Shopify Products import / export template & guide

See what each field/column from our “Products” template means including possible allowed values and examples.

Fields marked as “Export Only” cannot be imported/set in Shopify but can be exported with Matrixify export.

Excel Sheet Name

Products

To tell the app what you are importing Products you need:

If using CSV file then the file name needs to contain word “Products”, for example, “my-shopify-products.csv”
If using XLSX file then the sheet/tab name in the file needs to be “Products”. The file name for the XLSX file does not matter.

Need a quick start?

Download Products Demo file

See Tutorials about Products

Columns Available For Export And Import

Basic Columns

Column Description / Example Value

ID is automatically generated number by Shopify to identify the item.
It is filled in by an Export.
Can be used for Import to identify and update existing Products.
When creating new Products, leave this value empty.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

11920047631

Handle

This is what your store visitors will see in the product URL address, like this: https://etaystore.com/products/mom-strength-red-t-shirt-slim-fit.
URL address has a great impact on SEO, so be sure to give it a meaningful name.
Regardless, what you write here, the app will convert it to lowercase, and remove all non-URL friendly symbols.
You can leave it empty when creating new Products – in that case, the app will generate it for you from Title.If the handle will have non-Latin characters like Chinese, Arabic or Russian, or any other language, it will get “transliterated” to the similar-sounding Latin letters by default. You can switch this option off in Options upon importing by unchecking “Transliterate Handles to English alphabet”.Each product Handle must be unique across your Shopify store, so when creating new products from external data source, even better approach would be to create Handle from Title and original product ID using Excel formula like this: =C2 & ” ” & B2 (assuming that you put some original product ID in the B column).Whatever you will put in the Handle column, the app will convert it to the required Handle format, which is acceptable by Shopify.

When updating Handle the app by default will also create a Redirect from old Handle to the new one. You can turn this off in the Import options with importing a file.

In Shopify, all Handles have a limitation of 255 characters, so any Handle longer than that will be truncated to 255 characters.

Allowed Values

Any characters allowed in a URL

Example

mom-strength-red-t-shirt-slim-fit-123456

Command

When importing Product row – tell the app, what to do with it:

NEW: will try to create a new Product with the provided details. If such Product will already exist, then the result will be Failed.
MERGE: will try to find existing Product, and update it with data from the row. If such product will not be found, then it will create new.
UPDATE: the app will search for an existing Product and update it. If an item cannot be found then that item will fail to import.
REPLACE: WARNING! Use this Command value to fully replace the whole product, not individual fields. Using this Command value, the app will delete the product from the store completely and create a new one only from data in the file, resulting in losing all data that is not included in the import file.
If a Product exists, then the app will delete it and create a new one from data in the file.
If an existing Product will not be found, then still the app will create a new one. The difference from UPDATE is that it will not keep any of columns, which were not included in the import file since the Product will be deleted and re-created.
REPLACE: at first, if such Product exists, then the app will delete it. After that, it will create a new one. If an existing Product will not be found, then still the app will create a new one. The difference from UPDATE is that it will not keep any of columns, which were not included in the import file since the Product will be deleted and re-created.
DELETE: the app will delete the existing Product. If such Product will not be found, then the result will be Failed. This DELETE command is very handy for deleting Products in bulk.
IGNORE: the app will ignore this Product and will skip it.

If no Command is specified, then the app will assume the MERGE command.

See our tutorial on how Matrixify identifies Products when importing.

Allowed Values

NEW
MERGE
UPDATE
REPLACE
DELETE
IGNORE

Example

MERGE

Title

Title of the Product.

When creating a new product, this is the only mandatory field for the Product.

When importing Product update Title can be used as identification for Product (there is no ID or Handle).

Allowed Values

Text

Example

Mom Strength Red T-shirt Slim Fit

Body HTML

This is a long description of the Product.

You can write here just a plain text, or format that text using HTML code.

You can put here additional images, videos, links to other Products or sites, tables, and so on.

You can learn about HTML capabilities online, for example W3Schools.com or use some online video courses, like from Treehouse.com or Udemy.com.

The best way to create HTML for Product, is to write a Description in the Shopify Admin for one Product, format it as you like, and then do the export. Then you will see, how that translates to HTML, and will be able to apply the same to other Products.

The app is also doing some helping with the descriptions automatically to make it easier to use and fix popular issues:

Converting text to UTF-8 encoding.
Automatically removing invalid characters like “_x000D_” , “Â” , and such (ask Matrixify Support if there are any other characters invalid that need to be removed).
Converting plain text to HTML if this is not an HTML already – so that you have proper newlines and basic formatting.
Optionally removing images from HTML (if checkbox enabled in Import Options).

Allowed Values

Text, HTML

Example

<b>Features</b>
<ol>
  <li>Looks nice</li>
  <li>Feels good</li> 
</ol>

Vendor

Basically the Brand name.

Be sure to keep all the same Brand names written the same. For example, “H&M” and “H & M” (with spaces) will be appearing as two different brands.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

Nike

Type

Shopify Product Custom Type – allows you to define a certain kind for each Product. Any text can be entered into this field.

To import/export Shopify Product Categories, use Category columns.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

T-shirt

Tags

Tags allow you to add additional elements or “properties” to your product, which you can use for filtering, for showing some additional information about the Product in the store.

Tags also are great, when Type column is not enough, and you need to create a hierarchy of some sort. For example, you might want to tell that this Product is a Shirt and a Skirt. In this case, you could add tags: Type: Shirt, Type: Skirt.

Then you can create Smart Collections “Shirts”, where you include all Products which have Tag “Type: Shirt”, and another Smart Collection, where you include Products which have Tag “Type: Skirt”. That way this Product will be included in both Smart Collections.

Tags column values are read joined together from all the duplicated product rows so if you like, you can have duplicate rows with each tag in its own row, and those all will be imported.

See this tutorial on how to bulk manage your Tags.

Allowed Values

Comma Seperated List

Example

Color: Red, Eatable, Featured, Type: Skirt

Tags Command

Tell the app, what to do with Tags:

MERGE: will add Tags to existing tags. It means that you don’t need to list all the tags in the import file, you can import those which you want to add. If some of the tags you are importing already exist, then the app will ignore it.
DELETE: will delete the Tags that are listed in the import file. If the listed tag will not exist, then the app will ignore it.
REPLACE: will replace all existing tags with the tags from the import file. Use this method to maximize the import speed, because if you will use MERGE, it means that the app will need first to load existing tags which takes additional time.

If Tags Command is not set, the app will assume the MERGE command by default.

You can also have Tags listed in multiple rows within the item and with different Tags Commands.
They will be executed in the same order within the item as you have them listed in the file.

See this tutorial on how to bulk manage your Tags.

Allowed Values

MERGE
DELETE
REPLACE

Example

REPLACE

Created At
Export only

It will be automatically set to the time when the Product was actually created in Shopify.
When migrating from another store, this time will always be the time of migration.

Allowed Values

Date & Time

Example

2018-12-17 18:20:07 +0200

Updated At

Export only

It will be automatically updated, whenever you change the Product data.

Allowed Values

Date & Time

Example

2018-12-17 18:20:07 +0200

Status

Status of the Product in Shopify.
Can be imported and exported.

