I have about 300 products encompassing about 1800 variations. The store has been live for about 2 months. For SEO purposes, I want to change the handles, titles and descriptions of my products via a CSV export/import. I’ve uploaded the original set of products/variations as well as additional produc…

How did this work out for you? Did you follow these steps?

This post is two years old at this time but for others who see this post after this, I DO NOT suggest this method. You will lose all the relations between orders and products, etc. Shopify generates internal product IDs and you will lose all of them and new products will have new IDs generated.

Hi I tried your method in the bulk edit tool, but the issue is that it does not give you the option to re-direct the old URL - unless I have missed something.

Hey, @heavchan . Thanks for joining the thread. Redirecting old URLs is different from changing the product handles, so the solution shared above would not apply to you. If you’d like to redirect URLs, then we’ve got a guide on that here: Creating and managing URL redirects . However, it’s importan…

Mass Change of Product handles, titles and descriptions - process and potential problems

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johnb45 January 6, 2024, 7:41pm 4

One easy solution I have found is to list items in bulk edit and choose the handle column in settings.

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