E-commerce or online mart has taken the world with a whirl and is giving a tough competition to brick and mortar industry. It first started with CompuServe, an electronic e-mall in 1984 and then Amazon and e-bay came to the spotlight and rest is history. Have you ever thought why people more tend to shop through online over offline? Reasons are:
- Available on the go
- Gives access to latest and more offers or discounts
- Available at low price range
- Variety of options from different sellers; means you don’t have to pay for petrol to visit different shops
- Home delivery and cash on delivery features make them more interesting
To name a few, these are the most primary reasons for which people give first preference to online shopping. As both the demand and supply have risen, online retailers or many e-commerce companies prefer to outsource product data entry services.
Frequent updates, daily price check and competitors’ analysis, growth hacking, customer care services, unique yet SEO friendly content, paid & organic marketing, affiliation and etc., have become the intricate part of any e-business and e-stores nowadays. The online industry has to innovate or bring something new over a period of time to shun boredom and showcase daily trend. One of the important additions is new products which can be tedious at times; especially, if they are in bulk. And here outsourcing team comes into the limelight. They can handle A-Z of your e-store with larger and highly trained workforce.
Uploading thousands of products at a time is time consuming, creates loopholes and less productive. However, if you are working on Magento shopping cart, we have a list of ways to fast your bulk product data upload.
Bulk Import
Welcome to Magento Bulk import feature which worked as an elixir here. In online businesses, it allows the user to import a massive number of products from a single CSV file. For this, you need to have a basic understanding of some formatting and their essential requirements for uploading bulk products by exporting current products to CSV file from Magento.
Bulk Categories and Features
A product’s specifications and its categories or sub-categories play an essential role to make buying decision of your customer. Make sure you do it correctly by adding attributes, titles, features and categories before heading to bulk import.
Bulk Images
A flawless and good image speak for the quality of the product and thus it is very important to upload 100% accurate images as quick as you upload the product description or specifications. In Magento, if the images are correctly tagged with attributes such as SKU, they can be uploaded in bulk in a single time via FTP.
Updating Existing Products
Frequent updates and additions are the must-do in online shopping business. In Magento shopping platform, updating new features or adding images can also be handled easily by Magento’s bulk import feature through a CSV file. Simply import the SKU and other fields that require updates. Once you are done, refresh it and go to Magento storefront to see the reflection.
Size Of Capping File
Don’t overheat up your server by overloading and limit the file size for bulk import. Another option is to create files with 500 products or so according to the specifications and upload them one by one. After uploading, run a thorough check-out to see if the products are in top order or not.