Bulk Upload

Bulk Upload lets a seller add many products at once from a spreadsheet, instead of creating them one by one. Uploads are validated before anything is created, run in the background, and report exactly what happened — so a large catalog can be listed in a single pass.

What you'll learn

• The two kinds of bulk upload
• How the upload wizard is structured, step by step
• How an import is validated, run, and reported

The two kinds of upload

From the Seller Panel, open Catalog → Bulk Upload. The Imports screen offers two ways to add products in bulk:

• List Your Own Products — bulk-create brand-new products in your catalog from a spreadsheet (with images).
• Sell Catalog Products — bulk-list products already in the marketplace catalog as your own, at your own price and stock (the bulk version of Selling Existing Products).

Below the cards, Past Uploads lists every import with its type, state (pending / validated / processing / completed), uploaded file, completion time, and a summary of created / updated / deleted counts (with an error-file link where relevant).

Creating an import — the wizard

Choosing a kind opens a short wizard.

1. Source — confirm the Type, download a sample file in your format (CSV / XLS / XLSX / XML) so your columns line up, and upload your file.
2. Images (List Your Own Products only) — supply images either as URLs in the sheet (recommended) or by uploading a ZIP of image files (a sample ZIP is provided).
3. Settings — choose the Action (Create/Update or Delete), the Validation Strategy (Stop on Errors or Skip Errors), the number of Allowed Errors, the Field Separator (for CSV), and whether to Process in Background.

Finish with Start Import, which validates the file and begins.

Validating and running

Each upload becomes a record you can reopen at any time. A typical import moves through clear phases (shown as a stepper):

• Validate — the file is checked before anything is created. You get a verdict — valid, partially valid (bad rows will be skipped, up to your allowed-errors limit), or invalid — with counts of rows processed, invalid rows, and total errors. When there are errors, Download Full Report lists exactly what to fix.
• Download Images (own products) — images referenced in the sheet are fetched up front.
• Create / Assign / Delete → Connect → Finalize — valid rows are imported in the background, related products are linked, and prices and stock are finalized, with live progress.

When it finishes, you get a "Your import was successful" summary with Created / Updated / Deleted counts, and can download a full processing report (records processed, time taken, and so on).

After the upload

Imported products behave like any other seller product: they appear in Catalog → Products and go through the normal approval flow before reaching the storefront. Adjust stock and pricing afterwards from Manage Inventory and Manage Pricing.

Always start from the sample

Download the sample file for your import type and build your sheet from it — matching the expected columns exactly is the quickest way to pass validation on the first try.