CSV Import for batch upload of up-sell SKUs

  • Resolved thomasberr

    (@thomasberr)


    1 year, 2 months ago

    I am trying to add Upsells to all of my products. I am using a generated list of strings formatted like the following ‘SKU-1|SKU-2|SKU-3’ so that each product has 3 upsells linked. When I merge products with the updated csv. It doesn’t add any upsells to product pages. Is there something I’m forgetting to do? or a formatting issue?

    Note: When I exported, the csv originally, with some of the upsell column populated from manually editing in the product page, it was in the format ‘{id}|{id}|{id}’, but I’d really prefer to use SKUs

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  • Hi @thomasberr

    I understand that you’re having an issue adding upsells to your products using a CSV file with SKUs.

    In WooCommerce, upsells are typically linked using product IDs rather than SKUs. It does this because product IDs are the internal mechanism used to uniquely identify products in your WooCommerce installation, while SKUs are more external-facing identifiers that can be seen by customers. When you exported your CSV file, the upsell column was populated with the format ‘{id}|{id}|{id}’, which is the correct format for linking upsells.

    While SKUs can be used for various operations, they are not typically used for linking upsells in WooCommerce. The issue you’re experiencing could be due to this discrepancy.

    You would have to convert the SKUs to their corresponding product IDs and then use these IDs in your CSV file instead.

    Thread Starter thomasberr

    (@thomasberr)

    Thanks Darla, I have tested this and it works.

    Hi @thomasberr

    I have tested this and it works.

    It’s great to know that you’ve found success in using product IDs instead of SKUs for linking upsells in your CSV file. In WooCommerce, product IDs indeed serve as the most reliable identifiers for products, particularly when linking upsells is involved.

    I’ll go ahead and mark this thread as resolved. However, if you ever have more questions or issues in the future, don’t hesitate to kick off a new topic.

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