Shopify Tip: Using the Tags Field to Add Additional Product Attributes and Export Them Separately With EZ Exporter

The standard way to add additional attributes to Shopify product data is to use Metafields.  Metafields are quite flexible with many supported data types.  You can also attach custom metafields to individual product variants.

However, to add metafields to your Shopify data, you'll need to do this either via the Shopify API or use another app as there's currently no option to add metafields in the Shopify Admin.

An alternative option for adding additional product attributes is to utilize the …

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EZ Exporter Update: Multi-Currency / International Pricing Now Supported When Exporting Shopify Product Data

Shopify has recently added international pricing (multi-currency) support to the Product API and we've added support for it in EZ Exporter as well.

The International Pricing feature allows merchants to set different prices based on the the customer's payment currency.  This setting can be enabled via the Shopify Admin > Settings > Payments > Shopify Payments. 

From this page, you can control the exchange rate and additional price adjustments by country/currency.  For example, you can set a rule so prices in CAD will …

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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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