Posts by: Firebear team

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Magento 2 B2B Quote Guide: Description, Workflow, Import & Export

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

magento 2 b2b quote guide

Today, we discuss one of the Magento 2 B2B aspects – negotiable quotes. If you are going to migrate from one B2B e-commerce website to another, you may face a problem when Magento 2 quotes cannot be moved with the help of the default Magento 2 tools.  If you don’t plan the migration but need the Magento 2 B2B quote data to be passed to a third-party service for further processing, there is also a problem. You have to do everything manually, wasting a significant amount of time. But what if there is a more user-friendly way of importing and exporting Magento 2 negotiable quotes? 

In the following article, we shed light on the most intuitive and user-friendly way to import and export Magento B2B quote data. But let’s first define negotiable quotes in Magento 2 and say a few words about the Magento 2 B2B quote workflow. After that, you will learn the exquisiteness of quote import and export, including a full list of attributes necessary to transfer B2B negotiable quotes to Magento 2.

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How To Bulk Import Products In Shopify: CSV Description & Step-By-Step Guide

- Shopify

Shopify Product Import

In the following article, we shed light on how to import products to Shopify in bulk. You will learn the default approach to the Shopify product import that requires no additional instruments. You can open your admin and find all the necessary tools there.

Next, we provide a more advanced way to bulk import products to Shopify that involves the Import & Export Tool. You will learn how to automate your Shopify product bulk updates or transfer multiple products from such external sources as Google Sheets.

Before we begin, let’s look at the nuances of a Shopify product CSV necessary for your bulk update. We explain the peculiarities of a Shopify product import CSV templates including its column titles and required values. You will also learn, how to compose a CSV file with multiple product images, following the platform’s requirements. Overwriting the existing product data is another important topic described below.  Continue Reading

How to Import & Export Magento 2 Gift Cards

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

magento 2 gift card import export

Gift cards are a useful addition to every e-commerce website. They are frequently used on e-commerce websites with any assortment: online grocery stores, fashion outlets, sporting equipment websites, etc. Most e-commerce platforms let you use gift cards, and Magento is no exception. In the following article, we explore Magento 2 gift cards. You will learn the platform’s gift card workflow. We focus on the available Magento gift card types, shed light on the Magento 2 gift card product, and explore the import and export nuances associated with this entity. You will learn how to import gift cards to Magento 2 using the platform’s default instruments. After that, we provide a more user-friendly and flexible solution to the Magento 2 gift card import and export. Of course, all the Magento gift card attributes are explained below. And if you think that the default gift card functionality is not enough, please, check our list of top Magento 2 gift card extensions. Continue Reading

Magento 2 Product Reviews Import & Export Guide

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Product Reviews Import Export

Today, we are going to talk about product reviews in Magento 2. Although the main focus of our discussion is the import of reviews, you will also learn how to export them. And, of course, there is a section that describes attributes and values available in a Magento 2 product reviews import CSV.

Please, note that you cannot import and export product reviews to/from Magento 2 with its built-in tools. Therefore, we explain how the Magento 2 import of product reviews looks with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension. You will discover a sample import and export table for product reviews with all its attributes explained.

After that, we dive deep into the nuances of the Magento 2 product reviews import & export. You will learn how to import product reviews to Magento 2 automatically. The corresponding export processes are described too. But before going any further, let’s see how to enable Magento 2 product reviews. 
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How to Import and Export URL Rewrites in Magento 2

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 import URL Rewrites

This article discusses a significant point of every migration between e-commerce stores – the Magento 2 import of URL rewrites. Below, we describe how to import and export URL rewrites in Magento 2. Unfortunately, your e-commerce storefront doesn’t let you perform this data exchange by default. The import and export capabilities of Magento 2 are fairly limited and lack support for numerous entities, including Magento 2 URL rewrites. However, you can address the existing data sync problems with the help of third-party services, such as the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension. In the blog post below, you will learn how to use the extension to import and export URL rewrites between Magento 2 websites or from beyond the ecosystem. At the same time, we shed light on the URL Rewrites Magento 2 sample import and export table, explaining its attributes. You will also find a detailed description of the Improved Import & Export solution since it delivers lots of opportunities, in addition, to support for URL rewrites. 
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A Complete Guide to Shopify Customer Import

