E-commerce Dictionary

A way to build commerce systems from Microservices, API-first, Cloud-native and Headless components that you can combine and replace one by one.

An MPN (Manufacturer Part Number) is the code a manufacturer gives a product to identify it within its own range.

Marketing attributes are the product characteristics used to position and sell a product, such as benefits, claims, style and perceived quality.

A marketplace aggregator is a company that buys small brands selling on marketplaces like Amazon and runs them as one larger business.

Marketplace compliance refers to adhering to the specific rules, policies, and legal requirements set by online marketplaces for product listings, data, and seller operations. Failure to comply can lead to penalties or account suspension.

Marketplace integration connects your store or product system to online marketplaces, so listings, prices, stock and orders sync without manual work.

Mass actions, or mass product actions, let you apply one change to many products at once instead of editing each product separately.

Master data governance (MDG) is the set of rules, roles and processes that control how master data such as product, customer and supplier records is created, changed and checked.

Master data management (MDM) is the discipline and software for keeping one trusted version of core business data, such as products, customers, suppliers and locations, across all systems.

Media asset linking is connecting images, videos, manuals and other files to the right product or variant record, with their role, order and channel.

Media management is organizing, storing and distributing product images, videos and documents so every channel shows the right, current files for each product.

A metadata layer holds the definitions, types, rules and relationships that describe your data, so people and systems know what each field means and how to use it.

Metadata management is defining, organizing and governing the data that describes your data, such as field definitions, units, value lists and ownership.

A way of building software as small, independent services that each do one job, talk through APIs, and can be deployed and scaled separately.

Ecommerce middleware is software that sits between your store and other systems, such as ERP, PIM and marketplaces, and moves and translates data between them.

Multi-channel inventory management is keeping one accurate stock count for products you sell on several channels, so every channel shows what you can actually ship.

Multi-channel retailing is selling the same products through several separate channels at once, such as a webshop, marketplaces, social shops and a physical store.

Multi-domain MDM is master data management that governs several data domains, such as customers, products, suppliers and locations, in one system.

A SaaS PIM is a product information management application you rent as an online service; in a multi-tenant setup, many customers share one platform with their data kept separate.

Multichannel marketing involves using multiple independent channels to interact with customers. It focuses on reaching customers wherever they are, maintaining consistent messaging across each touchpoint.