Active – The product is ready to sell and is available to customers on the online store, sales channels, and apps.
Archived – The product is no longer being sold and isn’t available to customers on sales channels and apps.
Draft – The product isn’t ready to sell and is unavailable to customers on sales channels and apps. By default, duplicated and unarchived products are set to draft.

By default, new Products are set to the Active status. (This default can be changed for specific stores by our support).

Allowed Values

Active
Archived
Draft

Example

Draft

Published

Tells, whether this Product should be Published on any of your Channels.

It works in combination with the column Published Scope.

If you will leave this cell empty, then it will treat it as a FALSE value.

Allowed Values

TRUE
FALSE

Example

TRUE

Published At

This column can be exported and imported.

It will be automatically updated, whenever you publish the Product.

You can set the product publication date in the past, by importing the specific date you like.

If there will be no Published column present, then having a date in this column will publish a previously unpublished product. Basically, if you import this column with the date value, then it will mean that Published = TRUE.

Allowed Values

Date & Time

Example

2018-12-17 18:20:07 +0200

Published Scope

Tells Shopify, where to publish this Product.

This column works in combination with the Published column the following way;

Published	Published Scope	Result
`TRUE`	`global`	Will publish the product to Online Store and POS channels.
`TRUE`	`web`	Will publish the product to Online Store, but not to the POS channel.
`FALSE`	`global`	Will publish the product on POS, but not on the Online Channel.
`FALSE`	`web`	Will not publish the product on any of the channels.

Changes to any other channels like Facebook, Wholesale, etc. are not available through this import as Shopify API doesn’t allow that at the moment. But you can follow this video tutorial to still change all the channels in bulk through the Admin, and play with filters and Tags (which you can import with Matrixify), to identify particular Products to publish/unpublish.

By default, the published scope is set to global if POS sales channel is added to the store.
Otherwise, the default value is web.

Allowed Values

global
web

Example

global

Template Suffix

Template Suffix allows you to specify another Template from your Theme for this specific Product. For example, you might want to specify different template for a Featured product, which has different page layout.

Work with your developer to create new Template or read Shopify documentation about adding additional Product templates. Once new Template is created, you can set in this column to activate it for needed Products.

That different template will show as dropdown for Products in Shopify Admin, when new Product Template will be created in your Theme. For example, if the new Template file name is “product.featured.liquid”, then – to activate this Template for this Product, write “featured” as the Template Suffix.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

featured

Gift Card

Tells, whether this Product is a Gift Card Product.

Can be set only when creating a product, cannot be updated!

Check our tutorial on how to bulk import Gift Card Products.

Setting value TRUE in this field will automatically override the following variant field values to what Shopify requires for creating a Gift Card:

Variant Taxable: FALSE
Variant Requires Shipping: FALSE
Variant Fulfillment Service: gift_card

Gift Card product in the Admin -> Products looks exactly the same as other Products.
To check your Gift Card Products go to Admin -> Products -> Gift cards -> Manage gift card products.

Allowed Values

TRUE
FALSE

Example

FALSE

URL

Export only

The Product page URL.

Total Inventory Qty

Export only

All variant inventory quantity sum.

Row #

Export only

Will have row number from 1 till the end for each row. So that if you change the sorting in your exported file to easier update your data, you can sort it back by “Row #” and return it to the original sorting. Because, you know, all the item data should be together – and if you change the sorting, you need to sort it back.

Top Row

Export only

It will have value TRUE for each “top row” of the item. That can help you filter in Excel to get only the base rows, in case you need to get rid of repeated rows for each item. Some sheets already had this as Primary Row column earlier, but we have added it now to all the sheets now and renamed to Top Row so it’s more clear.

Column	Description / Example Value
Category: ID	ID for the Category that product is in. See each standard types ID in the Shopify Product Taxonomy page. Alternative column headers `Type: Standard ID` – for legacy Matrixify template Allowed Values Number Example 127
Category: Name	Category name. Last sub-category from the full Standard Type path. Alternative column headers `Type: Standard Name` – for legacy Matrixify template Allowed Values Text Example Clothing
Category	Full path of the Shopify Product Category. When importing, in this column you can specify the standard types full path, only last category name, only id, or id with the full path as from the Shopify Product Taxonomy page. For example, `127 - Apparel & Accessories > Clothing`. Alternative column headers `Product Category` – for Shopify Transporter CSV and Shopify native CSV `Standard Product Type` – for legacy Shopify native CSV `Type: Standard` – for legacy Matrixify template Allowed Values Text Example Apparel & Accessories > Clothing

Collections

Each Product can exist in several Custom Collections and Smart Collections.

Column	Description / Example Value
Collection *Import only*	This column is only imported to maintain compatibility to Shopify CSV import. It doesn’t show up in the export, because all current collections are in “Custom Collections” column. It contains the Collection Title where this product should be added. The Matrixify app will search for an existing Custom Collection by this title, and if it is found, then it will add this Product to that Custom Collection. If it finds several collections with the same Title, then it will add this product to the first of them. If such Custom Collection doesn’t exist, the Matrixify app will create it for you, and add this product there. You can add this product to several Custom Collections at once by repeating the product row and putting each Custom Collection title in its own row. Allowed Values Text
Custom Collections	This column is exported and imported. It contains a comma-separated list of Custom Collections where this product is appearing. The values of this column are repeated for all the product rows (image rows and variant rows). This would allow tricks like – finding out which SKU is in which collection. When importing, the comma-separated list of those Custom Collection handles is being read from all the rows – so you can have several product rows with several comma-separated Handles there. If this cell is empty in the export, it means that this particular product is not included in any of the Custom Collections. If you are importing empty value for this column, it will not remove this product from any collection – it will just add it to whatever collection is mentioned here. To work with Custom Collections in more detail, please, refer to the Custom Collections documentation or see the tutorial: How to add Products to Shopify Custom Collections (also known as Manual Collections). You can also list Custom Collection Titles and Matrixify will generate Handle from that and search for collection with such Handle. If listing Titles you can escape comma with “\”, for example, “Me\, You Collection” would be handled as single collection with a comma in the Title. Allowed Values Comma-seperated Collection Handles Example daily-picks, our-bestsellers
Smart Collections *Export only*	This column is only exported. It contains a comma-separated list of Smart Collections where this product is appearing. The values of this column are repeated for all the product rows (image rows and variant rows). This would allow tricks like – finding out which SKU is in which collection. If this cell is empty, it means that this particular product is not included in any of the Smart Collections. To include the product in a Smart Collection, please, refer to the Smart Collections documentation or see the tutorial: Create Smart Collections in bulk by Product Tags. Allowed Values Comma-seperated Collection Handles Example red-shirts, discounted

Column

Description / Example Value

Collection

Import only

This column is only imported to maintain compatibility to Shopify CSV import. It doesn’t show up in the export, because all current collections are in “Custom Collections” column.

It contains the Collection Title where this product should be added.

The Matrixify app will search for an existing Custom Collection by this title, and if it is found, then it will add this Product to that Custom Collection.

If it finds several collections with the same Title, then it will add this product to the first of them.

