When you connect your marketplaces to any inventory management system, there is a chance that you’ll need to restore your previous data at some point in the future. Creating a backup of your data will allow you to restore it to what it was before the connection was established.
Amazon
- Limitations: This backup contains prices, quantities, and ASINs.
- If you are the only one selling a given product, this back up will not allow you to restore all product details. You must use the template you used to create the product on Amazon.
- If you sell a product that already exists on Amazon, you will be able to use this backup file to recreate your listing, as it contains ASINs and prices.
- How to: Follow the instructions linked here to get the inventory report.
eBay
- Limitations: eBay Selling Manager app allows you to generate a report containing all of your product data. You can use it to fully restore your products.
- How to: Follow the instructions linked here to export your products to a file
Walmart US, CA, MX and DSV
- Limitations: The report generated from Walmart Center contains only basic product data. You will not be able to easily rebuild your catalog only from this file. It does contain your pricing and quantities.
- How to: follow the instructions linked here.
Shopify
- Limitations: Shopify allows you to generate a report containing all of your product data. You can use it to fully restore your products.
- How to: See this post on the official Shopify website.
BigCommerce
- Limitations: BigCommerce allows you to generate a report containing all of your product data. You can use it to fully restore your products.
- How to: See this post on the official BigCommerce website.
Etsy
- Limitations: You can only download limited product data.
The CSV file includes the listing title, description, price, currency code, quantity, tags, materials, and image URLs for all of your listings that are Currently for Sale. - How to: Sign into your Etsy Shop Manager.
Go to Settings > Options
Click the “Download Data” tab
Then click the “Download CSV” button
WordPress/WooCommerce
- Limitations: WooCommerce allows you to generate a report containing all of your product data. You can use it to fully restore your products.
- How to: Go to Products > All Products > Export
Click on “Generate CSV” to generate CSV file of all products.
Overstock
- Limitations: The backup file contains most of your product data; Some things, such as images, may be missing.
- How to: Login to https://www.supplieroasis.com,
Go to Products > Manage Products > Bulk Update > Export Export All
Mercado Libre
- Limitations: Mercado Libre allows you to download only the basic data of your listing like attributes, quantities, prices, etc. To create a backup, you need to download two files: one with your quantities and prices and the other with product data. You will need to merge the data from both files to get the complete backup.
- How to: Login to your MercadoLibre account and go to Listing Management > Listings > Bulk edit > In excel:
- After clicking Download the Excel spreadsheet, download both files for the datasheets and other details:
