This article discusses the significance of brand linking and provides steps to ensure that your menu products are linked to brands in our Leafly database.  

• Understanding Brand Linking
• Brand Data Verification
• How to: Add Brand Data to Menu Items
• Adding a Missing Brand - Brand Suggestion

Understanding Brand Linking

People are always researching products from various brands on Leafly throughout the day. By connecting brands in our database to menu items, locations can attract more traffic and orders from users looking for products. Locations with brand linking can be found through the search feature on Leafly or by visiting the brand page.

Brand linking can be achieved either manually or through your current POS integration. Some POS providers can seamlessly transfer strain data to Leafly Biz. If yours doesn’t, you must manually select the brand for each item.

Brand Data Verification

Reviewing Your Menu Items

To review your brand data on your products, follow these steps: 

• Log into your Leafly Biz Dashboard
• From the left-side panel, click the Menu option
• Click on Menu Manager from the drop-down

In the Leafly Menu Manager, you can check for menu items that are missing brand data by using the Menu filter.

Look for the "Incomplete Item Data" section, and then check the checkbox next to the "No Brand Name" option. If you don't see this option, it means all your menu items have brands linked to them.

When you select this option, your menu manager will automatically filter to display only items without brand data attached to them. 

Additionally, clicking on the 'Brand Name' option from the Filters menu will expand. From there, you can scroll through the list of strain names and locate the menu items in Menu Manager

🔗 Want more information on our Menu Manager filters:  Learn More - Menu Manager filters and item sorting

How to: Add Brand Data to Menu Items

To add Brand Data:

• Scroll, filter, or search to find the menu item you want to update.
• Click on the menu item to open the editing overlay.
• Find the Brand Name section for the menu product

• Enter the brand name in this field. The Leafly Menu Manager will generate some results.
• Click on the result to link this product to the brand.
• Click on the 'save and set active' button to apply the changes.

If the brand cannot be found, click on 'No brand to link to right now', this will still populate the brand name, but it will not be linked to a brand page. 

Adding a Missing Brand - Brand Suggestion

There may be occasions when you are unable to link a brand to menu items because the brand has is not on Leafly. If you notice that we are missing a brand, you can request its addition to our database so that you can properly link your menu items.

Brands that are missing, will appear with a caution symbol on the menu item itself. 

Additionally, when viewing the item on the main menu manager page, the brand column will not display a green check mark, which indicates that this brand is on Leafly.

If you need to add a brand, click on the let us know hyperlink directly under the brand name. Once doing so, a pop-up will appear. 

Once submitting your request, an email will be generated and reviewed by our Compliance team to make sure the brand can be listed on Leafly. Regardless of the decision, or if there are any addtional questions, you will hear back from them directly. 

For any issues or concerns, we kindly request that you contact our support team at help@leafly.com. They will be more than happy to assist you in resolving any problems you may encounter.