If such Custom Collection doesn’t exist, the Matrixify app will create it for you, and add this product there.

You can add this product to several Custom Collections at once by repeating the product row and putting each Custom Collection title in its own row.

Allowed Values

Text

Custom Collections

This column is exported and imported.

It contains a comma-separated list of Custom Collections where this product is appearing.

The values of this column are repeated for all the product rows (image rows and variant rows). This would allow tricks like – finding out which SKU is in which collection.

When importing, the comma-separated list of those Custom Collection handles is being read from all the rows – so you can have several product rows with several comma-separated Handles there.

If this cell is empty in the export, it means that this particular product is not included in any of the Custom Collections.

If you are importing empty value for this column, it will not remove this product from any collection – it will just add it to whatever collection is mentioned here.

To work with Custom Collections in more detail, please, refer to the Custom Collections documentation or see the tutorial: How to add Products to Shopify Custom Collections (also known as Manual Collections).

You can also list Custom Collection Titles and Matrixify will generate Handle from that and search for collection with such Handle.
If listing Titles you can escape comma with “\”, for example, “Me\, You Collection” would be handled as single collection with a comma in the Title.

Allowed Values

Comma-seperated Collection Handles

Example

daily-picks, our-bestsellers

Smart Collections

Export only

This column is only exported.

It contains a comma-separated list of Smart Collections where this product is appearing.

The values of this column are repeated for all the product rows (image rows and variant rows). This would allow tricks like – finding out which SKU is in which collection.

If this cell is empty, it means that this particular product is not included in any of the Smart Collections.

To include the product in a Smart Collection, please, refer to the Smart Collections documentation or see the tutorial: Create Smart Collections in bulk by Product Tags.

Allowed Values

Comma-seperated Collection Handles

Example

red-shirts, discounted

Media

Each Product can have several media files.
In the Matrixify export, each of those will be exported in a different row with all the media file details in that row for each file.

Each variant can be linked to one of the images. Variants can only be linked to images (media with Image Type as IMAGE)

Columns and rows of media files do not correlate with Variant Columns and rows. So Variant Image and Image Src rows are not aligned. Each of the column groups lives their own life.

Column Description / Example Value

Column	Description / Example Value
Image Type *Export only*	Type of the media file in Shopify. `EXTERNAL_VIDEO` – externally hosted video such as link to a YouTube video. `IMAGE` – Shopify-hosted image. `MODEL_3D` – Shopify-hosted 3d model. `VIDEO` – Shopify-hosted video. Allowed Values IMAGE VIDEO EXTERNAL_VIDEO MODEL_3D
Image Src	Link to the media file. This link must be publicly available and direct link so that Shopify is able to download file from it. Once files are imported, those don’t need to be hosted anymore with this link, because Shopify will download this it and store on their own servers. Except when having externally hosted video. To import several media files for the same Product, you have multiple options: repeat the new row with the same ID or Handle, or Title values have several links in the same Image Src cell, separated by `;` (semicolon) have multiple `Image Src` columns any combination of both above options. If you need to add an additional media files, you don’t need to mention existing files – just mention those files, which you need to import, and use `MERGE` as `Image Command`. If the Image Src column will be empty, or will not exist, the media files will stay unchanged. Unless Image Command `REPLACE` is used, as then existing files set for that product will be replaced with nothing, and thus all existing media files will get removed from it. If Shopify will not be able to download all files, the warning about that will be put to the Import Results file “Import Comment” column. Links listed in this column need to be direct and public links. You can always test your links by trying to add media from URL links manually in Shopify Admin to any product. If it works manually in admin, it should work with Matrixify import. Google Drive and DropBox shared links also will work as the app will correctly convert them to direct links when sending them to the Shopify API. Supported file types: Images: `JPG`, `PNG`, `GIF`, `HEIC`, `WEBP`, `SVG` Animated images: `GIF` (animated gif), `PNG` (apng) Video: `MP4`, `MOV`, `WEBM` 3D: `GLB`, `USDZ` See Shopify manual on file types, sizes, and other limitations for product media. Allowed Values URL Example https://images.com/image.jpg; https://images.com/another-image.jpg
Image Command	Here you define the action what to do with media: `MERGE` – will keep all existing media for your product, update data of specified media from this import by the file name, and add any new media files. `DELETE` – if put next to the media link, then this particular media file will be deleted from the Product in Shopify, while all other images will be kept. `REPLACE` – will delete all media files from the product and add back those that are included in this import. Media is never deleted or removed by default – only when you will give the explicit command to do so. If Image Command is empty or such column doesn’t exist, then the `MERGE` command will be assumed. Allowed Values MERGE DELETE REPLACE Example MERGE
Image Position	The position of the particular media file within the product. You can reorder media files inside one product by doing Export, changing those Position values, and importing back as an image column update. To change the positions you also need to have the Image Src column in the same import, so that app knows, which file you are talking about. When importing several media files with the semicolon, the image numbers will be auto-incremented starting from this given number. Allowed Values Number Example 5
Image Width *Export only*	The width of the image, in pixels. Allowed Values Number
Image Height *Export only*	The height of the image, in pixels. Allowed Values Number
Image Alt Text	By SEO best practices, it is strongly suggested that media files have “alt text” specified, because this is how search engines know, what’s inside that file. Allowed Values Text Example T-shirt small size
Image Attachment *Import only*	Import without a public link but list actual data encoded in Base64. Allowed Values A Base64 encoded medai file. Example 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

Image Type

Export only

Type of the media file in Shopify.

EXTERNAL_VIDEO – externally hosted video such as link to a YouTube video.
IMAGE – Shopify-hosted image.
MODEL_3D – Shopify-hosted 3d model.
VIDEO – Shopify-hosted video.

Allowed Values

IMAGE
VIDEO
EXTERNAL_VIDEO
MODEL_3D

Image Src

Link to the media file. This link must be publicly available and direct link so that Shopify is able to download file from it.

Once files are imported, those don’t need to be hosted anymore with this link, because Shopify will download this it and store on their own servers.
Except when having externally hosted video.

To import several media files for the same Product, you have multiple options:

repeat the new row with the same ID or Handle, or Title values
have several links in the same Image Src cell, separated by ; (semicolon)
have multiple Image Src columns
any combination of both above options.

If you need to add an additional media files, you don’t need to mention existing files – just mention those files, which you need to import, and use MERGE as Image Command.

If the Image Src column will be empty, or will not exist, the media files will stay unchanged.
Unless Image Command REPLACE is used, as then existing files set for that product will be replaced with nothing, and thus all existing media files will get removed from it.

If Shopify will not be able to download all files, the warning about that will be put to the Import Results file “Import Comment” column.

Links listed in this column need to be direct and public links.
You can always test your links by trying to add media from URL links manually in Shopify Admin to any product. If it works manually in admin, it should work with Matrixify import.
Google Drive and DropBox shared links also will work as the app will correctly convert them to direct links when sending them to the Shopify API.

Supported file types:

Images: JPG, PNG, GIF, HEIC, WEBP, SVG
Animated images: GIF (animated gif), PNG (apng)
Video: MP4, MOV, WEBM
3D: GLB, USDZ

See Shopify manual on file types, sizes, and other limitations for product media.

