How to bulk upload images?

[albshop]

I have read you upload them into files directory?

Or you just upload them to your server and then use the path in excel files when you import the products?

[rmanke]

Yes, thanks!

[FusionDecals]

I was able to upload 500-1000 at a time using the file browser in the files section of shopify.  But I learned it would drop tons of files and not actually upload all of them when selecting that many so its a waste of time doing it that way.

[tahiralvi]

Hi @James_TGP 
For upload from dropbox replace the dropbox.com with dl.dropboxusercontent.com.
By doing above you can upload images without any issue.

[DCS111]

any suggestions for hosting images with static URLs?

[rmanke]

If you want to use static image urls, then you need to insert the photos into the description field.  You can't generally host images off site for product images, because that would slow down your shopify store.

[Christilu]

Hi! 

 what is the fastest way to upload a ton of images to an excel file .. is there a better step by step tutorial on this >? please help!! thanks in advance 

[WebsiteExpert]

We can help you in bulk inserting the image.

[Christilu]

how?

[MTaylor]

I notice your reply says Dropbox links can be used for images. I have tried this a few times and always get an error. I have thousands of images and have all of the links for Dropbox.

[WebsiteExpert]

Hi Mark,

What error you are getting can you please share.

[FeltingArt]

HI Jason. I tried your suggestion but kept getting an error message on the images. I contacted chat support and they tried to tell me some of the spreadsheet info was wrong, and it was not. Then they told me that the Google Docs options does not work. I actually had to bulk upload the images to spotify and then copy and paste each assigned URl into the spreadsheet. That finally worked.

[James_TGP]

Sometimes when you copy and paste text from one source into excel, you actually post HTML/styling text that you may not see. It’s code debris from the previous site.

Must’ve been a pain to do all that one by one!

[WebsiteExpert]

Hi, 
Follow the below steps:- 

1) First Upload your images in dropbox.

2) Right Click on your images and copy dropbox link

3) Past the dropbox link and fill the two column one for main image (Image Src)and other for Variant images (Variant Image) 

4) Prepare your excel and upload in Shopify 

[James_TGP]

This works but can be extremely tedious for a large amount of products.

Best to use a image host that DOESNT scramble image urls and offers predictable text structures.

[austin-jeans]

sir

can i call u to understand how to bulk upload my images as i am having more than 500 producta with 6-7 images each. It would be great help if u support me. My mobile number is 9888017670

[carmenhunt]

Now how hard was that to show someone?

WELL THANK YOU .

[StitchShop]

Has anyone solved the Dropbox delima?

I am trying to bulk upload images (via dropbox) based on a CSV with <barcode>.png as the formula to match a large number of images.

But even in the Shopify image editor "add media from URL" doesn't work with Dropbox.

[StitchShop]

it seems you need to use:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/

not https://www.dropbox.com/

[ScandiJohanna]

Hi,

It seems like I am struggling with the same problem as everyone else. How do you get the domain to look like https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/?

I am just starting with my image project and thought to try this second. Google Drive didn't work.

-H 

[StitchShop]

Normal Dropbox link (the one you create when you ctrl click on a file) does not allow direct downloads so if you put that into your spreadsheet, it will fail.

If you replace  "www.dropbox.com/" with "dl.dropboxusercontent.com" it should work.

HOWEVER

Each file has a different ID slug, so if you plan to use this with 100s of images, it becomes a pain to automate off a file name.

[ScandiJohanna]

Hi,

It works now. Thanks for your help. But we also have 4000+ pics to upload so a faster way would be nice. AirPower might work but we are just thinking if the price becomes too high annually. We are more a pop shop at least for now... 

-H

[StitchShop]

Are you cataloging your images with SKUs in the filename.?

i would be happy for you to beta trial my app.

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@ScandiJohanna wrote:

Hi,

It works now. Thanks for your help. But we also have 4000+ pics to upload so a faster way would be nice. AirPower might work but we are just thinking if the price becomes too high annually. We are more a pop shop at least for now... 

-H

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[Brodieman]

Hey John, your app sounds awesome! I've got about 500+ images I need to upload and they're already named with the SKUs digitally. I have three questions for you though:

1. I have several pictures of the same product and have been naming them like this:  productnumber-sku-1, productnumber-sku-2, etc. Can you have the same sku on multiple images distinguish them with a 1, 2, 3. . for each individual image? Would that still work or is this set to specifically work with one image per product?

2. Have you developed this to work with windows?

3. If so, can I be part of the beta pretty please?

Shaun

[StitchShop]

Hi Shaun,

Happy to help.

I will answer your questions as numbered.

1. Shopify has items classed as "products" and "variant".
Products are essentially a grouping of variants, even if the product only has one. (they hide the variant details if only 1 exists).

Some rules that the Shopify structure has:

• The SKU is attached at the variant level.
• Variants can only have 1 photo linked to it
• Products can have mulitple images linked and include the Variant ones.

