After importing and mapping categories, you need to set up the General Settings to define how your store handles pricing, stock, and order management.
Here, we’ll explain how to prevent catalog imports from overwriting manual stock and pricing changes, automate order fulfillment, prioritize product sourcing, and ensure vendor pricing compliance.
Before you begin
Connect your Auto Integration with your API Credentials.
Ensure all product categories are imported and mapped correctly.
Accessing general settings for catalog import
You can adjust the General Settings in the same section where you configure auto integrations.
In your X-Cart Admin:
Go to Catalog › Catalog Import › Settings.
Select General.
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Data and order management settings (X-Cart 5.6.x and X-Cart 5.5.1.x)
X-Cart 5.6.x:
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Submit orders to suppliers automatically: Enable
to allow your store to send orders to connected Warehouse Distributors without manual review. Note that this feature is supported only by auto integrations with API-based order submission.
X-Cart 5.5.1.x:
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Update manually edited price and stock data: Enable
to allow imports from Catalog Providers and Warehouse Distributors to overwrite any price or stock values you've changed manually.Submit orders to suppliers automatically: Enable
to allow your store to send orders to connected Warehouse Distributors without manual review. Note that this feature is supported only by auto integrations with API-based order submission.
Stock & price priority (X-Cart 5.5.1.x)
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If multiple warehouses can ship the order, first sell the products: Use this setting to control which warehouse your store ships from when the same product is available from multiple suppliers – including your own inventory (My Store) and any connected Warehouse Distributors. You can choose from three options:
| Your store will prioritize suppliers with higher cost prices and try to sell from them first. |
| Your store will prioritize suppliers with lower cost prices. |
| Your store will check suppliers in the order set in the Suppliers list, starting from the top. |
Use the drag-and-drop 
feature in the Suppliers list to set a custom stock priority order.
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Detailed information about price management in X-Cart 5.5.1.x can be found in the articles:
Important: In X-Cart 5.6.x, the general settings for catalog import do not include the "Stock & Price Priority" section. Pricing rules are configured as described in the article Price management in X-Cart 5.6.x.
MAP settings (X-Cart 5.5.1.x)
The MAP Settings section allows you to choose how your store handles MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) pricing.
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💡 What is MAP?
It's the lowest price you can display a product for in your store, as set by the manufacturer or supplier. MAP ensures fair competition between you and other retailers. Listing a price below MAP could lead to legal action.
Use selector to choose between three options:
Use Your Vendor MAP | Prevents sale prices from falling below the MAP set by the warehouse distributor you import it from. |
Use the Highest MAP | Prevents sale prices from dropping below the highest MAP across all warehouse distributors. |
Disable MAP Enforcement | Allows your prices to go below MAP. |
In short: Choose Use your vendor MAP or Use the highest MAP to keep prices above MAP.
Detailed information about price management in X-Cart 5.5.1.x is available in the article Price management in X-Cart 5.5.1.x.
Important: In X-Cart 5.6.x, the general settings for catalog import do not include the "MAP Settings" section. MAP settings are configured during pricing strategy setup. For more information, see Price management in X-Cart 5.6.x.
Import by vehicle (X-Cart 5.6.x and X-Cart 5.5.1.x)
This section allows you to limit the import of products from auto intergrations by vehicle.
X-Cart 5.6.x:
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X-Cart 5.5.1.x:
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Enable filtering by vehicle Enable
to allow import of parts only for the vehicles enabled in your store. Leave disabled to include parts for all possible vehicles.
💡 Note that regular and universal products will be imported in any case.
For the setting to function properly, ensure you have a correct list of vehicles under Catalog Vehicles & Fitments (All Vehicles tab). You can make changes to this list either manually or by using import from auto integrations.
✅ Success! Your import preferences are set up!
Click Save changes to finish. These settings will apply to all brands and products you import from now on.
What’s next?
Now, import the brands offered by your auto integration. This will show you all the manufacturers and suppliers available, so you can choose which products to add to your store later.
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