Allowed Values

URL

Example

https://images.com/image.jpg;
https://images.com/another-image.jpg

Image Command

Here you define the action what to do with media:

MERGE – will keep all existing media for your product, update data of specified media from this import by the file name, and add any new media files.
DELETE – if put next to the media link, then this particular media file will be deleted from the Product in Shopify, while all other images will be kept.
REPLACE – will delete all media files from the product and add back those that are included in this import.

Media is never deleted or removed by default – only when you will give the explicit command to do so.

If Image Command is empty or such column doesn’t exist, then the MERGE command will be assumed.

Allowed Values

MERGE
DELETE
REPLACE

Example

MERGE

Image Position

The position of the particular media file within the product.

You can reorder media files inside one product by doing Export, changing those Position values, and importing back as an image column update.

To change the positions you also need to have the Image Src column in the same import, so that app knows, which file you are talking about.

When importing several media files with the semicolon, the image numbers will be auto-incremented starting from this given number.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

Image Width

Export only

The width of the image, in pixels.

Allowed Values

Number

Image Height

Export only

The height of the image, in pixels.

Allowed Values

Number

Image Alt Text

By SEO best practices, it is strongly suggested that media files have “alt text” specified, because this is how search engines know, what’s inside that file.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

T-shirt small size

Image Attachment

Import only

Import without a public link but list actual data encoded in Base64.

Allowed Values

A Base64 encoded medai file.

Example

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Inventory / Variants

Each Product can have several variants, that is a different version of a product, for example, size or color.

All those variants can be imported, as well as exported.

Products with several Variants are organized as follows: you need to copy cells from base Columns to a new row for each additional Variant. To identify that Variant belongs to the same Product, you must have ID column or Handle column. At the same time, you can duplicate also all other columns, if that’s more convenient.

Those all are columns, which are accessible in Shopify Admin, when adding new product Variant.

Shopify allows maximum of 100 Variants per Product.

