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Full Magento 2 Import & Export Guide (2025): Master Product, Customer, Order & Other Data Transfers

- E-Commerce, Magento 2, Uncategorized

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Magento 2 import and export processes are essential for managing your store’s data, but they can be surprisingly complex. From handling products and customers to orders and custom entities, these operations require technical knowledge, precise formatting, and sometimes third-party tools. That’s why we’ve created this comprehensive resource.

Instead of searching through dozens of separate blog posts, you’ll find everything you need right here — neatly grouped and organized. This Magento 2 import/export guide brings together our most useful tutorials, walkthroughs, and troubleshooting tips. Whether you’re looking for step-by-step Magento 2 product import instructions, exploring Magento import from external systems like Google Sheets, or diving into API-powered Magento export workflows — this list has you covered.

We cover both the default Magento 2 import/export features and powerful alternatives like the Improved Import & Export extension. You’ll learn how to automate routine data transfers, work with custom attributes, and unlock features missing in the Open Source edition.

Start below to master every aspect of Magento 2 import and export — from the basics to advanced automation strategies. Continue Reading

Improved Import / Export Magento 2 Extension Manual

- Magento 2, Our extensions

In this article, we’d like to draw your attention to the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extensions. The following blog post contains all the information about the data transfer module. Below, you will find the Improved Import & Export Extension manual that sheds light upon all the key aspects associated with the plugin. We describe its installation, configuration, and import/export transfers, teach you how to add a new import and export job, talk about import and export processes associated with different entities. You will also discover various nuances of running data transfers via CLI, automating processes, using extension customization endpoints, and performing troubleshooting. Various use cases and specific features are also described in the manual.

Improved Import and Export extension allows importing and exporting CSV/XML/JSON files with product data and product images to Magento 2. The files can be imported from a remote FTP/SFTP server, Dropbox, direct URL of a source CSV file,  Google Sheets, etc.  In addition, the extension offers a dedicated category import from CSV files, import of attribute values and new attributes on the fly, import job scheduling with cron jobs, and other features.

Besides, you get advanced export capabilities, including order export and export jobs, with attribute and table field mapping.

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How to improve Magento 2 Commerce/Cloud import and export procedures, import XML and Json

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

It is not a secret that Magento 2 Commerce/Cloud edition import and export procedures can be automated and offer an enhanced functionality compared to Magento 2 Open Source (Community) edition.

Still, there is some functionality lacking. In this post, we have gathered the suggestions on how to improve Magento 2 Commerce/Cloud import and export, how to import XML and Json file, import categories and other entities.

Magento 2 Commerce/Cloud in comparison with Open Source (ex. Community) version comes with improved Import and Export procedures. The main difference with Open Source comes from the possibility to schedule the import and export. Let’s break down the process and look at the features available. Continue Reading