YES!  this can be done by importing products.

There are several advantages to importing products, 1 is that it is much faster when you have a large number of products you are working on at once.  Another, is that the import product option is fairly flexible.  You can update, add and remove products with an import.

WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND EXPORTING ALL PRODUCTS AND SAVING AN UNTOUCHED VERSION OF THE FILE BEFORE MAKING ANY MASS PRODUCT CHANGES.  This is for backup purposes.  Keep in mind we do back up your products, there is a restore fee when we need to pull the backup files and restore them.  Keeping a copy of all of your exported files is a free way for you to keep a backup of your products.

To see a list of videos regarding imports click here

To import your products you will first need to format a csv spreadsheet so that our system will recognize your products.  The easiest way to do that is to export your current products first and view the exported file. (if you do not have any products yet, it would be easiest to enter in one product manually then export it, so the format is already done for you when going to add more items) Click here to learn how to export products.

Once you have your file created and ready for import you will want to go to the "Import Products" area of your E-commerce Module.

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 Once there you will see a screen that looks like this:

You can browse to your file in the first line where it says "text file to import".  Click the "browse" button.

Next click on the green "parse first line" button.

Once the file is parsed successfully it will look something like this:

You will want to be sure the fields match.  Active should show Active in the drop down list.  NOTE you may have fields that you wish to skip during import.  If you cilck the drop down list you can choose to skip those fields.

Once the fields are properly mapped you can scroll down the page toward the bottom.  It should look like this:

You will want to determine what type of import you are doing.  If you are adding new products that do not exist choose "Add".  If you are updating certain fields of existing products click "update".  If you are removing products you can choose "delete".

You can choose to delete all products before import.  I only recommend this if you have a full backup copy of your products and are sure this is what you wish to do.  This means that it will delete your entire products catalog and add only what is in your import file.

You can also choose to delete all Categories before import.  Again, I only recommend this if you are sure you only want the categories listed that are in your import file and you are "Adding" products.

Don't import First line of file.  Always check this.  The first line of the file is the header of the file and you do not need to import it.

Default Category.  If no category is specified in the file, this category will be used to import your products.

Image Folder.  If you choose to upload images with your import you can specify what folder you wish to upload them to.

ZIP File with Images.   If you have images to upload and have specified them in your import, then you can upload the corresponding image files in a zip file here.  

Finally, click on "Start Import".

Depending on how many products you are importing it may take a while.  IF so, the status of the import will be in "Scheduled Tasks".

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