That’s why today we have created this “How to” post to help our valuable users in the following sprints:

1. Import products CSV in Magento 2.

2. Export products CSV from one Magento 2 to another.

How to Import Magento 2 Products CSV?

Open-up the store’s Admin panel and head to SYSTEM → Import

import

Now you have select Products from Entity Type Dropdown and then click on Download Sample File.

Download Sample File

However, the downloaded sample file will look like below:

Sample Data CSV



Try to add only one sample product, so that it will be easy for you to delete the rest of the sample products.

After that, your CSV will now look like below:

Simple CSV Data

Note: If the rows are already given in the sample sheet, then don’t add them like shown above!

Now upload all the images of the product in your Magento 2 pub/media/import folder.

Note: Make sure all the images you’ve uploaded in your Magento 2 pub/media/import folder have the same name in the CSV.

Therefore, the final CSV will look like below:

Final CSV

Navigate to SYSTEM → Import from the admin panel, select Products from Entity Dropdown, and Add/Update from Import Behaviour Dropdown, and, then upload the CSV file by clicking on choose file and enter /pub/media/import in the Image File Directory text field. After that, just click on Check Data.

File to Import

If you follow all the steps above-mentioned correctly, then you’ll get the following message, where you need to click on Import.

click to import

Once you get to import successfully, go to PRODUCTS → Catalog and you will see the product with the image, like below:

Import Successfully

If you want to add bulk products in Magento 2, then delete all the sample products and add your own by giving the attribute details in the Sample CSV.

Note: Keep the format same as given in the sample sheet!

How to Export products CSV from one Magento 2 to Another?

For exporting, again to you need to open-up your store’s Admin panel and head to SYSTEM → Export.

Export

Now select Products from Entity Type Dropdown and CSV from Export File Format.

Export Setting

Now exclude the unnecessary attributes from the list by selecting them and then click on Continue from the bottom of the page, like given below:

Entity Attributes

After that, you are able to upload this export CSV to another store by following the steps that we’ve mentioned in the Import Products step.

However, this way you can import and export products CSV in Magento 2. If you have questions or need more clarity regarding this “How to” or would like to add some suggestions to this solution, do drop a comment below or query at [email protected]. Our certified Magento team will give you a hassle-free and seamlessly comfortable vision to all your Magento related queries with positive returns in all market conditions!

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