The process · end to end

How a messy export becomes an import-ready catalog.

You send your product catalog export — Excel or CSV, however messy. We deduplicate, standardize, and verify it, recording every edit in a per-cell change-log and flagging anything uncertain for your decision. You get back an import-ready file plus three supporting artifacts, usually in about five business days. Here is the exact process, step by step, with nothing changed silently.

Scope & NDA Clean & standardize 3-layer QA review Flagged, not guessed 4-artifact delivery

The process in three steps

SECTION 01
01

Send your export

Email your catalog as Excel or CSV — however messy. Multiple sheets and separate supplier files are fine. We agree scope and confidentiality up front, and we'll sign your NDA.

02

We clean & verify

Deduplicated, standardized and validated, backed by a structured three-layer quality-assurance review — with every edit logged and anything uncertain flagged for your call, never guessed.

03

You get it back

An import-ready file plus a data dictionary, a per-cell change-log, and a findings report — usually in about five business days.


What actually happens, in detail

SECTION 02 — STEP BY STEP

1 · Intake & scope, with an NDA

You send the export. We look at it, confirm what import-ready means for your target system, and agree the scope in writing. Your data is treated as confidential, used only for your job, and deleted after delivery — and we'll sign your NDA before you send anything.

2 · Clean & standardize

Duplicate SKUs and variants resolved with survivorship rules, never blind merging. Units of measure made consistent and GS1 GTIN check digits validated. Categories mapped to your taxonomy, attributes completed, dates normalized to ISO 8601 and currencies to ISO 4217 minor units.

3 · Three-layer quality-assurance review

Every job is checked in three structured passes: the cleaning rules, the standards conformance, and a reconciliation that confirms no row was quietly dropped and no value invented. The counts tie out, in and out, before anything leaves.

4 · Flagged, not guessed

Anything we cannot resolve with confidence is flagged rather than overwritten. These become a short decision list of items only you can settle — a conflicting price, an ambiguous variant — so judgment calls stay yours, not ours.

5 · Delivery of the four artifacts

You receive the cleaned, import-ready file, a data dictionary explaining every column, a per-cell change-log of original → cleaned → why, and a findings report with the decision list — usually in about five business days.

6 · Audit, full cleanup, or ongoing

The free sample proves the quality on your own data. From there it's a fixed-price audit, then the full cleanup, then ongoing readiness if you want it — staged so your PIM or platform migration doesn't stall on dirty data.

What lands in your inbox

THE DELIVERABLE
01

A cleaned, import-ready data file

02

A data dictionary — every column explained

03

A per-cell change-log — original → cleaned → why

04

A findings report + a short decision list


The point of the process is that you can check every cut — not take our word for it.

  • Nothing changed silently. Every edit is in a per-cell change-log — original, cleaned, and the reason.
  • Flagged, never guessed. Anything uncertain is surfaced for your confirmation, not silently overwritten.
  • Reconciled in and out. No row quietly dropped, no value invented — the counts tie out, verified in the three-layer review.
  • Confidential by default. Your data is used only for your job and deleted after delivery, under your NDA.

Questions about the process

FAQ
How long does a catalog cleanup take?

A typical cleanup takes about five business days from the time we have your file and an agreed scope. Larger or more tangled catalogs take longer, and a fixed-price audit comes first so the timeline is set before any work begins. The free 50-SKU sample is usually back within a few days.

What is the per-cell change-log?

The per-cell change-log is a record of every value we changed: the original, the cleaned result, and the reason. Nothing is altered silently. You can open it next to the cleaned file and check the work line by line — which is also how you verify the free sample before committing to anything.

What happens to values you are unsure about?

Anything uncertain is flagged, never guessed. We collect these into a short decision list in the findings report — items only you can resolve, such as which of two conflicting prices is correct. No value is invented and no row is quietly dropped; the counts reconcile in and out.


See the process on your data — free.

Send 50 of your real SKUs. You'll get them back cleaned, with the change-log, so you can judge the quality before committing. No card, no obligation.

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