Bulk Edit Product Descriptions in Shopify

Mixtable’s spreadsheet interface allows you to easily view and edit the descriptions of your Shopify products. Here’s how.

In a workbook, create a worksheet that shows your Shopify Product data.

1. To load new Shopify data, start by selecting an empty column — any column with a non-green header (green headers mean the column is already linked to Shopify data). Then, click the ⚡️ button in the column header to open the selection window to choose the data you want to pull in.

2. In the dialog that opens, select the Standard Data Field radio button option. A dropdown menu will appear, prompting you to choose the field you want to sync. Find and select the Description field. Now, click on the Save Column button.

   

3. You'll now see the column populate with any existing Description data.

Now, change the description content as needed. Be aware that Mixtable will display the raw description value, as Shopify stores it. This is in HTML format and not plain text.

Find and replace content in your product descriptions

The Find and Replace feature allows you to find and replace specific text in bulk within a specific column. Yes, you can modify descriptions by editing cells directly, but if you need to do the same find+replace update for a number of products the dedicated Find and Replace feature will be faster.

You activate Find and Replace by clicking on its button in the toolbar. In the dialog that opens you’ll see a few inputs:

• Column Selector - this is how you choose the column in the currently active worksheet the Find and Replace will work on. Here, select the column that stores your products’ descriptions.
• Find this - this is where you enter the word(s) that you are looking to replace
• Replace with this - this is where you enter the word(s) you want to replace with
• Case-sensitive match - whether you want to match words in a case sensitive manner. For example, whether a search value of “Organic Apple” should be strict about the capitalization of O and A, or whether it should also match “organic apple” (lowercase)
• Match whole words only - whether you want to only replace whole words that match your “Find this” value, or whether you also want to match parts of words. For example, whether replacing “butter” should only replace the specific word “butter”, or whether it should also replace the “butter” in “butterscotch”
• Preview first 10 rows - if enabled this will preview the Find and Replace action on the first 10 visible rows in the active worksheet. This way you can preview what the output will be before you make it real

You're ready!

Mixtable is an online spreadsheet designed to sync data with Shopify. It looks, feels, and behaves like Excel (including formulas), but runs in your browser. With Mixtable you can:

• Bulk add products to collections, edit metafields, add or remove tags;
• Change product prices, including international prices, and review price history;
• Manage customers with a spreadsheet CRM for Shopify;
• Use Excel features like sort ascending or descending, find-replace, filter, and more.

Best of all, you can sync changes back to Shopify with a single click. Find out more about the Mixtable suite of products here.