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Import location information

StoreID (Required)



This is the ID/Code to identify the location.
PinMeTo allows you to set ID's up to 36 characters. A character is a number, letter or special character such as a hashtag. However, if your ID is longer than 10 characters and it's not only containing digits, you'll have to set a separate StoreID for Facebook as this network is only compatible with digits, from 0 to 9, up to 10 digits.
StoreID is the most important tool for our system to identify unique locations within our Products and synchronise those with all the business directories. We strongly advise to not change the storeIDs once they are setup within our system
Directories do not allow storeIDs to be updated via the API which can lead to a lot of technical errors and your data will not be sent correctly or not sent at all to those directories.
StoreIDs will need to be updated manually on directories which can lead to human errors especially if there are a lot of locations that need to be updated.
If you really require to change the StoreID of a location, please contact our customer support via direct message or e-mail and they will be able to advise on the best approach according to your needs.
Please do not try to create a new location in the attempt to change the storeID as the directories will mark the new location as a duplicate and will show up as a conflict in our system.

Storefront Name (Required)


Name of the location. See this article for guidelines: Instructions for Accurately Displaying Your Business on Map and Search Engine Networks

Facebook Custom name (Disabled by default)


This is used if you want to enable a separate location name just for Facebook (our onboarding specialists can advise you if you need to use it)

Google Custom name (Disabled by default)


This is used if you want to enable a separate location name just for Google (our onboarding specialists can advise you if you need to use it)

Location descriptor


Used in PinMeTo and on Facebook
Location descriptor for this store. This will appear in parenthesis after the Storefront name and should only be used if the location has a special location that is not clear from its city or street address. (e.g. if it's inside a shopping mall or if it's best identified by its neighbourhood.)

Short description


Used on Facebook, HERE and TomTom
Short description of the local store or your brand
max 240 characters
Please note that emojis and characters with modifiers commonly used in some languages such as ü or ñ are counted as 2 or more characters by the networks.

Long Description


Used on Google, Apple, Bing, Here, TomTom
Description of the local store or your brand
max 750 characters
Please note that emojis and characters with modifiers commonly used in some languages such as ü or ñ are counted as 2 or more characters by the networks.

Street Address (Required)



City (Required)



State



Postal Code (Required)



Country (Required)


Preferably use the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, with the country name in English and with proper capitalization (eg. "Sweden," instead of "Sverige" or "sweden")

Latitude (Required)


Example: 55,58692722

Longitude (Required)


Example: 12,9181948

Phone (Required for Facebook)


Example: +46 765 456789
Preferably use the number to your location. If you do not have a local phone number, you can use the phone number to your national contact center.
Facebook requires a phone number to create Facebook listings

Email


Email address on which your customers can contact you

Webpage


Link to your website

Monday to Sunday hours


0000-2400
For example: opening hours 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM would be "0900-1600"
Multiple spans are allowed but must be separated by "*;"**
For example: 1130-1300; 1500-2300
To mark the location as closed, leave the field empty

Always open


Yes or y or true
Overrides opening hours field

Permanently Closed


Yes or y or true

Opening date


format example: 2020-09-18

Wi-Fi SSID


Currently only shown on Facebook.
Max 32 characters

Updated on: 01/12/2023

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