Olist E-Commerce Order Items with Price and Shipping Details

Transactional data from the Olist e-commerce platform documents items purchased within each order. The dataset includes unique identifiers for orders, items, products, and sellers, alongside shipping deadlines, item prices, and freight values. It is published under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing customer purchasing patterns based on order and item identifiers.
• Evaluating seller performance based on seller_id and associated transaction data.
• Streamlining logistic operations by examining shipping_limit_date deadlines.
• Developing pricing strategies by comparing item price and freight_value.

Strengths

• Includes seven key transactional fields: order_id, order_item_id, product_id, seller_id, shipping_limit_date, price, and freight_value.
• Provides a direct link between products, sellers, and individual orders for detailed analysis.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
• Column-level documentation beyond the listed seven attributes is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Olist e-commerce platform.

Collection Method

Likely extracted from the platform's transactional database.

Time Range

The example shipping_limit_date suggests data from at least 2017, but the full temporal coverage is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Geography is unknown; likely focused on the platform's operational regions.