Column Description / Example Value

Column	Description / Example Value
Variant Inventory Item ID *Export only*	Global Inventory Item identifier. It is the new way of how Shopify identifies inventory item across many locations. We are transitioning the app gradually to this new approach. Read more here. Allowed Values Number
Variant ID	Products have Variants – which are essentially a combination of unique Option Values. Each Variant, after imported, gets its own Variant ID, assigned by Shopify. When you import new Variants or replace all existing Variants for Product, you need to leave Variant ID column empty, or remove that column from Excel file. When you will Export Products, then Variant ID will serve as a reference to whichever Variant you want to update. You can update one or many columns for Variant by keeping the Variant ID in the import file. That way the import will know precisely, which Variant you need to update. To add several Variants to a Product, you need to add an additional row. Import will know that the Variant belongs to the same Product, if that added Excel row will have the same ID, Handle or Title (whichever comes first). All the other Product base columns (which are not variants) are ignored for Variant rows. That means that you can either leave them empty, or just copy the same previous line – which in some cases can be much more convenient. Basically, when you are copying rows, you don’t need to empty the cells of copied product information. Your Product can have no Variants, in this case it will have one Variant, which will hold information like inventory quantity and price for this Product. You can also use Variant ID to identify Products when updating them. See more on how Matrixify identifies existing products. Allowed Values Number Example 41920047632
Variant Command	Whenever variants are imported, there is always one of those commands executed for each of variant rows: `MERGE` – merges new variants into existing product variants. Updates those that can be found by Variant ID, Variant SKU, Variant Barcode or Option Values. If it will not find such a variant to update, then it will add new. `UPDATE` – will update variants that can be found by Variant ID, Variant SKU, Variant Barcode or Option Values. If a variant cannot be found to update, will fail the Product. `DELETE` – will delete the listed variant. Requires Variant ID, Variant SKU, Variant Barcode, or Option Values – so that it can identify, which variant you want to delete. `REPLACE` – WARNING! Use this Variant Command value to fully replace all variants in the product, not individual variant fields. Using this Command value, the app will delete all the variants from the product and create a add new ones only from data in the file, resulting in losing all data that is not included in the import file. Will replace all existing product variants with the ones that are listed in the import. This will delete all variants from the product and create only the ones you have in the file. If no Variant Command is specified, then the `MERGE` will be assumed. See this Tutorial for more details about adding variants: How Add Variants To Existing Product. Allowed Values MERGE UPDATE DELETE REPLACE Example MERGE
Option1 Name	Each product can have 3 Options, with many values per option. This Option1 Name column is the name of 1st Option. The value of this 1st option is to be written in the Option1 Value column, which becomes so-called Variant of the product. You can have those options empty, if you don’t have any options to choose from. Then you need to keep Option Values empty as well. Allowed Values Text Example Color
Option1 Value	The Value of Option1 Name. For example, if we considered the Option1 Name to be a “Color”, then Option1 Value need to contain colors, like, Red, Blue, Green, and so on. You can have as many Option Values as you like. The Shopify global limitation here is that you can have up to 100 Variants per Product. All option value combinations must be unique, meaning that there is not allowed to be two variants with the same Option Values. For example, you can’t have two Variants with the same Color, Size and Fabric. At least one of those must be different. If you need to generate several options from the same cell, split them by ; (semicolon). The app will generate the combinations of all 3 option values – they all can have values split by ; (semicolon). Allowed Values Text Example Red
Option2 Name	The name of the 2nd Option. Allowed Values Text Example Size
Option2 Value	The Value of the 2nd Option. Allowed Values Text Example XS
Option3 Name	The name of the 3rd Option. Allowed Values Text Example Fabric
Option3 Value	The Value of the 3rd Option. Allowed Values Text Example Cotton
Variant Generate From Options *Import only*	You can also generate Variants from Options by having Option Values listed with a semi-colon. Then you will need to also specify in this field the value `TRUE` to tell the app that you wish to generate options.Check out tutorial for more details. Allowed Values TRUE FALSE Example TRUE
Variant Position	Variants can be sorted in specific order. This Variant Position tells that order. You can update order of existing Variants by changing those numbers and importing them back as an update. And of course, you can import only this column. To do so you need to include the ID, Variant ID and Variant Position columns in your import file. Then app will determine which Product and which Variant you need to update. Allowed Values Number Example 17
Variant SKU	SKU number is a “Stock Keeping Unit” reference number, usually used in wholesale to uniquely identify and reference the Product Variant. Some companies organize all their inventory by SKU numbers, which allows them to track items with precision. When you import data from any DropShipping company, they will almost always have SKU number to identify their Product variants. It’s good practice to keep those SKU numbers from wholesale company or DropShipper in this column. It will be useful when your customer will place an order through your store, you will be able to tell the DropShipper this SKU number, and they will instantly know, which Product Variant is being ordered. If you have your own inventory, you can create your own SKU numbers, as simple as 1, 2, 3, or something more complex, which encodes your product category, or some other important information, like: TS000001RXSC. Variant SKU can also be used as a “key” to identify existing Products if the ID or handle is not known for the product. Read Tutorial: How to update Product by SKU? You can also force the app to identify Product by the SKU, even if your file contains Handle and Title, by adding [ID] to the column header. More info about it here. Allowed Values Text Example TS000001RXSC
Variant Barcode	Shopify officially supports UPC or ISBN barcode types, but you can put here any other barcode format. You can also use Variant Barcode to identify Products when updating them. See more on how Matrixify identifies existing products. Allowed Values Text Example 12500-00081
Variant Image	Link to your Variant image. Rows of Variant Images are not aligned with rows of Image Src images. They each live their own life. It can be the same link, as you use in your Image Src for product image, or it can be a different link, which is specific to this Variant. If this link will be one of those, which you also have for Image Src column, then it will recognize it and use the same Product image for Variant. If that will be a link, which is not listed in Image Src column, then it will add this image to Product images too. Each Variant can have only one image. If the app will not be sure that the correct image is mapped to a variant image, due to missing images, then warning about that will be written in Import Results file “Import Comment” column. Allowed Values URL Example https://images.com/image.jpg
Variant Grams	Imported only (to be compatible with Shopify CSV columns format). Regardless of the weight that you will show on your Store, you can specify weight in grams. Will use the value of this column only when there is no Variant Weight column. When showing Product information, Shopify will convert those grams to whatever Weight Unit you will need to use. Allowed Values Whole Number Example 200
Variant Weight	The weight in the specified Variant Weight Unit. Allowed Values Number Example 1.2345
Variant Weight Unit	The weight unit to show Clients. Shopify will automatically convert grams to this weight unit. Allowed Values g kg oz lb Example lb
Variant Price	The price of the Variant item in the currency, which you have set for your Store. Allowed Values Decimal Number Example 389.99
Variant Compare At Price	The original price, if your Variant Price is a discounted price. Which means – if you want to show that a Variant is being sold at a discount, then you set your Variant Price to a new, discounted price, and set this “Variant Compare At Price” to the old, original price. Neat Trick If you want to create a Smart Collection, which shows all Discounted Products, you can create a Smart Collection with a Rule, which says: include all Products with Variant Compare At Price is greater than 0. Even Neater Trick If you want to create a Discount Code and allow to use it only for Products which are not sold already at a discount – you can create a Smart Collection, which includes only Products, where Variant Compare At Price equals 0. And then attach that Collection to your Discount Code. But here is the problem – if your Variant Compare At Price will be empty, those Products will not be included in this list, and basically Customer will not be able to use their Discount code for them. To make those Products appear in that “Undiscounted Products” Collection, you need to set all non-discounted product variants Variant Compare At Price to be exactly 0. Voalá! Allowed Values Decimal Number Example 499.99
Variant Taxable	If you set it to `TRUE`, then Shopify will charge additional Tax on the item price, taking in account your store Tax settings. If you set it to `FALSE`, then Tax will not be added to the Price. If you leave it empty, then it will be assumed as `FALSE` – that it’s not taxable. Allowed Values TRUE FALSE Example TRUE
Variant Tax Code	Specifies the Avalara tax code for the product variant. Will export and import only for stores that have the Avalara AvaTax app installed. Allowed Values Text Example DA040000
Variant Inventory Tracker	Inventory of the Variant can be tracked by Shopify, or not. To have Inventory Tracking means that somebody will look after the available quantities in your inventory stock. Whenever item will be purchased, the quantity of this Variant will be decreased. This value is required if you are setting any inventory quantity. If you will set the value to `shopify`, then Shopify will track and update your inventory quantities for each Variant. Some DropShippers provide the inventory tracking service and automatic updating of available quantity. In that case you need to keep this value empty, so that Shopify won’t track it. Some variants can have Shopify to track inventory, and some can be empty, meaning, that inventory here will not be tracked by Shopify. Allowed Values shopify <empty> <Handle-of-tracking-service> Example shopify
Variant Inventory Policy	When Shopify is tracking your inventory, it needs to know, what to do, when Variant quantity reaches 0, which means, you are out of stock. Allowed values are: `deny`: Shopify will not allow to purchase this item on your Store. It will tell your Customers that item is out of stock. `continue`: Shopify will still allow Customers to purchase orders from your Store, even when you are out of stock. If you will leave this value empty, and Shopify will be set to track your inventory, then Shopify will consider this to be `deny` policy by default. Allowed Values deny continue Example deny
Variant Fulfillment Service	There are warehouses or DropShippers who can package and ship the item to your Customer, when they place an order. That is called a Fulfillment Service. You can connect this, so that whenever item is ordered from your Store, the Fulfillment Service provider instantly ships that order to your Customer – automatically. You can have several Fulfillment Services connected to your store, and each Variant can be linked with one of them. If you want to fulfill orders manually, you can enter the value `manual`. If you want a Fulfillment Service to ship your orders, then you should enter here the Handle of the Fulfillment Service. You can find this Handle by setting a chosen fulfillment service for one of your Variants in your store, and then doing the Export. In the Export file you will see the Handle of this Fulfillment Service. Allowed Values Text Example manual
Variant Requires Shipping	Variants can be shippable or not. Non-shippable Variant would be a digital good, which you sell. If you set it to `TRUE`, then Shopify will ask Customer for Shipping address. If this is `FALSE`, then Shopify will not ask for Shipping address. If you leave this empty, then it will be assumed as `FALSE` – that it doesn’t require shipping. Allowed Values TRUE FALSE Example TRUE
Variant Inventory Qty	Quantity of available Product Variants in your stock. Will be automatically updated, when items are sold, if Variant Inventory Tracker is set to `shopify`. This number is the total quantity across all your locations. If you will import the number in this column and will have no columns with Inventory Available: … or Inventory Available Adjust: … then this quantity number will be set for your primary location. Allowed Values Number Example 5839
Variant Inventory Adjust	The number to adjust the inventory difference – a positive number will add inventory to existing quantity, a negative number will subtract the inventory quantity. When importing this column, the Variant Inventory Qty cannot be imported (because it doesn’t make sense to set and adjust the inventory at the same time). Allowed Values Number Example -20

Variant Inventory Item ID

Export only

Global Inventory Item identifier. It is the new way of how Shopify identifies inventory item across many locations. We are transitioning the app gradually to this new approach. Read more here.

Allowed Values

Number

Variant ID

Products have Variants – which are essentially a combination of unique Option Values.

Each Variant, after imported, gets its own Variant ID, assigned by Shopify.

When you import new Variants or replace all existing Variants for Product, you need to leave Variant ID column empty, or remove that column from Excel file.

When you will Export Products, then Variant ID will serve as a reference to whichever Variant you want to update. You can update one or many columns for Variant by keeping the Variant ID in the import file. That way the import will know precisely, which Variant you need to update.

To add several Variants to a Product, you need to add an additional row. Import will know that the Variant belongs to the same Product, if that added Excel row will have the same ID, Handle or Title (whichever comes first). All the other Product base columns (which are not variants) are ignored for Variant rows. That means that you can either leave them empty, or just copy the same previous line – which in some cases can be much more convenient. Basically, when you are copying rows, you don’t need to empty the cells of copied product information.

Your Product can have no Variants, in this case it will have one Variant, which will hold information like inventory quantity and price for this Product.

