List Products on Shopify
Overview
Listing an Shopify product refers to the process where users, through the SellingPilot platform, successfully synchronize and publish product information to their Shopify store, making the product ready for display and sales on Shopify.
Before listing products, please make sure that a valid Shopify store has been authorized in the SP. How to authorize Shopify store in SP?
User Guide
Step 1: Generate Draft
In the product pool list, users can find the products they want to publish to Shopify. They can either generate draft individually or select multiple products for bulk generating. Generating draft means creating a draft for the product in the Shopify listing without publishing it live.
When generating draft, SP will by default sync the product’s basic information—such as title, description, bullet points, and images—into the listing. Therefore, it is recommended that users complete the product information as much as possible in the product pool list.
Products in the product pool can be claimed to different channels or stores, and can also be claimed multiple times to the same store.
Step 2: Edit Listing
After a product is generated draft to an Shopify store, you may need to modify or edit its information. How do you access the product editing page?
- Once sucessfully generating draft the product, click Next to go directly to the listing editing page.
- Click the small triangle next to the product pool list to expand, then click the store name.
- Use the top menu (Product>Listing Management>Shopify), then navigate to the Drafts section. Find the listing you want to list and click its title to enter the edit page.
Field Descriptions for Edit Page
| Field | Description | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Store | The store where this edited listing will be published. If Shopify authorizes multiple stores, users can switch between stores directly here. | None |
| Product | The SP SKU bound to this edited listing can be modified by clicking the pencil icon. | None |
| Name | The product title on the Shopify, with a character limit of 200. | None |
| Store SKU | User-assigned product number | Once created successfully, it cannot be modified. |
| Price | Selling price on Shopify | None |
| Inventory | When creating and publishing a listing, inventory is a required field. The warehouse here refers to the warehouse added by the user in the eBay backend. | Warehouse information is automatically synchronized daily. Users can also click to Sync Manually and immediately update the warehouse list. |
| Image | According to Shopify logic, images include all pictures, including variant images. It is recommended to upload all product images here, and when linking variants, you can simply select images from this collection. |
Video format is currently not supported. |
| Barcode | ||
| Product Type | Used to create custom categories outside of standard product categories. Each product can have only one product type, such as 'Colorful Bedding. | User-defined classificatio |
| Collections | This is a way to organize products into groups, making it easier for customers to browse by category. A product can belong to multiple collections. You can create either smart collections or manual collections. | Custom Serie |
| Tags | Product tags are searchable keywords associated with a product that help customers find it through the online store search. - You can add up to 250 tags per product. - Each tag can have a maximum of 255 characters. - Use commas to separate different tags. |
Custom tags can only use standard letters, numbers, and hyphens. |
| Sales Channels | ||
| Vendor | The source or origin of the product being sold; each product can only be assigned to one supplier. | The new product has not been assigned a supplier; the supplier field defaults to your store name. |
| SEO Title | SEO title is the page’s title tag, specifically used for search engine results pages, and is the title that customers see when they search on Google or other search engines. | None |
| SEO Description | Meta description is the short text displayed after the title tag in search engine results. It is recommended to keep it under 160 characters. | None |
| URL Handle | The URL handle is the unique identifier for a resource and is the part of the URL used to reference the resource. - A unique name for each product - Can include letters, hyphens, and numbers, but cannot contain spaces |
Example: Product Name: Red T-Shirt; URL Handle: red-t-shirt |
| Description | Product description or overview | AI can automatically generate descriptions based on product title. |
| Variations | Default selection is 'No'. If you need to create a variant, select 'Yes', and then add the variant products and their information. | The added variants must correspond to products that already exist in the product pool list. |
| Channel Attributes | The product attribute information required by Shopify for this category | None |
Step 3: Save&Publish
When all information is complete, the user can choose Save, which will only store the data in the SP without publishing to any channel; or choose Save&Publish to attempt creating the listing and uploading it to the Shopify backend.
Creating and listing a product in SP are submitted together, so if any information is missing that prevents listing, the product creation will also fail.
Users can also select multiple or all products for bulk publishing.
After publishing, the product will enter the Processing. If the listing is created and activated successfully, it will move to the “Active” status. If the process fails, it will return to the Draft. Users can view the specific error messages, make corrections, and then republish.