Product Import

Product Import

The Product Import section is where you manage every product that exists in your SHEIN Importer catalog. This is your central workspace for viewing imported products, checking their status on both Shopify and SHEIN, monitoring inventory, and performing actions like updating prices or inactivating listings. If the Dashboard is your control center, this page is where the day-to-day product management happens.
  1. Search – Click the magnifying glass icon to find a specific product by name. Useful when your catalog grows beyond a screen or two.
  2. Filter – Narrow the list by criteria such as SHEIN status (Listed, Not Linked, Inactive, Sold Out), inventory level, or other attributes, so you only see the products that matter to you in the moment.
  3. Sort – Reorder the list by title, creation date, or other columns to organize your view however makes most sense to you. 
These tools work together to help you quickly locate products in a large catalog.

Page Grid: 

  1. Image: A small thumbnail of the product. If a product was imported without an image, you'll see a "No Image" placeholder instead, signaling that the product may need attention before it goes live.
  2. Title: The product's name. Long titles are truncated with an ellipsis to keep the table clean — hover over them to see the full title. You'll notice a small link icon next to some titles. This icon indicates the product is linked between SHEIN and Shopify — meaning the two versions are connected and will stay in sync. Products without the link icon are standalone in the app and haven't been paired with a Shopify product yet.
  3. Inventory: This column tells you two things side by side:
    1. Quick action icons – A green Shopify icon opens the product directly in your Shopify admin, and the external link icon opens the product page on SHEIN. These shortcuts save you from manually searching either channel when you need to verify or edit a product at its source.
    2. Stock summary – A text summary of available stock for your products. The small dropdown arrow (˅) next to the stock summary expands the row to reveal a detailed breakdown of inventory per variant, so you can see exactly how stock is distributed.
  4. SHEIN Status: This column shows the current state of each product. The status tags you'll commonly see are:
    1. Listed – The product is active and successfully live on SHEIN.
    2. Not Linked – The product exists in the app but hasn't been connected to a SHEIN listing yet.
    3. Inactive – The product has been paused or deactivated and isn't currently live.
    4. Sold Out – The product is linked but has no available stock.
      At a glance, this column lets you understand which products are ready to sell, which need linking, and which require attention.
  5. Creation Date: Shows when each product was added to the app. Useful for tracking your import history and identifying recently added items.
  6. Action: The rightmost column contains a three-dot menu (⋮) for each product. Clicking it opens a small dropdown with row-level actions, such as:
    1. Inactivate on SHEIN – Pause the product on SHEIN without deleting it. Use this when you want to temporarily stop selling an item but plan to bring it back later.
    2. Update Price and Inventory – Push the latest price and stock values from the app to SHEIN, keeping your listing accurate.

The Product Import page is your single source of truth for everything in your imported catalog. It combines visibility (status, inventory, dates) with quick actions (link, update, inactivate) so you can manage your products efficiently without bouncing between Shopify and SHEIN. 

How to Import Products from Shopify 

When you click the Import products from Shopify button in the top-right corner of the Listings page, a confirmation popup appears before the import begins. This extra step is a safety check that ensures the import only runs when you intentionally trigger it, preventing accidental data syncs. 
Once you click Confirm: 
  1. The popup closes automatically.
  2. The app begins fetching your products from your connected Shopify store.
  3. A background task is created, which you can monitor in the Activities section on the Dashboard under the Ongoing tab.
  4. Once the import completes, the new products will appear in your Listings table, ready for you to link, manage, or push to SHEIN.



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