**EcomCart PIM** is a *Product Information Management* system. It keeps all product data in one place — names, descriptions, properties, images, prices, stock and translations — and sends it to your online stores.

## How it works

1. **Suppliers** send product data (XML, CSV, Excel or API). EcomCart imports and organises it.
2. All imported products go into the **shared catalogue** — one organised catalogue used by every PIM customer.
3. You choose which products to carry in **your assortment**. You can add your own texts, prices and translations — these are **your changes**, and only you see them.
4. PIM checks whether a product is **ready for stores** (name, description and image in each language).
5. PIM **publishes** ready products to your stores.

## What's in the menu

| Menu | What you do there |
|---|---|
| **Home** | Today's tasks and an overview |
| **Products** | All products, Store readiness, Categories, Suppliers |
| **Images and files** | Images, videos and documents of your assortment |
| **Suggestions** | AI-suggested properties, categories and image descriptions |
| **Translations** | Overview, Needs review, Translation lists, Costs |
| **Stores** | Where data goes (store connections) and the Queue |
| **Settings** | Languages, translation, users, API keys, webhooks |
| **Help** | API documentation for developers |

## Most important to remember

- Your edits **don't change the shared catalogue** — they apply to your store only. More: [Your changes and the shared catalogue](/hc/pim/articles/en-own-changes).
- Machine translation **never overwrites** text written by a person.
- If something is unclear, write to us in the chat — the button in the corner of the screen.

Next step: [Signing in](/hc/pim/articles/en-logging-in).