2. I only have a Mac version at the moment and looking to improve it based on workflows

3. Happy to have beta testers. I need to add authentication into the app so you can add your store details. This is a week or so away.

Cheers

John

[JonWright]

Hi @StitchShop I'd be happy to beta test it for you as looks really useful, I'm on a Mac and do a lot of messing around with images for Shopify.

[StitchShop]

Thanks Jon.

I will get back to you here.

Can i ask, how do you manage the photography process?

Are the products already in Shopify?

Where is the pain points for you?

I want to adjust my application to ensure it meets most photography processes. 

Cheers

John

[Brodieman]

John,

I truly appreciate the help. Or, the attempt I guess. I'm glad there is a great community to reach out to around here.

I was up burning the midnight oil and just went through the images manually. It didn't take as long as I thought but now I see Google Sheets cell boxes everywhere I look. o_0

Thanks,

Shaun

[RobMW]

THIS is the answer about Dropbox that everyone is looking for.

Instead of dropbox.com/sdgfdgdlfhg/gfdghdfh/hfdfgdh (whatever you get there), just replace the dropbox.com part with dl.dropboxusercontent.com

The one with dropbox.com opens a dropbox page from which you can do other things. dl.dropboxusercontent.com opens JUST the image

it seems you need to use:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/

not https://www.dropbox.com/

[hverdagbasics]

thanks for sharing your thoughts. in my case the first option sounds do-able and closer to my requirements. 

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@Allan wrote:

Hey, there!

Jason here from Shopify Support.

You're on the right track. There're two ways you can upload the images files in bulk.

The first method is through the Shopify admin > Settings > Files. Once there, click on Upload files on the top right corner, then you'll be able to upload the image files directly from your device to your admin. You can then use the images while you set up your store/product. For more detailed information, here's a helpful document going through how to upload image files to your store.

The second method is through a CSV file. The key to make sure that the files upload correctly is to follow the CSV format accurately. Here's a great document going over what content is required for each field. I've attached a sample template for you so you can take a look and make sure your Excel file complies with the format. If you wish to use the CSV method, the image files need to be uploaded to a publicly accessible URL first. This can be from the links you received after you use the first method or any cloud services, such as DropBox and Google Drive. Keep in mind the server needs to be at a decent speed. Otherwise, there's a chance you'll get timeout while importing the file resulting in import failure.

If you run into any issues, or if I misunderstood what you're hoping to set up, feel free to reply back here and I'd be happy to help out!

All the best,
Jason

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[tresorsstrand]

Hi Jason, Can you make a simplier CVS file  for me to bulk upload pictures to shopify only?

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@Allan wrote:

Hey, there!

Jason here from Shopify Support.

You're on the right track. There're two ways you can upload the images files in bulk.

The first method is through the Shopify admin > Settings > Files. Once there, click on Upload files on the top right corner, then you'll be able to upload the image files directly from your device to your admin. You can then use the images while you set up your store/product. For more detailed information, here's a helpful document going through how to upload image files to your store.

The second method is through a CSV file. The key to make sure that the files upload correctly is to follow the CSV format accurately. Here's a great document going over what content is required for each field. I've attached a sample template for you so you can take a look and make sure your Excel file complies with the format. If you wish to use the CSV method, the image files need to be uploaded to a publicly accessible URL first. This can be from the links you received after you use the first method or any cloud services, such as DropBox and Google Drive. Keep in mind the server needs to be at a decent speed. Otherwise, there's a chance you'll get timeout while importing the file resulting in import failure.

If you run into any issues, or if I misunderstood what you're hoping to set up, feel free to reply back here and I'd be happy to help out!

All the best,
Jason

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[SilkenLily]

Does anyone know an easier way to upload images from Google Photo into the media libaray?

[Riana]

HI Jason

I followed these tips as well as the description in the Help Centre. I am trying to upload a product with 90 variants. I left the fields blank as described in the Help.

When importing, it told me that I am about to import 90 products....I thought I would go ahead and see what happens. 

The product uploaded (only one product, not 90), but only with the first variant. What am I doing wrong?

Thank you

Riana

[CraigHughes]

Hi,

I got this to work over the weekend, but made sure that I did the following…


1. Created / Imported the product using the Product bulk upload tool
2. Uploaded 1 image for each product the normal way through the settings/admin
3. I then had to create the file for the image as only the SKU number and _1. If I created anything longer, even if it included the SKU number, it wouldn’t match. So my image files are called 10000020_2, 10000020_3 etc

When I’ve made these changes – it works perfectly.

Thanks

Craig

[kgrammer]

We offer an image management tool that allows you to create buckets for your images, upload your Shopify bulk upload image files, and then auto-populate the image URLs in your template file.

Have a look at https://BucketLynx.com.

[JohnTNBC]

Jason -

I know this is an older thread. I had one follow-up question. I am using the second method that you suggested. The functionality works but the image is placed in the description area rather than in the variant area. How do I get it to be in the variant area and not in the product description area?

Thanks!

John