# Product sources and feed slots

Canonical URL: https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/product-sources-and-feed-slots

A product source is where OptiQube reads your products from: names, prices, pictures and links. Without one, the agent can still build concepts from products it finds on your website, but you need a connected source to roll a style out to your whole range and to keep prices, stock and new products in sync with your ads.

## Where to connect a source

You can start from any of these:

- Click the store name in the top-left corner → **Connections** → **Connect catalog** next to **Products**.
- Click **Products** in the sidebar → **Connect products**.

Both open the same list: **Where do your products live?**

## The sources

| Source | What you need | What OptiQube reads | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| **Shopify** | Your shop's address | Products, prices and pictures from the storefront | [Connect Shopify](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-shopify) |
| **Shopify with a token** | Your `.myshopify.com` domain and an Admin API access token | Active products; variants stay inside their product | [Connect Shopify with a token](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-shopify-with-a-token) |
| **WooCommerce** | Shop URL, consumer key and consumer secret | Published products | [Connect WooCommerce](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-woocommerce) |
| **XML feed** | The URL of a Google Shopping or Meta-style XML export | `id`, `title`, `description`, `link`, `image_link` and `price` of each item | [Connect an XML feed](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-an-xml-feed) |
| **Meta catalog** | A connected Meta account and a catalog in Commerce Manager | Every item in the catalog | [Connect a Meta catalog](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-a-meta-catalog) |
| **Shoprenter** | Shop name, API user and API password | Active products; variants fold into their parent | [Connect Shoprenter](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-shoprenter) |
| **Unas** | One API key | Active products; variants fold into their parent | [Connect Unas](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/connect-unas) |

Shopify, WooCommerce, Shoprenter and Unas are read again on their own: every hour if the store has an active campaign or a live product group, otherwise once a day.

On Meta's side, set your catalog's data feed to read hourly in Commerce Manager too.

> **Tip:** Every source you connect feeds one shared product pool. Creatives, feeds and campaigns draw from all of your sources at once.

## Manage a connected source

Once a source is connected, **Connections** shows it under **Products** with its name, number of products and the time of the last sync.

- **Resync** reads the source again right away, instead of waiting for the next scheduled read.
- **Manage** opens the **Product sources** page. It shows each connected source with the time it was last read, how many products it has and how many have an image, and lets you **Read now**, **Disconnect** or **Add another source**.
- **Disconnect** removes the source. It does not free its feed slot.

![A connected source on the Product sources page](/images/product-sources/product-sources-connected.webp)

To see the products themselves, click **Products** in the sidebar. See [Browse your products](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/browse-your-products).

## Feed slots

Your plan includes a number of **feed slots**: Starter has 1, Growth 3 and Pro 6. You can see how many you have used at the top of the **Product sources** page, and under **Feed slots used** on the **Subscription** page.

> **Watch out:** A slot is used when a shop connects a product feed for the first time, and **disconnecting does not free it**. Before a slot is used, OptiQube asks **Use one of your feed slots?** Before you confirm, check that you have the right store selected in the top-left corner.

Adding more stores (domains) is free; only feed slots are limited by your plan. Need more than six feeds? Look at the Agency plans in [Plans and pricing](https://support.optiqube.ai/en/articles/plans-and-pricing).