"product import"

BigCommerce Import From URL: Update Your Products & Customers With Ease

- BigCommerce, Our extensions

BigCommerce Import: products, customers, orders

What’s more important than data management when it comes to a BigCommerce store? Well, many things, but efficiently managing data is always pivotal, especially when dealing with frequent changes and a fast-paced e-commerce environment. The conventional method of manual imports is associated with numerous restrictions. It is time-consuming and limited in terms of sources of your update, to name a few. However, you can address these and multiple other issues with the Firebear Import & Export Tool – a game-changer for e-commerce businesses. In this comprehensive guide, we delve deep into the realm of BigCommerce file imports from URLs, shedding light on how this powerful strategy can save you precious time and boost the overall efficiency of your online store. We will explore the benefits of BigCommerce URL imports and show you how to import customers and products to BigCommerce from a URL. And be sure to explore our BigCommerce Cookbook for additional valuable insights. Continue Reading

Stock Increment Strategy: Mastering Different Ways of BigCommerce Product Import

- BigCommerce, Our extensions

BigCommerce Import: Stock Increment Strategy

Imagine you’re faced with the task of updating your current product catalog in BigCommerce. The question is, how do you want to handle this update? While BigCommerce itself might not offer extensive flexibility in this regard, the Firebear Import & Export Tool steps in to grant you control over how you manage the product quantity data.

Do you want to completely replace the existing stock information with the new values, or perhaps, merge the new data with the old? In this comprehensive article, we are going to demystify the process of implementing different stock increment strategies for importing products into BigCommerce. You’ll not only discover how to import products while replacing the existing stock data, but we’ll also guide you through the steps to perform a BigCommerce product import that increments the existing stock count by the provided quantity.

This way, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to update your inventory effectively based on your specific needs. Plus, don’t miss out on the additional valuable insights waiting for you in our BigCommerce Cookbook. Continue Reading

How to Clear Attribute Values via Magento 2 Product Import

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Using Magento’s default import tool is associated with basic functionalities only. In a nutshell, you can import a limited amount of entities by applying a few changes to them. However, Magento 2 import can easily become a powerful instrument that not only saves your time but also lets you manage your e-commerce store on a completely new level. In the following article, we explain how to clear attribute values when you import products to Magento 2. You no longer have to do that manually. While this functionality is not available by default, you can easily get this precious time-saver with the Improved Import & Export Magento 2 extension. So, let’s see how to clear attribute values in Magento 2 while importing products. You can find more useful tips like this one in our Magento 2 Developer’s Cookbook.  Continue Reading

How to import unique custom option titles for specific store views in Magento 2

- Magento 2, Our extensions

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Magento 2 allows for having different titles for the same custom option in different store views. Thus, it brings an additional layer of diversity if you use several storefronts. However, you may not be able to import specific titles for particular store views. In this situation, you have to deal with additional editing after importing the product update file. Fortunately, it is possible to avoid these unnecessary chores with the help of Improved Import & Export. Below, we explain how to import unique custom options titles for specific store views in Magento 2. Continue Reading

How to update products that are not listed in a product table during Magento 2 import

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Chances are, you faced a situation when your product import file didn’t contain all the items from your Magento 2 catalog, but you had to update every single position on your e-commerce website. The more records were missing, the more work had to be done. Now, you can forever forget about this painful experience. Below, we explain how to update products that are not available in your import table during the Magento 2 import. Spoiler: No manual editing is required!  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 import product images in Magento 2 when they already exist in pub/media

- Magento 2

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

Have you ever been in a situation when Magento 2 doesn’t let you import product images? Although there may be numerous factors that cause this problem, we explore a particular case. Below, you will learn why the “Imported resource (image) could not be downloaded” error occurs in Magento 2 and how to fix it. This post incorporates materials from this Stack Exchange question. Follow our Magento 2 Cookbook for more tips like that.     Continue Reading

How to Import Products with ™ & ® Symbols in Magento 2?

- Fire development, Magento 2

Magento 2 Development; Magento 2 tutorial

The following article is based on the StackExchange question by Ronak. The author has products with symbols like ™ and ® which should be used in any case.  If you try to import products to Magento 2 with the following symbols, but the system displays the “General system exception happened” error on “Check Data”, you’ve come to the right place. Below, we shed light on the problem. Continue Reading

Magento 2 product import – category mapping

- E-Commerce, Magento 2

When migrating from different ecommerce platforms to Magento 2 you may find yourself in need to adjust category paths for products. Doing it manually is a tedious and troublesome task.

In this article we will talk about how can one map category paths during Magento 2 import procedure and the tools required.

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