Add Collections and Cost/Margin to the Product CSV Import (make bulk import truly bulk)
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Jared Kirkpatrick
The problem
The "Import products by CSV" tool is genuinely great, and for anyone loading a real catalog it is the difference between minutes and hours. It already imports Title, Description (Body HTML), Handle, Variant Price, Compare-at Price, Track Inventory, Available Quantity, SKU, Weight, Dimensions, Product Labels, and both SEO Title and SEO Description. That is almost the entire product form.
But it is missing two fields that nearly every product needs: Product Collection and Cost Price / Margin.
Because those two are not in the CSV, every imported product still has to be opened one at a time to assign its collection and enter its cost. On a 30-product catalog that is 30 manual passes after the "bulk" import, which defeats the purpose of importing in bulk in the first place.
What we are asking for
Add columns to the import CSV for:
Collection(s) (comma-separated, matched by name, created if it does not exist) so products land in the correct store category on import.
Cost Price and Margin so profit tracking is populated from the start instead of left blank.
Every one of these already exists in the manual product form. This is about bringing the CSV up to parity with the form, not building anything new.
Why it matters
Agencies onboard clients by loading an entire catalog at once. Every field the CSV cannot carry becomes a manual, per-product step that scales linearly with catalog size and eats the exact time savings the importer is supposed to deliver. Collections and cost are not edge cases. They are on almost every product. Completing the CSV turns a strong feature into a true one-click catalog load and makes GHL a serious option for stores with real inventory.
Thank You for taking the time to consider this. Keep up the good work. Thanks
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