Changelog

We've updated some field names in the Bulk Product Editor to align with Shopify's updated naming conventions.

The 'compare price' field in the app is now labeled as 'compare-at price' field. When you filter products or view specific items, you'll immediately spot the updated 'compare-at price' field.

If you are exporting price lists, you will notice that the column name has also been changed from 'compare price' to 'compare-at price.'

Previously, you could only edit one field at a time when doing an in-app edit with the Bulk Product Editor. This meant that if you wanted to launch a sale, you might need to do one edit to update the prices and another to set the tags.

With our latest update you can modify multiple fields in a single edit. Once you've configured a field to be modified, just click on the plus sign to the right to add an additional field.

This enhancement makes it faster and easier to manage your product edits, especially for scenarios like running sales where you might need to change multiple aspects of a product simultaneously.

You can now monitor products that are about to go out of stock with the low inventory report for Abletar Email Reports. You can add this data to existing sales reports or create a dedicated report for low inventory.

The report is customizable and also includes the number of times the products have been sold recently.

You can learn more about low inventory reports for Shopify on our knowledgebase.

We sped up product exports in the Ablestar Bulk Product Editor that output the data in the Matrixify format. Especially for larger exports, we noticed it was taking a long time to write the collected data to the Excel file and we've implemented several improvements to speed this up.

The exports run faster across the board but the results will be most noticable for larger product exports. In one test a product export of 2,905 rows of standard product fields and Google Shopping fields completed in just 24 seconds.

We’ve made your product exports with the Bulk Product Editor a whole lot faster. The speed depends on things like the number of products and the type of fields you choose.

Some exports that previously took around 24 minutes now finish in just one minute. In some cases, we’ve seen the process become more than 20 times quicker.

If you’re exporting lots of meta fields or Google Shopping fields, you should see a big speed boost when you’re exporting data. Our aim is to make these exports run as fast as possible. If you continue to encounter any slowdowns in product exports please reach out and we'll try and improve them.

In the past, you may have found it challenging to navigate through the small dropdowns when mapping different fields in our spreadsheet interface. Therefore, we're switching from dropdown menus to a more intuitive field selector pop-up.

This new design will not only provide a larger, clearer selection area but also include all the same field options as before.

The field selector is also more compatible with keyboard shortcuts allowing you to select the fields you want more quickly and with fewer clicks.

We've improved our Link Manager's site scan tool. It will now better identify and report broken links on your Shopify site, even when multiple pages refer to the same broken link. You may notice minor changes in your reports compared to previous weeks due to these enhancements.

The Inventory Sync feature in our Bulk Product Editor now supports Google Sheets URLs. This means you can easily integrate and synchronize your inventory data directly from Google Sheets. We support Google Sheet URLs, just keep in mind that the URL needs to be publicly available and there has to be data in the Google Sheet.

Learn more about Google Sheets and Inventory Sync.

Until now, the order count metric included all orders placed over the reporting period. This count included orders made solely for gift cards.

Starting today, we are updating the way we count orders. We will now be excluding orders that are exclusively for gift cards from the order count. This change is aimed to closely align our metrics with Shopify's reporting system.

In Shopify's reports, orders that are exclusively for gift cards aren't counted as a typical 'order'. Therefore, to maintain consistent and accurate reporting for our users, we decided to replicate this in our Email Reports App.

This update allows us to deliver more accurate data, closely mirroring Shopify's own metrics, providing you with the most reliable figures for your reporting needs.

You can now schedule spreadsheet edits from remote data sources using Inventory Sync. With this feature the app will download a spreadsheet from Google Drive, Dropbox, an FTP server, or a web URL, on a schedule and then use it to update your Shopify products.

You don't need to reformat your spreadsheet into a strict format and, as with other edits done through the app, you can undo any changes if need to.

This is great for keeping prices in sync with your suppliers, updating inventory levels, and managing product availability.

Learn more about Inventory Sync for Shopify on our knowledge base.

