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The Complete Guide to Virtual Product in Magento 2

January 30, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

virtual product in magento 2

The modern e-commerce world is full of all possible tools and options. Even digital products are divided into numerous categories with unique peculiarities. And today, we are going to talk about a virtual product in Magento 2. Products of this type don’t need to be shipped, packed, or even downloaded. They don’t have either size or weight but play a prominent role in global trading. In this article, we explore the main aspects of using the Magento 2 virtual product type. You will learn what a Magento virtual product is and get instructions on how to create one. After that, we focus on the frontend appearance and describe how to import and export virtual products in Magento 2.
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The Complete Guide to Magento 2 Downloadable Product

January 29, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2, Our extensions

Let’s dive deep under the hood of the Magento 2 downloadable product. Below, we explore this e-commerce product type with all its nuances. You will learn what a downloadable product in Magento 2 is. Useful links to other product types defined are available, as well. Next, we explain how to create Magento downloadable products. It’s quite a user-friendly process, so everyone can easily master it. You will also learn, how downloadable products work on the storefront. And, of course, there is a guide to the Magento downloadable product import. So, let’s start our journey.

The Complete Guide to Magento 2 Bundle Product

January 25, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

Magento 2 bundle product

Magento 2 delivers several types of complex products. While the Magento 2 configurable product is the first thing that comes to mind in this case, you may also leverage product bundles. The Magento 2 bundle product is designed to provide customers with an additional creativity level and exceptional freedom. With this product type, they can create their own item sets from the available options. While buying Magento 2 bundle products is intuitive and doesn’t differ much from other e-commerce purchases, managing them in the Magento 2 admin is a quite complex routine that needs additional elucidation.

In this guide, we show how to create bundle products in Magento 2 and how to import them to the Magento 2 catalog. The article guides you through the explanation of what the Magento bundle product is, focussing on various nuances of this item type. After that, the topic of the publication shifts to another vital aspect: the creation of a bundle product in Magento 2. The last section of this blog post is dedicated to the Magento 2 bundle product import. It describes specific attributes associated with bundle products and sheds light upon other nuances of transferring items of this type to your e-commerce website. Also, we provide a separate chapter that describes how to import bundle products to Magento 2 from Google Sheets.

The Complete Guide to Magento 2 Grouped Product

January 24, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

Magento 2 Grouped Product

Magento 2 grouped product is one of the three complex product types represented in Magento. Why do we call them complex, you will ask? Because a group of products called a parent product consists of several simple products called child products. Thus, you get an unusual structure with its own rules and laws.

In the article below, you will find a Magento 2 grouped product example that shows what grouped products are and how they work. We also highlight the difference between a bundle product and a grouped product in Magento 2. And of course, there is a small guide that illustrates how to create a grouped product in Magento 2.

The last part of this article sheds light on the Magento grouped product import. We explore an import table with all the required attributes. Besides, you will learn how to get associated products of a grouped product in Magento 2 and remove product associations. At the end of this blog post, you will find a small but useful Magento 2 grouped product FAQ.

The Complete Guide to Magento 2 Configurable Product

January 22, 2024 - E-Commerce, Magento 2

What is a Magento 2 configurable product? Being an inevitable part of most e-commerce websites, it is a phenomenon that goes beyond the borders of simple Magento 2 products. In the following article, we explore what Magento 2 configurable products are. You will find out their unique characteristics and key management aspects. After that, we proceed to how to create a configurable product in Magento 2. There is also a chapter dedicated to the way configurable products work within your catalog. The Magento 2 configurable product import is another essential topic covered below. You will learn how to import configurable products using the default data transfer tools. After that, we will explore an alternative approach that adds multiple benefits, such as automation and mapping.

The Complete Guide to Magento 2 Custom Options (Customizable Options)

January 15, 2024 - Magento 2, Our extensions

The following guide describes custom options in Magento 2. You will learn what Magento 2 custom options are and how to manage them. Customizable options (another term used to define this product feature) introduce extra settings for simple, downloadable, and virtual products in Magento 2 to enable the creation of product variations. Although Magento 2 products with custom options resemble configurable products, they are a unique system element with multiple nuances that we explore throughout the following text. So, below, you will discover the peculiarities of Magento 2 custom product options and learn how to use them properly. A separate chapter explains how to import customizable options in Magento 2.

FireBear Improved Import & Export for Magento 2 – Extension Change Log

September 20, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

The following blog post will help you retrace the evolution of the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 module. The article gathers updates associated with the extension’s each new version from the very beginning. At the time of 1.0.0, it was a basic import solution with an existing import jobs architecture and import cron automation. With the next few versions, the module got such enhancements as product attribute import on the fly, transfers from FTP, SFTP, URL, and Dropbox, custom mapping, etc. Each new release made the Improved Import stronger and stronger. However, it was still an import-only tool until 1.5.0 was released. With this version, our extension became capable of both import and export processes. You can peruse the detailed evolution of the module and see its latest features below.

Extension Manual | FAQ | Demo | Sample Files

3.8.6 (released 20.09.2023)

Features:

Log Files Management Automation. The latest version provides the ability to clear import/export log files automatically. Two options are available: “Clear import/export logs by cron” and “Days Saved in Log”.
Developer Improvement. The “categoriesMapping” method is now public.
Product Online Import. The extension does not disable products when the “product_online” field is empty in the import file.
Image Import. The following improvements to the image import process were introduced in 3.8.6:
- A new product import option called “Keep original image name” is available. When enabled, it keeps the original image name when importing images by URL.
- Import images by URL when the URL contains a port number.
- Import images by URL when the URL contains spaces.
Products not in Import List. The “Update Products that are not in the import list” feature now has the following new options:
- Set products to “Out of stock” status
- Set products qty to 0
- Set products to “Out of stock” status and set products qty to 0
Google Drive Import. The extension now replaces the existing export file on Google Drive instead of creating a new file with a duplicated name.
Order Import. Support for one-line addresses when importing orders.

How to Archive Files After Magento 2 Import

July 27, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

In the following article, we describe a resource-saving feature for import-heavy websites. If you regularly receive updates, your storage may be full of data files. The bigger and more frequent your updates are, the more resources are consumed. However, you can dramatically reduce the use of space by adding update files to archives after every Magento 2 import. You will need the Improved Import & Export extension to get the desired functionality. The module offers the Archive file after import feature described below. So, let’s see how to archive all Magento 2 update files after import, and don’t forget to visit our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook for other useful tips. Continue Reading

How to Import Only Mapped Fields to Magento 2

July 3, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

In the following article, we shed light on how to import only mapped attributes to Magento 2 when you transfer a data update to your e-commerce website. By default, Magento 2 imports all the fields from the data file that follow the internal platform’s requirements. However, you can easily reduce the number of imported fields, transferring those matched to the internal Magento 2 records. This functionality is associated with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension and its import jobs. Below, you will learn how to use the module to import only mapped fields to Magento 2. You will discover more tips like this one in our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook.

How to import CSV files from /var/import/ folder to Magento 2 automatically

April 27, 2023 - Magento 2, Our extensions

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Today, we explain how to import CSV files from the /var/import/ folder to Magento 2 automatically. As usual, you will need Improved Import & Export to overcome the default platform’s limitations, such as the inability to create update schedules. Configure the extension as we describe below, and it will do all the daily data transfer tasks for you. For more tips like this one, follow our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook. Continue Reading