E-commerce Dictionary

Your comprehensive guide to understanding e-commerce and product information management terminology.

Attributization

Intermediate

Attributization is the process of defining, assigning, and managing attributes to products to describe their characteristics, features, and specifications consistently.

Product management10/21/2025

Average Order Value (AOV)

Basic

Average Order Value (AOV) is an e-commerce metric representing the average amount spent per customer order. PIM-managed product data supports strategies like cross-selling and upselling to increase AOV.

E-commerce strategy10/21/2025

Bulk Edit

Basic

The capability to simultaneously modify attributes across multiple products, saving time and ensuring consistency.

Data Management10/21/2025

Channel Adaptation

Intermediate

The process of tailoring product data and content to meet the specific requirements and best practices of individual e-commerce sales channels.

Channel management10/21/2025

Channel Content Adaptability

Intermediate

Channel content adaptability is the capability of product content to be easily adjusted and repurposed for diverse e-commerce channel requirements and formats.

Channel management10/21/2025

Channel Content Optimization (CCO)

Intermediate

The continuous process of tailoring and refining product content specifically for each distribution channel to maximize engagement, conversion, and visibility.

Channel management10/21/2025

Channel Management

Intermediate

Managing and distributing product information tailored to the requirements of different sales and marketing channels.

Syndication & Export10/21/2025

Channel Readiness

Intermediate

Channel readiness refers to the state where all product data and content are fully prepared, validated, and optimized to meet the specific requirements of a particular sales or marketing channel.

Operations10/21/2025

Channel-Specific Attribute Requirements

Intermediate

Channel-specific attribute requirements are the unique set of product attributes, their formats, and values mandated by individual e-commerce platforms or sales channels.

Channel management10/21/2025

Channel-Specific Content Adaptation

Intermediate

Channel-Specific Content Adaptation is the process of tailoring product information and media to meet the unique technical, stylistic, and audience requirements of different sales and marketing channels.

Channel management10/21/2025

Channel-Specific Content Strategy

Intermediate

A channel-specific content strategy defines how product content is tailored and optimized for the unique requirements and audience expectations of each sales channel.

E-commerce strategy10/21/2025

Channel-Specific Data Requirements

Intermediate

Channel-specific data requirements are the unique formats, attributes, and content rules mandated by each e-commerce sales or marketing channel.

Channel management10/21/2025