- Shopify

Shopify customer import

Welcome to our guide to Shopify customer import. If you have a customer list that you want to use in Shopify, you’ve come to the right place. If you want to export a customer list, edit it, and then re-import it to your e-commerce website, you will find out how to do that below. It is also possible to use a customer CSV template to build a new customer list. You will lern that below. 

Like every data transfer, Shopify customer import starts with a CSV template. After exploring its components, we proceed to the default import procedure. In addition to that, you will learn how to import customers to Shopify with the help of our Import & Export Tool. Without any further delay, let’s get started.  Continue Reading

Magento 2 CMS Page Hierarchy Exploration: Features, Configuration, Import & Export

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

magento 2 cms page hierarchy

Today, we are going to introduce you to the Magento 2 CMS page hierarchy feature. Although free and paid versions of our favorite e-commerce platform are very similar to some extent, the Commerce edition introduces multiple unique features. Below, we’d like to draw your attention to the Magento CSM page hierarchy. Below, we explore this functionality in more detail as well as shed light on how to import and export Magento 2 page hierarchy data.

In the introduction to Magento page hierarchy, we provide several examples of this content type as well as explain what the Magento 2 page hierarchy node system is. After that, you will discover how to configure page hierarchy in Magento 2 in general and how to add a node to your page hierarchy in particular. We illustrate the page hierarchy node creation process, elucidate the way you add pages to the node, define the page hierarchy structure, account for page hierarchy pagination controls, and explain the corresponding menu layout. After that, the article switches to the data transfer section, where we show how to import & export Magento 2 CMS page hierarchy data. Since this process incorporates the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension, you will also find its features defined.
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Magento 2 Product Position in Category: Import Guide

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

magento 2 product position in category

Today, we’d like to introduce you to the Magento 2 product positions in categories. You will learn what a product position in a category means and how to import this data to Magento 2.

When you use native Magento 2 import and export tools to transfer products to your e-commerce website, it is impossible to manage product positions inside categories, meaning you have to assign them manually, which proves to be a tedious task. However, there is a solution that addresses the existing issue. Meet the Improved Import and Export extension for Magento 2. It lets you import and export product positions using CSV, XML, XLSX, ODS, and JSON files.

In this article, you will learn how to import a product position in a category to Magento 2. We also describe the categories_position attribute, introducing you to its peculiarities. And of course, we unveil several interesting facts about the Improved Import & Export extension. But before going any further, let’s define what a Magento 2 product position in a category means.

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Guide to Magento 2 Search Terms & Search Synonyms: Management, Import & Export Recomendations

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Search Terms & Search Synonyms

Today, we are going to explore two tightly connected topics – Magento 2 search terms and Magento 2 search synonyms. The platform lets you optimize customer search queries by composing lists of search terms and search synonyms. While it is possible to manage them manually in your admin, you cannot import Magento search terms. And there is no way to import search synonyms to Magento 2 with the help of the platform’s built-in instruments. This limitation may negatively impact the productivity of backend administrators since they need to spend a considerable amount of time updating Magento 2 search terms and synonyms instead of transferring the necessary data within a few clicks.

However, there is a tool that unlocks the missing functionality. Meet the Improved Import & Export extension. This module empowers you to import and export search terms and search synonyms to Magento 2. Below, we explain how to use the tool to transfer the corresponding entities to and from your e-commerce website. You will learn how import and export processes work and what attributes are involved in the import and export of search terms and search synonyms. But before going any further, let’s see what Magento 2 search terms and search synonyms are. 
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