You can also use Variant ID to identify Products when updating them.
See more on how Matrixify identifies existing products.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

41920047632

Variant Command

Whenever variants are imported, there is always one of those commands executed for each of variant rows:

MERGE – merges new variants into existing product variants. Updates those that can be found by Variant ID, Variant SKU, Variant Barcode or Option Values. If it will not find such a variant to update, then it will add new.
UPDATE – will update variants that can be found by Variant ID, Variant SKU, Variant Barcode or Option Values. If a variant cannot be found to update, will fail the Product.
DELETE – will delete the listed variant. Requires Variant ID, Variant SKU, Variant Barcode, or Option Values – so that it can identify, which variant you want to delete.
REPLACE – WARNING! Use this Variant Command value to fully replace all variants in the product, not individual variant fields. Using this Command value, the app will delete all the variants from the product and create a add new ones only from data in the file, resulting in losing all data that is not included in the import file.
Will replace all existing product variants with the ones that are listed in the import. This will delete all variants from the product and create only the ones you have in the file.

If no Variant Command is specified, then the MERGE will be assumed.

See this Tutorial for more details about adding variants: How Add Variants To Existing Product.

Allowed Values

MERGE
UPDATE
DELETE
REPLACE

Example

MERGE

Option1 Name

Each product can have 3 Options, with many values per option.

This Option1 Name column is the name of 1st Option. The value of this 1st option is to be written in the Option1 Value column, which becomes so-called Variant of the product.

You can have those options empty, if you don’t have any options to choose from. Then you need to keep Option Values empty as well.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

Color

Option1 Value

The Value of Option1 Name.

For example, if we considered the Option1 Name to be a “Color”, then Option1 Value need to contain colors, like, Red, Blue, Green, and so on.

Cotton

Variant Generate From Options

Import only

You can also generate Variants from Options by having Option Values listed with a semi-colon.
Then you will need to also specify in this field the value TRUE to tell the app that you wish to generate options.Check out tutorial for more details.

Allowed Values

TRUE
FALSE

Example

TRUE

Variant Position

Variants can be sorted in specific order. This Variant Position tells that order.

You can update order of existing Variants by changing those numbers and importing them back as an update.

And of course, you can import only this column. To do so you need to include the ID, Variant ID and Variant Position columns in your import file. Then app will determine which Product and which Variant you need to update.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

Variant SKU

SKU number is a “Stock Keeping Unit” reference number, usually used in wholesale to uniquely identify and reference the Product Variant. Some companies organize all their inventory by SKU numbers, which allows them to track items with precision.

When you import data from any DropShipping company, they will almost always have SKU number to identify their Product variants. It’s good practice to keep those SKU numbers from wholesale company or DropShipper in this column. It will be useful when your customer will place an order through your store, you will be able to tell the DropShipper this SKU number, and they will instantly know, which Product Variant is being ordered.

If you have your own inventory, you can create your own SKU numbers, as simple as 1, 2, 3, or something more complex, which encodes your product category, or some other important information, like: TS000001RXSC.

Variant SKU can also be used as a “key” to identify existing Products if the ID or handle is not known for the product. Read Tutorial: How to update Product by SKU?
You can also force the app to identify Product by the SKU, even if your file contains Handle and Title, by adding [ID] to the column header. More info about it here.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

TS000001RXSC

Variant Barcode

Shopify officially supports UPC or ISBN barcode types, but you can put here any other barcode format.

You can also use Variant Barcode to identify Products when updating them.
See more on how Matrixify identifies existing products.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

12500-00081

Variant Image

Link to your Variant image.

Rows of Variant Images are not aligned with rows of Image Src images. They each live their own life.

It can be the same link, as you use in your Image Src for product image, or it can be a different link, which is specific to this Variant.

If this link will be one of those, which you also have for Image Src column, then it will recognize it and use the same Product image for Variant.

If that will be a link, which is not listed in Image Src column, then it will add this image to Product images too.

Each Variant can have only one image.

If the app will not be sure that the correct image is mapped to a variant image, due to missing images, then warning about that will be written in Import Results file “Import Comment” column.

Allowed Values

URL

Example

https://images.com/image.jpg

Variant Grams

Imported only (to be compatible with Shopify CSV columns format).

Regardless of the weight that you will show on your Store, you can specify weight in grams.

Will use the value of this column only when there is no Variant Weight column.

When showing Product information, Shopify will convert those grams to whatever Weight Unit you will need to use.

Allowed Values

Whole Number

Example

Variant Weight

The weight in the specified Variant Weight Unit.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

1.2345

Variant Weight Unit

The weight unit to show Clients. Shopify will automatically convert grams to this weight unit.

Allowed Values

g
kg
oz
lb

Example

lb

Variant Price

The price of the Variant item in the currency, which you have set for your Store.

Allowed Values

Decimal Number

Example

389.99

Variant Compare At Price

The original price, if your Variant Price is a discounted price.

Which means – if you want to show that a Variant is being sold at a discount, then you set your Variant Price to a new, discounted price, and set this “Variant Compare At Price” to the old, original price.

Neat Trick

If you want to create a Smart Collection, which shows all Discounted Products, you can create a Smart Collection with a Rule, which says: include all Products with Variant Compare At Price is greater than 0.

Even Neater Trick

If you want to create a Discount Code and allow to use it only for Products which are not sold already at a discount – you can create a Smart Collection, which includes only Products, where Variant Compare At Price equals 0. And then attach that Collection to your Discount Code.

But here is the problem – if your Variant Compare At Price will be empty, those Products will not be included in this list, and basically Customer will not be able to use their Discount code for them. To make those Products appear in that “Undiscounted Products” Collection, you need to set all non-discounted product variants Variant Compare At Price to be exactly 0. Voalá!

Allowed Values

Decimal Number

Example

499.99

Variant Taxable

If you set it to TRUE, then Shopify will charge additional Tax on the item price, taking in account your store Tax settings.

If you set it to FALSE, then Tax will not be added to the Price.

If you leave it empty, then it will be assumed as FALSE – that it’s not taxable.

Allowed Values

TRUE
FALSE

Example

TRUE

Variant Tax Code

Specifies the Avalara tax code for the product variant. Will export and import only for stores that have the Avalara AvaTax app installed.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

DA040000

Variant Inventory Tracker

Inventory of the Variant can be tracked by Shopify, or not.

To have Inventory Tracking means that somebody will look after the available quantities in your inventory stock. Whenever item will be purchased, the quantity of this Variant will be decreased.

This value is required if you are setting any inventory quantity.

If you will set the value to shopify, then Shopify will track and update your inventory quantities for each Variant.

Some DropShippers provide the inventory tracking service and automatic updating of available quantity. In that case you need to keep this value empty, so that Shopify won’t track it.

Some variants can have Shopify to track inventory, and some can be empty, meaning, that inventory here will not be tracked by Shopify.

Allowed Values

shopify
<empty>
<Handle-of-tracking-service>

Example

shopify

Variant Inventory Policy

When Shopify is tracking your inventory, it needs to know, what to do, when Variant quantity reaches 0, which means, you are out of stock.

Allowed values are:

deny: Shopify will not allow to purchase this item on your Store. It will tell your Customers that item is out of stock.
continue: Shopify will still allow Customers to purchase orders from your Store, even when you are out of stock.

