BigCommerce, which is currently powering 152,736 websites, has grown to become one of the best eCommerce solutions there is. And this success is unquestionable since the features or benefits offered by BigCommerce speak for themselves. Ease of usage, adequate support, reliability, and flexibility, to name a few. Though when it comes to product import, merchants often face difficulties in terms of the time taken and the complexity involved, especially when the number of products to be imported ranges in thousands.
Ideally, it is recommended that you opt for BigCommerce Product Import Services to save up big on time and resources. This is because updating and importing products via a .csv file can allow errors to creep in, which later, could become chaotic to get rid of. However, if you decide to do it all by yourself, there are certain tips and tricks that you can follow in order to speed up the process.
1. Completing the fields in the file structure
While importing products to a BigCommerce store, there are a number of fields that are required to be filled in. Some of them are product name, width, depth, height, weight, price, category, etc. Though some merchants skip entering some of the fields in order to avoid errors, doing so can hamper with the quality of your product data and inventory management. Therefore, it is important that you fill in all the values.
2. Hassle-free updating of fields
While updating a certain field in the product file, you have to re-import the complete .csv file again. However, there is a different approach to it that you can follow. You can create a new export template that lets you update only the fields that you want to. For example, if you want to update all the product prices, you can create a .csv file containing only the product names and their prices, and then import that file to the store.
3. Updating the column headers
If you want to update the column headers, then product import can easily eliminate the need to manually update each of the names. At the time of import, BigCommerce matches the column headers in your .csv file to the store’s database. Therefore, you can easily update the column headers by updating them in your .csv file, since they’ll automatically be updated in the store product database.
4. Entering all default values
While filling in the product attributes, don’t skip the fields that require default values to be entered. If you do, it is possible that all such rows which require default values will be skipped automatically. This will lead to a rather incomplete import.
5. Importing data using a single .csv file
If you try to break your data into multiple .csv files, there’s a fair chance of suffering data loss. So it is recommended that you import all the data in one go, using a single .csv file.
With the aforementioned tips and tricks, managing product import or the process thereof will become quite straightforward. Also, the primary goal is to simplify the management of your BigCommerce store. And while you are at it, do keep in mind that product copywriting also plays an important role in deciding the success of your e-store. To ensure that your product copies are compelling enough, you can always opt for catalog copywriting services.
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