Imporved Import - Review, Manual & Csv sample
Improved Import extension for Magento 1 enhances the ability of default Magento import process. It adds the most requested features! All this features works with default Magento Dataflow import/export using .csv files. We provide detailed manual and .csv samples to make you life easy! This extension can be very helpful for product migration from another E-Commerce systems to Magento. This extension can be also used to update already existing products with multiple images, additional images from URL, custom options and tier prices!
The recent update of Improved Import extension for Magento 1 introduced the order export procedure. The orders can now be exported to the .csv files in the most convenient way. When the export is complete you can use Improved Import and Export extension for Magento 2 to migrate orders to your Magento 2 store. No prerequisits. Just upload the file with Magento 2 extension and click 'Import' button.
By default you can import only tree types of product images - image, small_image and thumbnail. This is sad, because usually each product on you store can have much more images, photos etc. With Improved Import you can import as many images as you want for each product! Just create additional column on you .csv file and put image names separated by ";" (like "image1.jpg;image2.jpg;image3.jpg") - all images must be uploaded to you media/import folder on this case.
Allow product images import from external URLs, this mean instead of copy product images to media/import folder for import you can just use external URLs from another sites or image storages on you csv file (like "http://sample.com/image.jpg"). External images can be used as main product images (image, small_image and thumbnail) and also you can add additional column to you csv file for import multiple images from external URLs same as images what be uploaded to you server!
By default in Magento you can import only product attributes but not product custom options, this is can be very big problem add custom options manual in admin for each product. With improved import you can add column on you csv file for import and create product custom options with parameters like option name, type, values etc. This is very easy and flexible method for mass product custom options import and creation.
This feature allow you import different product prices for different customers groups on you Magento store. Just add new column on you csv for each customer group. Also you can setup minimum products qty what must be purchased for get special group price.
Magento use one side encryption for save customers passwords, this mean you need use hashed passwords in customers import progress, it's not problem when you import customers from another Magento store but if you have you customers passwords without hashing you not have possibility to import it in Magento. This feature resolve this problem, now you can just put unhashed customer passwords on special csv column on import progress.
Impoved Import extension allow you not only import but also export multiple product images, this mean on export process you get all product images what you have on you Magento admin.
#Show SKU for missed images
Magento not can processed import product if one of main product images - image, small_image, thumbnail be missed on media/import folder. When this happens you see error you import process - Image does not exist but you not can know for what exactly product image missed. Show SKU for missed images feature of Improved Import extension allow you to see for what exactly product SKU image missed.
Auto exclude main product images
Option allow automatically exclude main product images ( image, small_image, thumbnail ) from media gallery on product view page More import/export improvements coming with each next release of extension!