If you will leave this value empty, and Shopify will be set to track your inventory, then Shopify will consider this to be deny policy by default.

Allowed Values

deny
continue

Example

deny

Variant Fulfillment Service

There are warehouses or DropShippers who can package and ship the item to your Customer, when they place an order. That is called a Fulfillment Service. You can connect this, so that whenever item is ordered from your Store, the Fulfillment Service provider instantly ships that order to your Customer – automatically.

You can have several Fulfillment Services connected to your store, and each Variant can be linked with one of them.

If you want to fulfill orders manually, you can enter the value manual.

If you want a Fulfillment Service to ship your orders, then you should enter here the Handle of the Fulfillment Service. You can find this Handle by setting a chosen fulfillment service for one of your Variants in your store, and then doing the Export. In the Export file you will see the Handle of this Fulfillment Service.

Allowed Values

Text

Example

manual

Variant Requires Shipping

Variants can be shippable or not. Non-shippable Variant would be a digital good, which you sell.

If you set it to TRUE, then Shopify will ask Customer for Shipping address.

If this is FALSE, then Shopify will not ask for Shipping address.

If you leave this empty, then it will be assumed as FALSE – that it doesn’t require shipping.

Allowed Values

TRUE
FALSE

Example

TRUE

Variant Inventory Qty

Quantity of available Product Variants in your stock.

Will be automatically updated, when items are sold, if Variant Inventory Tracker is set to shopify.

This number is the total quantity across all your locations.

If you will import the number in this column and will have no columns with Inventory Available: … or Inventory Available Adjust: … then this quantity number will be set for your primary location.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

Variant Inventory Adjust

The number to adjust the inventory difference – a positive number will add inventory to existing quantity, a negative number will subtract the inventory quantity.

When importing this column, the Variant Inventory Qty cannot be imported (because it doesn’t make sense to set and adjust the inventory at the same time).

Allowed Values

Number

Example

-20

Variant Cost

When exporting, selecting “Variant Cost” will include this field in the exported file for each Variant with the value that each Variant has set.

If no “cost” value is set for the Variant in Shopify then this field will be empty for that Variant,

Column Description / Example Value

Column	Description / Example Value
Variant Cost	The “Cost Per Item” value which is usually the cost of this item from your supplier. Alternative column headers `Variant Inventory Cost` – for Shopify Transporter CSV `Cost per item` – for Shopify native CSV Allowed Values Decimal Number Example 200.22

Variant Cost

The “Cost Per Item” value which is usually the cost of this item from your supplier.

Alternative column headers

Variant Inventory Cost – for Shopify Transporter CSV
Cost per item – for Shopify native CSV

Allowed Values

Decimal Number

Example

200.22

Customs Information

Column	Description / Example Value
Variant HS Code	The general Harmonized System (HS) code for the Variant. Allowed Values Number Example 123456
Variant Country of Origin	The two-digit code for the country where the Variant was made. Allowed Values Country Code Example CA
Variant Province of Origin	The two-digit code for the province where the Variant was made. Used only if the shipping provider for the inventory item is Canada Post. Allowed Values Province Code Example QC

Column

Description / Example Value

Variant HS Code

The general Harmonized System (HS) code for the Variant.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

Variant Country of Origin

The two-digit code for the country where the Variant was made.

Allowed Values

Country Code

Example

CA

Variant Province of Origin

The two-digit code for the province where the Variant was made.
Used only if the shipping provider for the inventory item is Canada Post.

Allowed Values

Province Code

Example

QC

Multi-Location Inventory Levels

Column Description / Example Value

Column	Description / Example Value
Inventory Available: <Location Name>	The quantity of available stock in certain Location. There will be this kind of column for each of your locations. If you need to enable the inventory at that location then import value 0 or greater. If you need to remove the inventory at that location then import the empty value. If you need not to change the inventory quantity at that location then don’t import that particular location column. If you need to adjust your inventory by a certain quantity, then don’t include this column in the import, but use the Inventory Available Adjust: … column for the delta number. If you are not tracking inventory you can use value `Stocked` to tell Shopify in which locations the inventory is stocked. Read more about Multi-Location Inventory. Allowed Values Number or value `Stocked` Example 1000
Inventory Available Adjust: <Location Name>	The quantity you need to adjust for each of your locations, for each Variant. There will be this kind of column for each of your locations. With this column, you can adjust your inventory by a certain quantity instead of setting fixed number. If you need to import fixed quantity for each location, then don’t import this column or import it empty. Use the Inventory Available: … column for that. Read more about Multi-Location Inventory. Allowed Values Number Example -5

Inventory Available: <Location Name>

The quantity of available stock in certain Location.

There will be this kind of column for each of your locations.

If you need to enable the inventory at that location then import value 0 or greater.
If you need to remove the inventory at that location then import the empty value.
If you need not to change the inventory quantity at that location then don’t import that particular location column.
If you need to adjust your inventory by a certain quantity, then don’t include this column in the import, but use the Inventory Available Adjust: … column for the delta number.
If you are not tracking inventory you can use value Stocked to tell Shopify in which locations the inventory is stocked.

Read more about Multi-Location Inventory.

Allowed Values

Number or value Stocked

Example

Inventory Available Adjust: <Location Name>

The quantity you need to adjust for each of your locations, for each Variant.

There will be this kind of column for each of your locations.
With this column, you can adjust your inventory by a certain quantity instead of setting fixed number.

If you need to import fixed quantity for each location, then don’t import this column or import it empty. Use the Inventory Available: … column for that.

Read more about Multi-Location Inventory.

Allowed Values

Number

Example

-5

Metafields

Read the more detailed documentation on Metafields page.

Metafields for SEO

Metafield Column Name SEO Field

Metafield Column Name	SEO Field
Metafield: title_tag [string]	SEO Title. Alternative column headers `Metafields Global Title Tag` – for Shopify Transporter CSV `SEO Title` – for Shopify native CSV
Metafield: description_tag [string]	SEO Description Alternative column headers `Metafields Global Description Tag` – for Shopify Transporter CSV `SEO Description`– for Shopify native CSV

Metafield: title_tag [string]

SEO Title.

