Note: Create a catalogue of all Products you want to export to or sync with Shopify.
Tip: You must create the catalogue to for any export actions:
- Product Export
- Product IDs Sync
- Price Export
- Stock Export
1. Go to CONNECTORS > Shopify Connector > Catalogue
2. Click on '+ Type'
3. Type in a Section/Product Type + Click 'OK'
Click 'OK & Add Another' to add another Section/Product Type and 'OK & Go In' to open the new section.
Note: To export Products within catalogue, make sure they're marked as Exportable. If you no longer want them to export, simply deselect the Exportable checkbox. Don't worry, doing this won't delete any records from your Zedonk system.
Tip: You can make a section non-exportable by unticking the 'Exportable' box. While this option may not be necessary when initially building your catalogue, you can use it later to exclude specific sections from syncing with your Shopify store. Additionally, you can make individual products non-exportable.
When the 'Exportable' box is unticked, the section or product will be excluded from Product Export, Price Export, Product IDs Sync, and Stock Export actions. However, this setting does not affect imports, such as retail orders or stock adjustments, coming from Shopify.
Whatever you enter in the Product Type field will populate as PRODUCT TYPE in Shopify (only if you are using the PRODUCT EXPORT action), as per the screenshot below:
4. Product Types
Create all the Product Types you require. You can use existing Shopify Product Types or create new ones, which will generate in Shopify when the Product Export is run.
5. Within the relevant Product Type folder, then click ADD PRODUCTS
6. Adding Products
Use the filters to isolate the products you are after, then Select products and click 'Add X Products'.
Find your products using:
- Filter by season
- Filter by Product Category
- Enter data to search by
- Click to 'Select All' listed products
- Select individual products
- To clear your displayed selection
- Then click 'Add X Products'
Tip: The picture icon shows that you have a main image available for the product. It will be blank otherwise.
7. Building your Product Catalogue
Repeat for each Product Type - you are now building your Product Catalogue.
Products will be listed within each type folder as follows:
8. Edit Product Data in the Catalogue
Click on each product and type the required text in the available fields.
You have the option to assign a different 'Shopify Title', a more detailed 'Description' or add a 'Markdown Price' to each product before proceeding with the Product Export.
or from the catalogue product's list view click 'Edit'
And enter new Shopify Titles and Descriptions
Tip: Please note that there is no tool to update Shopify Titles and Descriptions in bulk using a CSV template. Instead, you may wish to export products from Zedonk to Shopify and update Shopify Titles and Descriptions using the bulk-update tools available in Shopify.
Once exported, this will show in Shopify in the fields below:
Important: If you do not want to export any description and/or images, please check your Connector Settings.
If you have previously exported products and re-formatted the description text and/or images within Shopify, you do not want Zedonk to overwrite your work on the next export. Please check your Connector Settings.