3dCart Shopping Cart Software V3.X Import Products Guide

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1 Introduction 3dCart allows you to easily setup your online store by importing and exporting the bulk of your current store information. Such information includes customers, products, product options, and images. This guide will give you a step-by-step process on how to import your product information. Import Products To import product information: 1. Go to Products -> Export/Import 2. Click the link that says Import a list of products into the store database. Sample File above the Products field in the Import section. Page 1 of 7

2 3. Click Open. 4. Here is a sample from a portion of what your spreadsheet will look like: 5. You may now add Product information to the proper columns. NOTE: Do not remove, add, or edit any columns to this file if you are adding new products to 3dCart. If you do not have a need for a column please leave it blank. This is the exact format the file needs to be to import your Product information properly. 6. Here is a description of each field: ID: This field is required. It is the unique product id (SKU or Part Number) of the product. This can be any combination of letters and numbers you choose. The system will assign a separate database ID that will be used to keep track of each product in the backend of the system, this is called the CATALOGID and will only show in a product export. The CATALOGID is not included at this time since it is not needed for importing new products. NOTE: If the ID field is left blank, the system will not allow you to import the Product information. Page 2 of 7

3 MFGID: This is the unique manufacturer id that may be provided by the manufacturer of the product or you can assign this on your own. This is an optional field. Name: This is the name of the product. This is a required field. NOTE: If the Name field is left blank, the system will not allow you to import the Product information. Manufacturer: This is the name of the Manufacturer this product is associated with. Note: The list of Manufacturers is located in the Store Manager by going to SETTINGS > GENERAL > MANUFACTURERS. Any new manufacturer entered in the CSV file will be automatically created in the system. Categories: This will assign the product to a particular category. The field refers to the Path of the category and it allows to set one product in multiple categories. 1. To add the product to a Main Category simply put in the Main Category name. Any new manufacturer entered in the CSV file will be automatically created in the system. NOTE: The system is case sensitive so if you have "Sample 1" in the admin and enter "sample 1" in the csv file the system will treat "sample 1" as a new category and add it instead of adding the product to the pre-existing "Sample 1" category. Same will happen with any misspellings. 2. To add a product to a Sub Category use the / character, i.e. "Category 1/Sub Category 1" 3. To add a product to multiple categories at once use character: "Category 1@Category 2" or for sub-categories "Category 1/Sub Category 1@Category 2/Sub Category 2" Cost: This is the base cost of your product, it's for internal use and won't be displayed to the customer. This is an optional field. Price: This is the price of the product that you want to charge the customer. Use only numbers; do not enter the currency sign. It's a required field cannot be left blank for any product. NOTE: If the Price field is left blank, the system will not allow you to import the Product information. Price2: This is the MSRP or Retail Price of the product. If this is added to the product then the Savings will be displayed to the customer. This is an optional field. Stock: This is the stock (Quantity On Hand) of the product. It's required when Inventory Control is enabled. This is a numeric field. Weight: This is the weight of the product. The system calculates weight in pounds (LBS). Any Ounces or Kgs must be converted to Lbs before adding this Page 3 of 7

4 information to the file (1 Pound = 16 ounces, 1 Pound = Kgs). This is required when doing Real Time shipping calculation. This is a numeric field; do not enter the weight units (LBS). Free Shipping: This will mark the product as free shipping. If free shipping is checked then Free Shipping will show during the checkout process as an option. Insert 1 to mark as Free Shipping. Insert 0 if you would not like this product to be marked as Free Shipping. This is an optional field. Date Created: This is a field that the system will assign once the product is added to the database. This is an optional field. Description: This is the short description of the product. This should be a short text description (less than 250 characters); this is displayed in the Search page only by default. This is an optional field. Extended Description: This is the Description of the product, there is no size limit in this field and HTML is allowed. Keywords: These are additional keywords used by the Internal Search of the site, you don't need to add any keywords that are already part of the name or description of the product. This is also used in the dynamic Meta Tags for the product pages; the system will automatically generate Meta Tags using the NAME, EXTENDED DESCRIPTION and KEYWORDS of your product. These keywords do not show on the website to the customer. This is an optional field. Hide: This will hide the product from the website. Insert 1 to hide. Insert 0 to keep the product visible. This is an optional field. Sorting: Leave this column blank. Sorting of products are now determined on a per category basis so this can only be done in the Administration Panel in the Products -> Sorting section. NOTE: All the images must be uploaded prior to importing the products. This can be done via the "File Manager" inside the Store Manager or via FTP. The default path for all the images is "assets/images/". Thumbnail & Image 1-4: This is the path to the image. ex. assets/images/image1.jpg. These are optional fields. Related: This column will define the related products for this product. To assign related products insert the related product's ids separated by commas. example. related1, related2, related3. This is an optional field. The system also allows to use Random Related products from the Store Manager under SETTINGS > GENERAL > STORE SETTINGS. Distributor: This is the name of the Distributor this product is associated with. This is an optional field. The list of Distributors is located in the Store Manager by going to SETTINGS > GENERAL > DISTRIBUTORS. Any new distributor entered in the CSV file will be automatically created in the system. Page 4 of 7

5 ShipCost: This will add a handling fee to the product. This fee will be added to any shipping methods that you have set. This is an optional field. HomeSpecial: This will mark this product as a home special which means that the system will place this product on your home page. Insert 1 to mark as home special. Leave blank to not mark as home special. This is an optional field. CategorySpecial: This will mark this product as a category special which means that the system will place this product on top of the Category that it is in. This is an optional field. Title: This will define the title of this product in the web browser. By default the system will use the product name. This is an optional field. Meta Tags: This field is for more advanced users that know how to properly format Meta Tags. If you are unfamiliar with how to setup Meta Tags properly the best thing to do is leave this field blank and use the Tag Wizard in your admin. This is an optional field. Here is an example of 5 products: 7. Once you have filled in your information, save the file to your computer. 8. Go to Products -> Export/Import 9. Browse for your file in the Products field in the Import section. 10. Click Import Data Page 5 of 7

6 11. Choose the option of: Insert Only: This will insert any new products that are not currently in the database. It will not update any product information. Update Only: This will update any information that is currently in the database. The information in this csv file will override what is in the database. Insert + Update: This is a combination of inserting and updating. The system will insert any new information and update any existing information. Erase All products, then insert: This will completely remove all the product information from your database and then insert the information. Please read the warning and make sure that this is what you want to do before using this option. Erase All Products and Categories, then Insert: This will completely remove all product and category information from your database, then insert the information on your spreadsheet. Please read the warning and make sure this is what you want to do before using this option NOTE: If you are choosing Update Only and you have columns of information you did not fill in, make sure to delete the unused columns. This product import does not allow for importing PRODUCT OPTIONS (Sizes, Colors, etc.) with these products. The options import is a separate import. All products must be imported prior to importing any options. Page 6 of 7

7 END You ve reached the end of this guide. 3dCart has many other features not listed on this guide, once your store is up and running continue exploring the features located on the different areas of your Store Manager. If you have additional questions about any of the features you can read the full documentation at or clicking on the Help Icon from your Store Manager left navigation bar. Contacting 3dCart 3dCart s support team is ready and willing to help you. Feel free to contact us at any time and also visit our online knowledgebase and user forums that have many of your questions and issues already answered. Web: KB: Forums: support@3dcart.com Phone: (800) x 3 Thank you for using 3dCart. Sincerely, 3dCart Support Team support@3dcart.com Page 7 of 7