Feed Settings: Facebook / Instagram

This article will help you schedule regular data feed file uploads from GoDataFeed to your Facebook Business account.

Create a new Facebook product catalog

Step 1  Log into Facebook Business Manager and go to Business Settings

IMPORTANT: Please be sure that you have a Facebook business account set up. Learn more

Step 2  Select Data Sources then Catalogs

Step 3  Select  and then select Create A New Catalog

Step 4  Name the catalog (i.e. your store name) then click Create Catalog

Here you may be prompted to Add People and Set Permissions as well as to Connect Event Sources to Catalog

Step 5  Once the catalog is created, select 

Step 6  Choose Upload Option: select Scheduled feed, click Next

Step 7  Setup Feed: Copy & paste the feed pull URL from GoDataFeed and click Next

Follow these steps to find your GoDataFeed feed pull URL

1. In GoDataFeed, go to Feeds > Facebook > Feed settings
2. If you haven't done so already, click Create Feed URL to activate the feed pull URL
3. Click Copy URL

Step 8  Schedule Updates: Select how often you want your inventory to be updated

The time and frequency will depend our your import schedule in GoDataFeed. Typically, we are importing your data once daily around 1am EST. This means, for example, you will most likely select "Daily at 1:50am". If you have configured more imports in GoDataFeed, or if the import takes a long time, then you will need to take these into consideration. After each data import into our system, we compile the feed so that it is ready to be fetched by Facebook there after. Review your import history to figure out the best time for Facebook to fetch the feed.

Step 9  Upload: once you click Upload, Facebook will pull the feed and process the data

Step 10  Check for Issues and let us know if you need any assistance

See also, Connecting your Facebook catalog to Instagram