how to upload bulk products in shopify

there will come a time in where your,business grows and this is the time,where you need to keep,up with the market demand one way of,keeping up with your growing business,is to know how to upload your products,in shopify,inventory in bulk there are a couple of,ways in uploading a product,in bulk on shopify you may upload a,large number of items and their,information at once using a csv,file if you wish to transmit product,information,between shopify and another system this,is definitely useful if you choose to,import,a csv file be sure to follow shopify csv,structure requirements to ensure the,file is exported,appropriately your csv file must be,under,15 megabytes in size to guarantee a,successful,import otherwise the product import from,shopify may be partial,or fail this tutorial is basically,general knowledge that you need to know,we will walk you through,all of the columns and how you can fill,up the csv,file you can start by logging into your,shopify admin at www.shopify.com,once you're in click products located on,the left,side on the products page,click import located on the upper right,just beside the add products button,a pop-up will show up and this is where,you will drag your file to upload your,products on shopify first we need to,obtain the csv,file click the sample csv template link,and on the next page click the sample,product csv file link to download it,then save and open the file on your,computer,the column headings appears in the first,row of your product csv file,a sample product and a few variations,are included in the sample file,our tutorial will be based on the sample,products,if your product has a variation then the,first row is always considered as the,parent,listing so the first one is the handle,column,each product is given a unique name in,the handles column,letters dashes and numerals are,permitted,but no spaces accents or other,characters,including periods are permitted,this is also what's going to be on your,url,if you have multiple variations for your,products,then you need to fill in the rows for,each of the variation,next is the title or the name of your,product,after that would be the description of,your product,you can have an html version of the,product description,this can also be a raw text that hasn't,been formatted in,any way,next would be the vendor for your,product's name,enter the type of product you're selling,and add,tags to the next column you need to,separate the tags,with a comma,the next one would be if your product is,published in your store,valid values for this are true or false,enter the name of the option if it,exists,for a product there are three option,names,this is where you can specify or,indicate your variation,for this example we'll be adding color,and,size you only need to fill the first row,for the parent,listing,the option value is where you can,specify the types of variation,i'll specify the colors and the sizes,that i'm going to sell,indicate the variant sku inventory,tracking services utilize,this to keep track of inventory if,you're utilizing a custom fulfillment,provider you can leave this field blank,indicate the weight of your products in,the grams,in the next column,variant inventory tracker is where you,will specify who will be tracking for,your inventory,for this example i'll have one variant,that will be tracked by shopify if you,specify an,inventory tracker you also need to,specify the quantity,in the next column variant,inventory policy is when the inventory,level,for this product or variation reaches,zero,you need to specify how this is handled,if you use a custom fulfillment service,then you can,add the name of the service in the,variant fulfillment service column,if you are doing this manually then you,can just place,manual,indicate the price and the compare price,in the next two columns,also indicate if the variant requires,shipping,or if this is taxable in the following,two columns,indicate the barcode number if you have,one for your listing,next would be the image source in this,column,we will need to get a url for your,product image,in this case we will need an image,hosting site,and we will be using flickr for this,example,upload your images first you should,see them on the photo stream,to get the image url you'll need to go,to the image source,click the image in your photo stream,then click the download button and,select,view all sizes make sure that you select,the right image size,right click in the image and select copy,image,address go back to your csv,file and paste the correct url in the,image source column do this for,all of the parent listing if your,product has a variation,then you can add the url of your images,in the image variant column shopify,downloads the images during the import,and re-uploads them into your store,add an alt text for all of your images,if your image won't load then the alt,text will be shown instead,having alternative text will also help,you boost your,website seo,indicate a gift card if you have one,the seo title is what's going to be,shown at the search,engine once this product shows up on the,search result,add an seo description and make sure,that it's,320 characters or less,there are a couple of google shopping,meta fields column,this can be left blank if you aren't,using google merchant center,just ignore the fields unless your app,needs you to fill this up,go directly to the image variation and,this is where you place,all of the images for your variation,this includes the parent listing and all,of the child,listing or variation,indicate the variant weight unit as well,as the variant tax code,which is available only if you have a,shopify plus,plan if the variant weight unit is left,blank,then the value is automatically set to,kilogram,or kg the last column is the status,this is whether the product is available,for your customers,or not you can place this as active,draft or archived just notice the fields,that needs to be filled,and for those that needs to be left,blank if,it is a child listing make sure that you,don't,fill the fields if those are child,listings,now that you're done with your first,product and its variations,you can then add another product,so the first one that we have is a long,sleeve,what we'll be adding next is a hoodie,there will be no variation for this,product,so just fill up those columns like a,parent listing,do the same process that we did earlier,we'll just place the other item as a,draft just to see the difference,after you've added all of your products,make sure that you delete the example,products,and save all of your changes,rename the csv file and now this is,already ready for upload,back to shopify and drag and drop the,csv,file,click the upload and continue button,after,you should then see an overview of the,items that will be uploaded to your,inventory,just click the import products button to,start,importing them importing your products,may take a while,especially if you have a lot of items to,be imported,once the product is imported it should,then,show up directly on your inventory,as you can see we have uploaded the long,sleeves,and the hoodie the one is active and the,other one,is draft,when you go to product variation you can,also see one item,on where the inventory has been tracked,by shopify,as you can see all of the fields that we,filled in our csv file,have reflected on the listing that was,just recently uploaded,now you're all set this method of,uploading items to your shopify,inventory is recommended if you have a,lot of listing to import,you'd also use the same csv file,for other ecommerce platforms if you,need,help in setting this up we here at blue,tusker can,aid you in your e-commerce success,you can always visit our website at,www.bluetusker.com,do you like this content if you do don't,forget to like this video,click the subscribe button and ring that,notification bell so you'll get notified,in our next,video,you

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