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Export Products Tool for BigCommerce

🔧 Quick Info: You can export products from BC to a file.

What it does

Export Products pulls products out of your BigCommerce store into a downloadable spreadsheet. You can export your whole catalog or narrow it down with filters (such as SKU, keyword, category, brand, availability, and more), choose exactly which fields to include, and pick CSV or Excel format. The export runs in the background and is delivered when it’s ready, so you can leave the page while it works.

When to use it

Use it to get a spreadsheet of your catalog, for example to review or audit products, share data with a supplier, back up your catalog, or prepare a file to edit and re-upload with the Import Products tool.

Before you start

  • A connected BigCommerce store.
  • Permission to read products on the connected store (the tool reads your catalog through the BigCommerce API).
  • No upload file is needed, this tool creates a file for you.

Step-by-step

1 Open the Export Products tool for your BigCommerce store.

2 Select Products step. Leave the filters blank to export every product, or narrow the export using any combination of:

  • Sku — a single SKU or a comma-separated list of SKUs.
  • Keyword — search by product name or SKU.
  • Select Categories, Brand, and storefront channel.
  • Product Availability (Available / Disabled / Preorder), Product Condition (New / Refurbished / Used).
  • Featured Products, Product Shipping Type (free vs. paid), Product Stock Status (in/out of stock), and Product Visibility.

3 Export Options step. Enter a Filename (a default with today’s date is pre-filled), choose the File Format (CSV or Excel), and pick your columns on the Choose your file’s columns screen. Fields are grouped into sections (Basics, Identifiers, Pricing & Tax, Inventory & Purchasing, Shipping & Dimensions, Images & Video, and more) that you can search, open, and select all at once. Product images are one control: set Product images per row (up to 10) and choose ID, File URL and/or Alt text. Sku is always included.

4 Email Delivery step. The download link is emailed to you when the export finishes — your account email is prefilled; change it or turn email delivery off on this step if you prefer.

5 Submit. The export runs in the background; when it’s finished you can download the file from the tool (and the download link is emailed to you unless you turned email delivery off).

File / field reference

File formats: CSV or Excel (.xlsx).

Default selected fields:

Sku, Name, Description, Price, Sale Price, Retail Price, Url, Product Image ID – 1, Product Image File – 1, Categories, Purchasability (availability).

All available fields you can include: Id · Sku · Name · Upc · Mpn · Gtin · Bin Picking Number · Type · Description · Price · Sale Price · Cost Price · Retail Price · Map Price · Url · Product Image ID / File / Alt 1–10 · Image used as the product thumbnail · Video · Categories · Channels · Brand · Brand Id · Related Products · Purchasability (availability) · Availability Description · Minimum Purchase Quantity · Maximum Purchase Quantity · Preorder Message · Preorder Release Date · Remove pre-order status on this date · Show “Call for pricing” message instead of the price · Call for pricing Label · Condition · Weight · Width · Height · Depth · Tax Class Id · Product Tax Code · Warranty · Fixed Cost Shipping Price · Inventory Level · Inventory Warning Level · Inventory Tracking · Is Visible · Is Featured · Is Free Shipping · Is Condition Shown · Reviews Rating Sum · Reviews Count · Total Sold · View Count (Deprecated) · Sort Order · Layout File · Page Title · Meta Keywords · Meta Description · Search Keywords · Date Created · Date Modified.

The exported file uses these field names as its column headers, which makes it a good starting point for editing and re-importing with the Import Products tool.

Troubleshooting / FAQ

My export is empty or smaller than expected.

Check your filters in the Select Products step, an active SKU, keyword, category, or status filter limits what’s exported. Leave them blank to export everything.

Stock-status filter is greyed out.

When you select one or more categories, the out-of-stock/in-stock filter is disabled because BigCommerce has trouble combining categories with stock status. Clear the category filter to use it.

Large catalogs take a while.

The export processes your products in the background and notifies you when the file is ready, you don’t need to keep the page open.