Benefits of Exporting and Importing Shopify Products
Looking to copy products from one Shopify store to another? Save yourself time – especially if your store has a large inventory – by exporting and then importing products in bulk using a .CSV file.
In addition to saving time, a few other benefits include:
Minimal Errors: A structured import ensures all product data including titles, descriptions, prices, and inventory remains consistent, reducing the risk of human error.
Simplified Updates: Exporting your products into a CSV file allows you to make mass edits (ie, changing prices or inventory levels) in one go and then re-importing the updated file.
Easier Platform Migration: When moving from another platform to Shopify (or vice versa), exporting and importing products streamlines the transition without needing to rebuild your catalog manually.
Data Backup: Exporting products creates a backup of your product data, ensuring you can restore information if needed at a later time.
Support for Advanced Features: Importing products with CSV files allows for easy inclusion of detailed fields like SEO data, variants, and tags, which might be tedious to input manually.
Scalability: As your store grows, managing products in bulk becomes essential to handle larger inventories efficiently.
Optimized Collaboration: Teams or external contractors can prepare or edit product data offline in a spreadsheet, making collaboration a simpler process.
Using bulk import/export tools is especially valuable for Shopify stores looking to scale or streamline operations without being bogged down by repetitive tasks.
How to Export Shopify Products in Bulk
To export products from your Shopify store, complete the following steps:
- Click on Products in the left-hand menu.
- Select the products you’d like to export by clicking on the checkbox next to each product. You can also add a filter to your search to export a particular collection or set of products.
- Click Export in the top right corner.
- Select the appropriate Export and Export As options and then hit Export Products. Shopify will then either let you save the file to your computer or they will email it to the email address on file.
How to Import Shopify Products Using a .CSV File
Now that you have exported your Shopify products, you can now upload the .CSV file into another Shopify store. To do this, do the following:
- Click on Products in the left-hand menu.
- Click on the Import button.
- Click on Add File and then upload the .CSV file you exported. Then, hit Upload and Preview.
- Have a look at the preview window. If everything looks ok, click on the Import Products button.
That’s it! Your Shopify products have been copied over from one store to another.
What Information is Carried Over When Importing Shopify Products?
When you export products and then import them into another Shopify store, the file contains several key pieces of information. This includes:
- Product photo
- Title
- Description
- Status (ie, Active)
- Product category
- Product types
- Inventory amounts
- Sales channels
- Markets
- Vendor
- Pricing
- Variant information
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