Shopify Tip: How to Add Metafields to Products and Variants Without Using an App

Shopify has supported Metafields for a long time now but there was no option to manage them directly via the Shopify Admin so merchants often had to use third-party apps to add/update metafields.

A recent update takes care of this where Shopify merchants can now manage metafields directly from the Shopify Admin wihout the need of an app or writing custom code to interact with the API.

Metafields allow merchants to attach additional attributes to resources such as products, variants, and …

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How to Create a Basic Pivot Table in Google Sheets

Google Sheets has a "Pivot table" option which allows you to create summary reports from your existing data.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to create a basic pivot table from a list of individual order data.

The pivot table will group the data by the "Created At" column and will display the following:

  1. Number of orders per day.
  2. Total quantity of all line items ordered per day.
  3. Average order value per day.

Step 1: Select the range of data to summarize. …

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Add a Location to Your Orders Using EZ Importer

It's no longer uncommon for Shopify merchants to have multiple fulfillment centers or locations to ship their products from.  When we first launched EZ Importer Shopify didn't even have support for multiple warehouse locations.  Now a days, it's much more common and something we hear more and more merchants asking about.  In order to help as many merchants as we can, we now allow you to add your location to your order when importing orders into Shopify.

Data Mapping

At this …

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How to Generate QR Codes in Google Sheets

A QR code (short for Quick Response code) is a two-dimensional barcode that allows you store a lot more data compared to standard UPC barcodes.

You can easily scan it with your smartphone's camera and because almost everyone now has a smartphone, it's becoming more and more popular.

Because QR codes can store more data, this also allows for many more use cases.  They're especially very helpful as a shortcut for entering long texts where it's easy to make …

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Add Tracking Numbers When Importing Shopify Orders

Adding tracking numbers to your imported orders is now possible with EZ Importer.  This allows you to have all the relevant shipping information needed for your customers all within your Shopify store.  Adding tracking numbers is straight forward and works like any other field you need to add to your order.

Configure Your Data Mapping

As with all other fields we support, you'll need to map your CSV fields to the tracking fields provided by Shopify.  Simply go to your data …

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