X-Cart Platform

Running a self-hosted or cloud-hosted X-Cart store means your product data, stock levels, and orders live inside your own store instance rather than a shared SaaS backend. Connecting X-Cart to Feedance gives you a way to pull that catalog and inventory data out automatically, keep it current, and use it to power product feeds for marketplaces, comparison shopping engines, and advertising channels.

Instead of manually exporting spreadsheets or maintaining custom scripts against your X-Cart install, Feedance keeps your product and inventory information synchronized on a schedule, and reflects order activity so your feeds and stock data stay accurate as sales happen.

Feedance connects directly to your X-Cart store using API credentials that you generate from your own admin panel. Once connected, Feedance can securely retrieve your product catalog, inventory levels, and order information on a recurring basis, so you don't need to build or maintain any custom integration code.

The connection is read access for catalog and order data by default, with optional write-back for inventory levels where supported, all managed through the credentials you control from within X-Cart's own settings.

• API implementation depends on your X-Cart version. X-Cart 5.0 through 5.4.1 expose API access through a REST API add-on that must be enabled, while X-Cart 5.5 and later use a newer API Platform. Which one your store runs affects how the initial connection is set up.
• API keys come in two access levels. X-Cart lets you generate a read-only key or a read/write key from Settings > API. If a read-only key is used, operations that need to write back to the store (such as inventory updates) will not work until a read/write key is issued.
• Self-hosted stores depend on your own server environment. Because X-Cart is commonly self-hosted, API availability, response times, and uptime depend on your hosting configuration, PHP version, and any firewall or security rules that might block external API requests.

1. Log in to your X-Cart admin panel and locate the API settings section.
2. Generate an API key with read/write access if you want Feedance to update inventory, or read-only access if you only need catalog and order data.
3. Copy the API key (and store URL, if required) from your X-Cart admin panel.
4. In Feedance, start a new X-Cart connection and enter your store URL and API credentials.
5. Save the connection and confirm that your products, inventory, and orders appear correctly in Feedance before building your feeds.

Feedance syncs your X-Cart products, inventory, and orders on a regular automated schedule, so your feeds stay current without manual exports. Exact sync frequency can depend on your plan and store size, and you can typically trigger a manual refresh in Feedance if you need the latest data immediately after making changes in X-Cart.

1. Keep product titles and descriptions complete and consistent in X-Cart, since this data flows directly into your feeds.
2. Make sure every product has accurate SKUs and category assignments so items map correctly to marketplace and ad channel requirements.
3. Keep stock levels current in X-Cart so Feedance can reflect accurate availability and avoid selling out-of-stock items.
4. Use high-quality product images in X-Cart, since image fields are commonly required by shopping feeds.
5. Review your feed in Feedance after major catalog changes in X-Cart to catch any missing fields before they reach a channel.