Onboard with Zalando

Integration options

There are several different integration options available to you when joining Parter Program. Here you'll find an overview of them.

Get to know Tradebyte - Zalando’s preferred integrator

As the leading platform connector of the European fashion and lifestyle industries, Tradebyte enables your multichannel strategy to excel to new lengths.

Welcome to Zalando Partner University!

You’ll find an overview of the new University knowledge portal, what it is, how to navigate it and where to find your key support tools.

Zalando Partner Login - FAQs and support links

In this article you will find a set of FAQs and links to Partner Care support regarding the Partner Login. If you still don’t find what you’re looking for, please contact the relevant support team for the platform you are trying to access.

zDirect onboarding: Getting started

Learn about zDirect, how to access it and how to use the zDirect onboarding dashboard.

Delivery documentation

Find out which documents you must include with all of your deliveries to customers, and the templates we recommend you use for them.

Size requirements, related rejection codes and their resolution

In this article, we'll explore the size requirements for onboarding articles, detailing the number of sizes needed for each article category to ensure a seamless onboarding process.

zDirect onboarding: Account setup

Here we provide information on how to activate your account and the first tasks you’ll need to complete when starting out with zDirect

zDirect onboarding: Market setup

Market setup is the onboarding stage where you’ll provide Zalando with details such as bank account, billing, VAT information etc. for the market you’re setting up.

zDirect onboarding: your zDirect status and what it means

Here is a glossary for terms you might encounter while looking at your Business profile in zDirect.

Understanding technical integration on zDirect

Learn more about technical integration and how to engage with your technical partners on zDirect

Introduction for zDirect technical service providers

This guide to zDirect is for our partners' technical service providers

Season timeline and season switch

A season switch is the process of transitioning from the current sales season to a new season in the catalogues. We will always ensure to inform partners of the finalised dates through the ZPU and by email.

Introduction to silhouette guides, related status codes and how to resolve them

Here is an overview of the categories of silhouette guides needed to onboard your articles to Zalando.

Sizing your articles - an overview

Using the correct size chart is extremely important. Find an overview of the Size finder tool and Size chart template here.

Setting up your brand logo

Here you'll find the requirements for ensuring your brand logo is set up correctly in our systems

How to sell toys on Zalando

For partners who want to sell toys, find an overview here of all the requirements to do so.

Image and content guides

Find all of the guidelines for each product category to ensure you can follow the Zalando image requirements.

Zalando article naming guidelines

This article will explain Zalando article naming guidelines.

Order Quality Assurance (QA) requirements

Zalando performs random quality checks by means of test orders in order to review the ongoing compliance with the established order quality requirements. Below you will find the current list of requirements.

Order Quality Assurance FAQs

Find all the most frequently asked questions about QA requirements answered below.

How to place a test order

his article will explain what a test order is, what kinds of test orders you can perform and how they work. Further it will show you what the results of the test order mean.

Price management in zDirect

Learn more about Price Management in zDirect, a new way to manage your prices without requiring technical capabilities to connect with the Zalando Price APIs.

Validating your prices in zDirect

Accurate pricing is important to provide a good customer experience, to protect partners and safeguard revenues. When you submit your articles, our internal systems will perform a series of checks to verify whether the prices look correct.

Sandbox Orders tool on zDirect

This is short guide to the Sandbox Orders tool on zDirect for your technical partners or developers.

Correcting rejected articles in the Article Listing

Rejected articles needing partner feedback show a Rejected status in your Article Listing. Here are the steps needed to resolve it.

Onboarding via zDirect User Interface (UI)

Learn more about onboarding your articles via zDirect User Interface (UI), a way for partners using Zalando Fulfillment Solutions (ZFS) to start selling on Zalando without needing to connect via Zalando’s APIs.

Create a new article using the zDirect Article Creation UI

The guide below will steer you through the process of creating a new article using zDirect’s Create Article feature.

Correcting rejected articles in the Article Creation UI

Here you'll find the step-by-step process for fixing any issues when your articles were created on zDirect.

Get to know: Customer Experience Model (Part 1)

In this video, we will introduce what the Customer experience model is, its Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and how your CXM performance can affect your overall performance while selling on Zalando.

How to optimise your CXM performance (Part 2)

In this video, we will guide you through a number of important ways to optimise your performance within our Customer Experience Model, also known as CXM.

The Customer Experience Model (CXM) KPIs - an overview

The Customer Experience Model (CXM) is a set of KPIs for partners to evaluate and steer your operational performance on a country level

CXM KPI targets

An overview of the CKM KPI targets.