The Bulk Product Editor app now offers enhanced file format support for seamless data management. In addition to Excel (.xlsx) and CSV (.csv) files, we've added compatibility for two more spreadsheet file types: semicolon-separated files and tab-separated files.

Previously, the app recognized CSV files with comma-separated fields as the standard format. However, we understand that some users prefer using semicolons or tabs as delimiters in their spreadsheets.

With this update, the Bulk Product Editor app intelligently detects the file format and automatically adjusts the import process accordingly. This update eliminates the need for manual configuration and ensures a smoother importing experience for all users.

We've made it possible for you to edit SEO data directly from the product detail pages.

Before this update, the SEO data was read-only, but now you'll be able to edit both the meta title and meta description HTML tags that show up in your pages. This will be a huge help when it comes to optimizing your pages for search engines and driving more traffic to your site.

We have released a new update for our Bulk Product Editor app. When you search for products, you can deselect products that you want to exclude from the search. Previously, if you went to another page besides the first page and deselected a product, you would be taken back to page one. With this update, you'll stay on the current page after deselecting a product, making it easier to remove multiple products without losing your place in the pagination.

We're excited to announce a new update to the Bulk Product Editor that makes managing your product metafields even easier!

Previously, you could only change text metafields on product detail pages, but now you can add different types of metafields, including numeric metafields, true/false metafields, and list of strings metafields.

With these new metafield types, you'll be able to add more detailed information to your products and manage them more effectively. We hope you find these updates helpful, and as always, we welcome your feedback.

We are excited to announce another new feature in our Bulk Product Editor! We have added the ability to set the language for the AI product descriptions in the Selling section. With this update, you will have the option to select the language in which all outputs will be generated.

Please read our knowledge base article generating product descriptions with ChatGPT for more information.

We're excited to announce a new update to our Bulk Product Editor app!

We've added images to the product detail pages to make it easier for you to keep track of which product you're viewing. While the images are currently read-only, they can be helpful in quickly identifying the product you're working on.

We are excited to announce a new feature on the product detail pages of our Bulk Product Editor app.

Now, you can easily navigate through your products with the addition of next/previous arrows. This feature allows you to move forward or backward through your products without having to return to the search page.

With this new functionality, you can streamline your product editing process and save time by quickly jumping from one product to another. Whether you're making small tweaks or major updates to your products, the next/previous arrows make it easier to stay organized and focused.

We hope you find this new feature helpful in your product editing workflow. If you have any feedback or suggestions for future updates, please let us know.

We're excited to announce the release of the Ablestar Command Palette, a powerful tool designed to help you navigate our app with ease. With just a few keystrokes, you can quickly access any page, product, or setting you need.

The Command Palette also includes a search function that matches on partial product titles or exact SKU matches, making it even easier to find what you're looking for.

To get started with the Command Palette, simply press cmd + k on Mac or ctrl + k on Windows/Linux. We've also included a list of keyboard shortcuts that will help you work more efficiently in our app.

Please read our knowledge base article for a full list of the keyboard shortcuts.

Our Shopify bulk editor for products keeps an up-to-date copy of your product data in its database so you can run custom searches for products. Each time a product is updated in Shopify the app receives the change notification (a webhook message) from Shopify and updates its database.

Due to limitations of the Shopify API, changes to the some data sources cannot be synced with the Bulk Product Editor app in real-time. If you have made changes to these data sources outside of the Bulk Product Editor you'll need to manually trigger a data refresh.

In the previous version, the option to refresh data was scattered across various locations within the settings section.

With the latest update, we have centralized all these settings on a single Shopify Data page. This allows you to view all the data sources and manually update them from one central location, providing a more streamlined and convenient experience.

You can now generate, or rewrite, product descriptions automatically using artificial intelligence. Powered by ChatGPT, this feature allows you to efficiently create concise, engaging product descriptions, saving you time and effort.

To update your product descriptions, just open up the product in the app and click on the Rewrite button below the description:

After a few seconds you'll be presented with a fresh description that you can review and save. You can also rewrite the description multiple times to get the exact output you need.

Learn more about generating Shopify product descriptions with ChatGPT.