Integration Use Case for Retail

World's Largest Retailer: Uploads Merchant Catalogues With 98% Taxonomy Accuracy

Onboarding Restricted
70%
The percentage of mid-market brands who dropped off during onboarding due to the challenges of importing SKUs.
Pipeline Blocked
80+ Days
The average time to accurately upload & map a merchant's SKUs to the retailer's marketplace taxonomy.
The Numbers

$134bn

in GMV last year (2023).

The Numbers

170+

SKUs offered online.

What do they do?

A global retail corporation that sells a wide range of products, including groceries, electronics, clothing, and home goods

265M customers a week & 30,000 brands in store

The Integration Challenge

"Onboarding merchant catalogues was taking 80+ days. Just 20% of SKUs are accepted first time & 70% of merchants dropped [during the process]."

Integration Challenges

Why did the retailer switch to Versori for integrations?

Integration Challenge: Product Data Mapping

Mapping product data to the retailer's 10K+ field taxonomy took months for large catalogues. Merchant's decisions as to which catalogue or type a SKU belonged to created errors.

Versori Solution: AI Taxonomy Mappings

Versori's AI transformer mapped the retailer's taxonomy to other taxonomies, allowing product data to be transformed from other sources with 98%+ accuracy in minutes even for large catalogues.

Integration Challenge: Low Completion Rate

70% of merchants were abandoning the onboarding process due to difficulties mapping their data to the retailer's taxonomy.

Versori Solution: Seamless Catalogue Upload

While Versori's AI handled the mappings, its custom workflow offered safeguards through both the UI and integration service to address API limits, errors, or incorrect usage by merchants. This minimised drop-offs and ensured a seamless experience, even in case of issues.

Integration Challenge: Overstretched Resources

The retailer's in-house tech team had been working on the project for over a year, but due to competing priorities, it was still overdue.

Versori Solution: Platform & Expertise

Versori offers both the platform and the expertise, without excessive professional service fees. In just 4 weeks, we had the integration built, tested, and ready for full-scale deployment.

“Everyone wants to know what Versori is and how they can use it because you're doing what takes us years in weeks."

SVP of Marketplace
With Versori
Timeline
4 weeks

for implementation.

Data Transformation Accuracy
95-98%

for implementation.

Without Versori
Timeline
2+ years

for implementation.

Data Transformation Accuracy
50-60%

for implementation.

Versori’s Value Proposition

How Versori Built & Implemented the AI Transformer with 98% Accuracy

Tuning a Model to the Retailer's Taxonomy

Versori's team customised an AI model specifically for the retailer's unique taxonomy (the system or structure they use to categorise products).

By fine-tuning the model, they were able to achieve 98% accuracy in mapping product data correctly to the retailer’s categories, ensuring that the product information was organised and classified correctly with minimal errors.

Ingesting & Uploading Products

After onboarding the API using our Connector Engine, we ingested the product data from the 3rd party source.

Product information from external sources (e.g merchant catalogues or supplier databases) is brought into the platform to be processed, mapped, and stored.

Versori then handled the upload to the retailer's marketplace, managing API rate limits throughout the process.

Custom Embedded UI

Ensuring a smooth and straightforward experience for merchants was essential.

Versori implemented the integration with a custom UI, delivering a seamless and intuitive process.

Custom Monitoring

Product data is often messy, causing issues during uploads or transformations.

Versori provided a full suite of monitoring to catch these use-case specific errors.

I need to onboard brands to my marketplace. How can I do this quickly and accurately?

Major retailer onboards brands with 98% accuracy in hours

Onboarding was reduced from 80 days to hours, enabling the integration of thousands of brands, and cutting costs significantly.

How do I map my entire product catalog with minimal resource and cost?

Mapping product data to taxonomies with 98% accuracy using AI

Onboarding a brand’s product catalog to a new marketplace is typically slow and error-prone, but with generative AI, this process is being revolutionised.

My data currently runs on REST. How do I migrate to GraphQL?

Shopify admin API migration: from REST to GraphQL admin API

Shopify is moving from REST to the more efficient GraphQL API, urging developers to migrate for precise data fetching, reduced overhead, and advanced e-commerce capabilities.

Shopify is deprecating their REST API. What do I do to keep my store running?

Navigating the Shopify API transition with seamless migration

Shopify’s shift to GraphQL poses integration challenges, but Versori offers swift, cost-effective solutions for seamless, low-disruption migration.

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