Column Validation
Checks for required columns: Handle, Title, Vendor, and Variant Price.
Shopify Products CSV Validator
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Shopify Products Validation Questions
Why does my file have multiple rows per product?
Shopify exports one row per variant. A t-shirt with 3 sizes will have 3 rows with the same Handle.
What columns are required?
Required columns are Handle, Title, Vendor, and Variant Price.
Is the Shopify Products validator free?
You can preview Shopify Products validation results for free — no signup needed. Full validation reports use credits based on row count.
How Shopify Products Validation Works
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Export from Shopify
Products → All Products → Export → Export CSV
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Upload CSV
Upload your Products Export export file
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Review Validation Results
Check your Shopify data for errors and warnings
Issues are flagged inline with clear fix suggestions — review and correct before you import.
Why Validate Shopify Products Before Import?
Variant Structure
Understands Shopify's one-row-per-variant export format.
Price Validation
Validates currency formats for Variant Price and Compare At Price.
Inventory Checking
Validates Variant Inventory Qty and inventory policy fields.
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Files processed locally. Your data never leaves your computer.
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How People Use Shopify Products
Shopify's multi-line export format puts one row per variant, so a single t-shirt with 5 sizes and 3 colors creates 15 rows. We had 38 variants where the Handle was slightly different due to trailing spaces — the validator caught every mismatch before a bulk re-import would have created duplicate products.
Our product CSV had Variant Price values with currency symbols in some rows and plain numbers in others. The validator flagged 112 rows with non-numeric price formats that would have failed Shopify's import silently, leaving those variants with zero prices.
We export products to feed our inventory system, but Shopify's CSV sometimes consolidates the Option1 Value column inconsistently when variants share an option name. The validator identified 29 rows with blank variant option values that would have broken our SKU mapping downstream.
Why Validate Product Data?
Product Import Errors
Shopify product imports fail when required columns are missing or variants are malformed.
Handle, Title, and Vendor must be present and properly formatted.
What This Tool Checks
We validate your Shopify products export:
- Required columns present (Handle, Title, Vendor, Variant Price)
- Variant structure is consistent
- Price formats are valid currency values
Common Target Import Errors
Issues you might encounter when importing Source data to Target - and how we solve them
Missing Product Handle
The 'Handle' column is required to identify products
(blank or missing Handle column)
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Handle is Shopify's URL-safe product identifier
Re-export products ensuring Handle column is included
Missing Product Title
Product rows without a Title cannot be properly identified
(blank Title column)
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Every product should have a human-readable title
Add titles to any products missing them in Shopify
Invalid Variant Price
Variant price contains non-numeric or negative values
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Prices must be positive numbers
Check for placeholder prices or data entry errors
Invalid Inventory Quantity
Inventory quantity is not a valid integer
many or 10.5
10
Inventory quantities must be whole numbers
Review inventory tracking settings in Shopify
Your Shopify Products Data Stays Private
Client-Side Validation
No server round-trips. Your Shopify Products data is processed entirely in the browser tab.
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The moment you close the page, all Shopify Products data is wiped from browser memory. No traces left.
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Meets GDPR requirements by design — no data processing on external servers, ever.
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Frequently Asked Questions
You can, but free scripts and AI often miss edge cases that break real-world data: missing SKUs, currency formatting quirks, tax calculation errors, or date format mismatches. We have battle-tested validators specifically designed for accounting software imports that catch these issues before they corrupt your books. Plus, you get instant browser-based conversion without installing Python or managing dependencies.
Shopify exports one row per variant. A t-shirt with 3 sizes will have 3 rows with the same Handle.
Required columns are Handle, Title, Vendor, and Variant Price.
You can preview Shopify Products validation results for free — no signup needed. Full validation reports use credits based on row count.
Save your CSV file as UTF-8 encoding and replace curly quotes with straight quotes. Open the file in a text editor and search/replace smart quotes if created in Excel.
Image URLs must start with http:// or https:// and link directly to the image. Images must be 5000 x 5000 px or smaller. Check that the URL is publicly accessible.
Your CSV file cannot exceed 15 MB. If larger, split it into multiple files under 15 MB each and upload separately.
This error occurs when a product has two variants with identical option values. Each variant must have unique option combinations to import successfully.
Column header names are case-sensitive and must match Shopify's template exactly. Check that headers like 'Title', 'Handle', and 'Variant SKU' are spelled correctly.
If tracking inventory with the Variant Inventory Tracker, you must provide a quantity. Leave the tracker field blank to skip inventory tracking.
Create one product in Shopify manually, export it as CSV, then use it as a formatting template. This shows correct headers and required field structure.
After Validation: Convert Your Products Export
Once your Shopify export passes validation, convert it to your accounting format
Shopify
Products Export
Your validated export
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Your validated export
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Title → name
Handle → url_key
Variant SKU → sku
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Your validated export
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Handle → model
Title → name
Body (HTML) → description
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Your validated export
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Handle → Rewritten URL
Title → Name
Body (HTML) → Description
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Products Export
Your validated export
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Products and Services Import
Product and service items for invoicing and sales
Title → Name
Variant SKU → SKU
Variant Price → Sales Price/Rate
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Your validated export
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Shift4Shop
Products Import
Product catalog import via native CSV import
Handle → url
Variant SKU → id
Title → name
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Products Export
Your validated export
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Squarespace
Products Import
Import products with variants and images
Title → Product Name
Variant SKU → SKU
Body (HTML) → Product Description
Shopify
Products Export
Your validated export
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Wix
Products Import
Import products with multi-row structure (Product + Variant rows)
Handle → handleId
Title → name
Body (HTML) → description
Shopify
Products Export
Your validated export
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Woocommerce
Product Import
Import products, variations, and attributes to WooCommerce store
Handle → SKU
Title → Name
Body (HTML) → Description
Shopify
Products Export
Your validated export
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Xero
Inventory Item
Products and services for inventory tracking
Variant SKU / Handle → ItemCode
Title + Option Values → ItemName
Body (HTML) → Description
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