Import CSV

[mellymel]

What would be great would be if we could, in addition to adding our own products on by one and browse to photos on our HD, we could have the option to upload a CSV in the following format:

Category, Product Title, Product Description, Sell Price, Buy URL, Image URL

and those products would be integrated into our stores.

It seems like it wouldn't be TOO far removed, system-wise, from the current system of product adding and it would make it SO much easier.

Thanks!

[Omar]

That is not really possible unfortunately. We have tried that but it does not work on all hosts, all plans or with all csv files. There are technical things related with server setup and csv file size and content that is not under our control and we can never know when will work and when will not, because is related with settings that are not usually listed by the hosting companies.

[mellymel]

Well, if we could at least just put in an address of a jpeg instead of uploading it, because when you're adding a few hundred products or more - to have to navigate to the address for every jpeg, right click to download, and then browse to upload adds in a whole lotta time!

[Omar]

well.. you can do something else here too. As you can see after you click Choose for an image you actually see it's path in that field, like "D:\somefolder\path\toimage\image.jpg"

The file is not uploaded untill you click Save, is just the path that is found and filled. You can just make some folder where put all your images, make some excel or text file with a list of those images, and copy/paste the path directly, without browse.

[mellymel]

Does it work if the path is to somewhere online and not your hd?  because downloading all of those images from their respective addresses is a big part of the time factor.

[Omar]

No, it only works if images are your own hdd.

[mellymel]

OK, so I guess...therein lies my feature request.