Shopify Tip: How to Retrieve Product Images in Different Sizes Via the Image URL

Did you know that you can specify the image dimensions of your Shopify product images via its URL?  This could come in handy for generating product feeds that require specific image dimensions.

For example, you may need to generate a product feed that requires a field for the image thumbnail URL.  Instead of re-uploading the thumbnail version of the images, you can actually just add a width and height parameter directly in the original full image URL.

To demonstrate this, …

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New EZ Exporter Templates: Facebook and Pinterest Product Feeds

We've recently added two additional pre-built templates to EZ Exporter:

  • Product Data Feed for Facebook Catalogs
  • Product Data Feed for Pinterest Catalogs

We also have a pre-built template for a Google Shopping Feed available as well.

These two product feed templates are actually quite similar.  Both of these templates already have all the required fields configured and mapped to your Shopify data.

However, you may need to modify it slightly depending on your store's setup.  For example, if you …

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How to Create a CSV or Excel Direct Download Link in Google Sheets

As a Google Sheets user, you've probably already used the option to download the entire spreadsheet into an Excel file or a specific sheet/tab as a CSV/TSV file (under File > Download).

Did you know that you can actually create a URL that will do this for you automatically?  This way, you can share this direct download URL with others or just create a shortcut on your browser that you can click so you can auto-export the data to CSV/TSV or Excel without having …

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How to Extract Specific Product Details From the Shopify Product Description Using EZ Exporter

As a Shopify merchant, you probably already know that when you perform a CSV export of your products via the Shopify Admin, the product description will include all the HTML tags in the data. Our EZ Exporter app can easily strip these out.

However, there may be more complex cases where you need to go even a step further, where you need to extract specific product attributes that were entered directly in the HTML product description in Shopify. You …

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How to Create a Shareable Shopify Product Feed Using Dropbox and EZ Exporter

Creating a Shopify product feed that can be shared with a third-party is one of the more common uses for our app, EZ Exporter.

Our app can do an automated data export to CSV or Excel format as frequently as every 15 minutes. We have customers that export the product feeds to an FTP server, SFTP server, and even to an Amazon S3 bucket. Using an FTP/SFTP server or an Amazon S3 bucket requires someone more technical, however. Often …

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