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# Adding Products in Bulk
Adding products in bulk saves time and reduces manual data entry, making it easier to quickly build and maintain your product catalogue.
Bulk importing products into Supply’d is a quick and efficient way to add multiple products to your account at once. Instead of entering each product manually, you can enter your product details into a CSV (spreadsheet) file and upload the completed file to Supply’d. This saves time, reduces manual data entry errors, and helps keep your product catalogue accurate and up to date.
Products in Supply’d use a Simple Product methodology, meaning that each size, colour, or flavour of a product is created as a separate product. For example, if you sell a product in three different sizes, each size would be entered as its own product in the spreadsheet.
There are 2 ways to import products to Supply'd:
1. Manually add products to Supply'd \
👉 For instructions on how to do this see the [Adding Products](/supplyd-erp/products/adding-products.md) document.
2. Bulk import products to Supply'd from a CSV template.
This document will guide you through the process of adding multiple products to Supply’d in bulk.
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## Bulk Import/Add Products
Supply'd makes it easy to import large sets of product from a spreadsheet. There is a specific template you will need to follow to do so in order to allow Supply'd to import the values correctly.
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### Open the Import Products Form
To start an import, or to get the template:
1. Select **Products** from the menu.
2. Click on the three dots on the top right corner
3. Select **Import** then **Products**.
The **Import Products** form will open.
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### Download the Template
Click on **Download the template** to download our base template containing some sample products for your guidance.
The **Export Products** form will open.
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### Export Sample Data
Select **Sample Data** from the **Data Source** menu.
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If you have already started adding products to Supply'd, you will be given the option to export existing products from your various sales channels. This is particularly useful if you want to bulk update your products with additional information.
👉 See the [Updating Products in Bulk](/supplyd-erp/products/bulk-importing-of-products/updating-products-in-bulk.md) document for details.
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#### **Fields**
The **Fields** section lets you select the types of data to include in the export.
* **Product Info:** Includes basic details about the product such as its name, description, SKU, category, and tags.
This information is used to create new products.
* **Purchasing Info:** If you buy this product, these fields cover supplier-related details, cost prices, minimum order quantities, and other purchasing data.
The products and suppliers must already exist.
* **Label Info :** Contains information used for food product labelling, including place of ingredients, allergens, and nutrition details. Helps with printing labels and regulatory compliance.
This will only update existing products.
* **Sales Channel Info:** Includes data related to what sales channels the product is sold on, pricing for different channels, inventory availability, and channel-specific settings. Useful for managing multi-channel sales.
Each product can be sold through multiple sales channels.
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Once the data export is complete, you can open the downloaded template in any spreadsheet application, such as Excel or Numbers.
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You should remove the sample products from the file before importing to Supply'd.
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The more selections you make in the **Fields** section, the more data fields will be included in the spreadsheet.
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### Complete the Spreadsheet
Complete the template by opening it in a spreadsheet application, such as **Excel** or **Numbers**, and entering the required information. Follow the instructions provided for each section, using the downloaded sample data as a reference when entering your information.
The following documents contain information on completing the various fields for each template:
* [Product Info](/supplyd-erp/products/bulk-importing-of-products/product-info.md)
* [Label Info](/supplyd-erp/products/bulk-importing-of-products/label-info.md)
* [Purchasing Info](/supplyd-erp/products/bulk-importing-of-products/purchasing-info.md)
* [Sales Channel Info](/supplyd-erp/products/bulk-importing-of-products/sales-channel-info.md)
Be sure to review each document for the details you want to import, as each contains specific fields and examples to help you complete the template correctly.
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* Follow the column headings carefully.
* Do not change column names.
* Leave **Product ID** fields blank for new records.
* Delete any sample data before importing.
* Double-check that all required fields are filled out correctly before uploading.
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**Important:** The title row should remain in the document in order for the system to match the columns when imported. You should remove the sample data before importing otherwise the system will create custom customers with the sample data.
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A product can be purchased from multiple suppliers. If you need to create a product with multiple suppliers in the import template, enter the product on a separate row for each supplier.
Make sure all product information that is not supplier-specific, such as the SKU, barcode, product name, and other relevant columns, is entered exactly the same on each row. Only the supplier-specific information should differ between rows.
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### Export/Save the File
Once you have completed filling out the spreadsheet, ensure that you save or export it as a CSV file as this format is required for successful import into Supply’d.
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### Upload the File
On the **Products** page, click on the 3 dots in the top right and select **Import**, then **Products**.
The **Import Products** form will open.
In the **Upload CSV File** field, click on to select the CSV file you just completed.
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After selecting the file please ensure you wait for the file to successfully upload before clicking Import.
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### Select Options
Select the options to apply during the import.
**Update Existing Products**
Select whether or not to update existing products in Supply'd.
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This option will only appear if you already have products in Supply'd.
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* **Yes:** Select "Yes" if you want existing products to be updated when the SKUs match.
* **Skip:** Select this option if you want products with matching SKUs to be ignored.
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Selecting "**Yes**" is useful to bulk update products in Supply'd.
👉 See the [Updating Products in Bulk](/supplyd-erp/products/bulk-importing-of-products/updating-products-in-bulk.md) document for more information.
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#### Advanced
Optional data you would like to be used to populate the export.
**Auto Extract Data**
Choose whether or not to enable automatic data extraction.
Auto extracting data helps speed up product imports by automatically matching columns in your CSV to the correct fields in Supply’d.
It looks for common headers like “Product Name” or “SKU” and maps them for you, saving time and reducing errors, especially with large product lists.
**Run Other Product Importers**
Select whether or not to let Supply’d detect and automatically map CSV files from other platforms (such as Shopify or Square), making it faster to import products without reformatting your file.
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### Import the File
Once the file has successfully uploaded and you have selected your options, click to begin the import.
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Products will be imported immediately into Supply'd. If you have a lot of products, please be patient.
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👉 Once imported, the products can be managed as outlined in the [Managing Products](/supplyd-erp/products/managing-products.md) documents.
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