Alternative column headers

Metafields Global Title Tag – for Shopify Transporter CSV
SEO Title – for Shopify native CSV

Metafield: description_tag [string]

SEO Description

Alternative column headers

Metafields Global Description Tag – for Shopify Transporter CSV
SEO Description– for Shopify native CSV

Metafields for Google Shopping

Those are the same fields that you import and export with Shopify CSV files, just they are actually stored as the following Metafields in Shopify:

Metafield Column Name	Google Shopping Field
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.gmc_id [single_line_text_field]	Comma separated relationships between product and its variant(s). “shopify_US_”+”product ID”+”_”+”variant product ID” Example shopify_US_286247125016_3126953639960, shopify_US_286247125016_3126954328088
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.custom_product [single_line_text_field]	If this is a custom product.
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.mpn [single_line_text_field]	MPN Product’s Manufacturer Part Number.Required if your product isn’t custom and doesn’t have a barcode (GTIN). More info here. Example GO12345OOGLE
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.google_product_category [single_line_text_field]	Google Product Category. More info here. Example Clothing & Accessories > Clothing > Dresses
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.age_group [single_line_text_field]	Age Group. More info here. Allowed values newborn infant toddler kids adult Example adult
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.gender [single_line_text_field]	Gender Allowed values male female unisex More info here. Example male
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.condition [single_line_text_field]	Condition. More info here. Allowed values new refurbished used Example used
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.color [single_line_text_field]	Color. More info here. Example Red
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.material [single_line_text_field]	Material. More info here. Example Leather
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.size [single_line_text_field]	Size. More info here. Example XL
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.size_system [single_line_text_field]	Size System With the “size_system” attribute you can explain which country’s sizing system your product uses. More info here. Allowed values AU BR CN DE EU FR IT JP MEX UK US Example US
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.size_type [single_line_text_field]	Size Type. More info here. Allowed values regular petite plus big and tall maternity Example regular
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.unit_pricing_measure [single_line_text_field]	Unit pricing measure Example 176
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.unit_pricing_measure_unit [single_line_text_field]	Unit for the pricing measure Example lb
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.unit_pricing_base_measure [single_line_text_field]	Unit pricing base measure Example 743
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.unit_pricing_base_measure_unit [single_line_text_field]	Unit for the pricing base measure Example ml
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.custom_label_0 [single_line_text_field]	Custom label 0
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.custom_label_1 [single_line_text_field]	Custom label 1
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.custom_label_2 [single_line_text_field]	Custom label 2
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.custom_label_3 [single_line_text_field]	Custom label 3
Metafield: mm-google-shopping.custom_label_4 [single_line_text_field]	Custom label 4

Note that other Google Shopping apps might store Google Shopping data in other Metafields – so be sure to Export a sample product to see in which Metafields the data you need to change, is stored.

Variant Metafields

Variant Metafields are metafields that are attached to each Variant. The column name for variant metafield starts with “Variant Metafield: “, followed by the namespace.key – the same way as the Metafields.

For example:

The variant metafield with name “buy_price” in the global namespace should be called “Variant Metafield: buy_price”.
The variant metafield with name “description” in the “details” namespace should be called “Variant Metafield: details.description”.

Note that exporting and importing Variant Metafields will significantly increase the time it takes to process the items because each variant metafield needs separate request to the Shopify API. Therefore, be mindful and export/import variant metafields only when you really need them.

Read the more detailed documentation on Metafields page.

Export Filters

In the Matrixify app, you can apply filters to Export only specific items from your Shopify Store.
When creating new export, select what you wish to export, and under that entity click on the “Filters” button.

Note: total displayed item count and estimated time won’t be affected by the filters applied.

Filter	Description
ID	Allows you to list specific Product IDs to export, separated by a comma. Possible Conditions equals to any of not equal to any of Example 12311123423,2342342342
Handle	Allows you to export specific product by its Handle. Possible Conditions equals to any of contains any of contains none of Example my-product-handle
Title	Allows you to export Products whose Title contains specific text. “Matches pattern” condition allows entering wildcard symbols. * – asterisk symbol will represent any amount of any characters ? – question mark will represent any one character Possible Conditions contains any of equals to any of matches pattern contains none of Example Part of Title, other title Title * End of Title
Body HTML	Allows to export Products which does or does not contain specific string of text in their description. Possible Conditions contains does not contain Example Part of product description
Vendor	Allows you to export Products that have specific Vendors, separated by a comma. Possible Conditions equals any of not equal to any of contains none of contains any of Example Vendor-1, Vendor Other
Type	Allows you to filter by many Type values, separated by a comma. Possible Conditions equals to any of contains any of Example Type-1, Type-2
Tags	Allows to export Products that have all listed tags, any of listed tags or none of the listed tags. Separated by a comma. Possible Conditions contains any of contains all of contains none of equals to any of equals to all of not equal to any of starts with any of matches pattern Example tag1, tag2, tag3
Created At	Allows exporting Products which were created in the Shopify within a specific date range.Relative date condition allows you to export Products that have been created in the last full amount of time. For example – Last 1 Days, would export Products from last full day, so yesterday. Possible Conditions on or after on or before date range relative date
Updated At	Allows exporting Products which were last updated in the Shopify within a specific date range.Relative date condition allows you to export Products that have been updated in the last full amount of time. For example – Last 1 Days, would export Products from last full day, so yesterday. Possible Conditions on or after on or before date range relative date
Status	Allows filtering Products export by the Products status in Shopify. You can select multiple conditions in this filter. Selecting all would be the same as not applying the filter. Possible Conditions Active Draft Archived
Published At	Allows exporting Products which were published in the Shopify within a specific date range.Relative date condition allows you to export Products that have been published in the last full amount of time. For example – Last 1 Days, would export Products from last full day, so yesterday. Possible Conditions on or after on or before date range relative date
Published	Allows exporting only Products that are Published or Unpublished. Possible Conditions Yes No
Collection	Allows to export Products who are in any of the collections with matching collection IDs, Handles or Titles. Separated by a comma. Possible Conditions equals to any of not equal to any of Example 123111222333, my-collection-handle, My Collection Title
Variant ID	Allows to export Products that have variant/s with specific variant IDs. Possible Conditions equals to any of not equal to any of Example 123111222333, 354287234843, 89721346781
Variant SKU	Allows you to export only those Products whose Variants have any or none of the listed SKU or SKU fragments. Separated by a comma. Possible Conditions equals to any of contains any of contains none of not equal to any of starts with any of Example sku1 fragment, sku2
Variant Barcode	Allows exporting products with or without specific Barcode. Possible Conditions equals to any of contains any of not equal to any of starts with any of Example 12395876123
Variant Taxable	Exports only Products where at least one variant is or is not taxable. Possible Conditions Yes No
Variant Weight	Allows you to export only those Products whose Variants have this specific weight. Possible Conditions equals less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to between Example 29.46
Variant Price	Allows you to export only those Products whose Variants have this specific price. Possible Conditions equals less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to between Example 5.99
Variant Inventory Qty	Allows you to export only those Products whose Variants have this specific quantity. Possible Conditions less than greater than equals Example 5
Metafield	Filters the Orders export by Product level Metafields. Specify Metafield by: Namespace Key Value Possible Conditions for Text value equals to any of not equal to any of contains any of contains all of contains none of matches pattern contains does not contain is empty is not empty Possible Conditions for Number value equals less than less than or equal to greater than greater than or equal to between is empty is not empty

Good To Know

To import several images and variants to Product, just repeat the row with the same ID, Handle or Title (whichever comes first).
To repeat rows, you can copy the whole row as it is, and you don’t have to delete contents of Product base rows – that makes copying easier.
Shopify exported CSV file, pasted to Excel [Products] Sheet, can be imported with the same columns. You just need to change SEO Description and SEO Title columns to Metafield columns, as shown in the table above.
To not update some columns, remove those columns from Excel file. Then the Import will not touch them.
If you will have the Column with an empty value, then this field will be changed to empty.
To update existing Variant columns, remember to keep the “Variant ID” column.
You can have an unlimited count of Metafields.
Check out Matrixify tutorial on how to import your Products.