Shopify basic account settings

After Shopify is connected, set up the account with the following steps:

1. Go to Channels -> Shopify Settings
2. Click Edit  next to the relevant account

Shopify basic account settings consist of 2 sections:

• Account
• Settings

Account

• Account name - the internal name of the account added when connecting Shopify. Use a name that helps you identify it easily if you have multiple accounts
• Description - describe briefly the specifics of the account
• Is default account - if checked, Shopify account will be used by default on the Post operations
• Connection Status - indicates whether the connection to the Shopify store is active. Click "Reconnect Shopify Store" to re-authorize

Settings

• Integration Options:
  • Export Valigara Products - check to list products on Shopify
  • Import Orders from Shopify - check to fetch Shopify orders
• Shop Language - select the Valigara language to take the values from
• Send videos as Images - check to post videos on Shopify. Valigara uses Workaround with ALT tagsto embed video URLs, since Shopify has no direct support for videos. Videos are placed last, after product images
  • Prefix - add a prefix to send a custom alt value to Shopify, f.i. PREFIXhttp://youtu.be/myvideo
  • Suffix - add a suffix to send a custom alt value to Shopify, f.i. http://youtu.be/myvideoSUFFIX
    • Use these to prepare the alts for the Shopify front-end development
• Out of stock action:
  • Set "Out of stock" - leaves the product on site, but marks it as sold
  • Remove from Online store - removes the listing from storefront
  • Completely delete - completely deletes the product from the store
• Remove action:
  • Remove from Online store - removes the listing from storefront
  • Completely delete - completely deletes the product from the store
• Create 301 redirects on product title change - if a certain product is targeted for SEO, create link redirects to this product in case its title is changed
• Collect product views statistics - Valigara adds a pixel to the listed product's description which collects number of views

After setting up the Basics, add more optimization and automation: Shopify Commercial Settings Shopify Mappings Shopify metafields mappings Shopify Variations