates on the left.
2. Click Generate Template.
3. Wait for the status to change to Completed.
4. Click the arrow under Template to download your file.

Only use the template generated for your account. Other spreadsheets won't upload correctly.

Step 2: Add your stores to the template

• Add one row for each product a store carries. If a store sells six of your products, list that store on six rows with a different UPC on each.
• Fill in the Country column for every row.
• Use UPCs that already exist in your Destini account. UPCs that don't match a product in your account won't be published.

Step 3: Upload your file

1. Click Store Publisher on the left.
2. Click Upload File and select your completed template.
3. Watch the status of your upload:
   • Processing means your file is being checked.
   • Pending means it's ready for your review.

Step 4: Review and publish

1. When the status shows Pending, click View Report.
2. Check that File Processing, UPC Validation, and Store Backup all show Completed. If any step shows issues, fix them in your file and upload it again.
3. Click Publish. A short review walks you through what's about to go live:
   • Task details: the total number of valid stores in your file.
   • Data summary: how many stores were found on the map, and how many UPCs and product entries passed validation. Stores that can't be found on the map aren't published.
   • Publication impact: what shoppers will see once publishing finishes.
4. On the last step, choose a Publish Mode:
   • Append adds the stores in your file to the stores you already have.
   • Replace replaces all of your current uploaded stores with the stores in your file. Any store that isn't in your file will be removed, so make sure your file includes every store you want to keep.
5. Click Confirm & Publish. When Store Publish turns green, your stores are live on your locator.

Undoing a publish

Before each publish, your current store list is backed up. Once a publish finishes (or if it fails), you can click Rollback to restore your previous stores.

Need help?

Click Tutorial in the Store Publisher for a walkthrough, or reach out to Support with any questions.