Hello guys, so im trying to manage a multistore scheme where website A (watches, backpacks and gym equipment) has all the goods and then website B only watches, website C only backpacks and website D only gym equipment.
First of all, im NOT doing Shopify plus, you need to be selling millions so it makes sense.
Second, im NOT doing those “multistore” BS apps that say they do everything and in reality the only they can do is to keep the inventory synced on all store, but cannot copy/clone products across the stores. Im already resigned to keep the inventory manually updated by mass in every single store which is not a big deal to be honest.
Can you guys please recommend an APP for CLONING PRODUCTS with ALL the information (price, collections, colors, metaobjects, etc).
I tried Duplify and it works very nice up until you notice you have to pay 130$ per month plus another 200$ per store becase it charges 0.01$ per event meaning every single collection or metafield the product could have, it multiplies and ends up adding a lot of money.
Has anyone tried Matrixify?
Im open to exchanging experiences about multistore, HMU, thanks so much.
Hi there! For managing a multi-store setup without Shopify Plus, Matrixify is a great option for cloning products across stores with all necessary details like price, collections, and metafields. It’s generally more cost-effective than Duplify, which can get expensive with its per-event charges. Matrixify should help streamline your product management and reduce costs. Feel free to reach out if you have more questions or want to exchange experiences on multi-store setups!
Thank you very much for your kind reply, I will definetly try Matrixify. Do you know if I will need 4 suscriptions of matrixify (1 per store) or only 1 is ok for all the stores?
By chance do you know if there is a way to mass upload 301 redirects on a store?
@hellothankyou You’ll need a separate Matrixify subscription for each store. As for mass uploading 301 redirects, you can use Matrixify’s import feature to upload a CSV file with your redirects, or you might use a Shopify app specifically for managing redirects in bulk.
You sure can use the Matrixify app to clone data between your Shopify stores including prices, images, collections, metafields, metaobjects and many more details.
As for the app pricing, it is in between - we offer 1 additional free subscription per every 1 paid subscription.
So if you need paid app plan in 4 stores, you would need to take paid plan in 2 stores and other 2 can be activated for free to the same plan by linking them to the stores with paid plans.
To activate your free additional store you would need to make sure that the app is installed in it and on Demo plan.
Then you can go into the Matrixify settings in the store that has a paid subscription, there in “Shop Sponsoring” section, you will be able to link your free store by listing its myshopify.com domain.
Here is our tutorial that explains more about it - Sponsor your other Shopify store to the same paid Matrixify plan.
If you have any further questions or concerns along the way - let us know!
The Matrixify route works for a one-shot clone, but the gap that’s going to bite you in this setup is the ongoing case. Any time you update a description, image, metafield, or metaobject in A, you’d need to re-export and re-import the relevant subset into B/C/D. With three destination stores filtered by category, that’s a CSV roundtrip every time the master changes.
The “PIM” pattern handles this differently: one source of truth for product data, with filters/views that push the right subset to each store on an ongoing basis. So A’s catalog flows into the PIM, then watches push to B, backpacks to C, gym equipment to D. Inventory stays in Shopify per store (which actually fits your manual-inventory approach, since a PIM doesn’t touch stock).
Worth a look at Peak multi-store PIM if that pattern fits the way you’re thinking.