1. Scan the connected Shopify catalog
Catalog Intake reads existing product organization such as suppliers, vendors, product types, tags, options, images, barcodes, and collections.
Store Profile Scan for Shopify imports
Scan your Shopify store before importing supplier files
Catalog Intake learns how your Shopify catalog is already organized before it processes supplier PDFs, packing slips, invoices, CSVs, Excel files, and product photos. Existing vendors, product types, tags, images, barcodes, variants, and collections become review context for cleaner Shopify products, inventory updates, images, and tags before push.
Workflow
Why this matters during import
Supplier files rarely use the same language as a finished Shopify catalog. The Store Profile gives Catalog Intake context before it prepares rows for Review.
2. Process the supplier file with context
Imported PDFs, invoices, packing slips, CSVs, Excel files, and photos are interpreted against your existing Shopify patterns.
3. Review before push
Merchants review titles, variants, identifiers, tags, image matches, and inventory behavior before Shopify is changed.
Example
Example: supplier name cleanup
A supplier file may say THEORIES OF ATLANTIS INC while Shopify uses Theories. The Store Profile helps surface that existing vendor pattern so the merchant can review the cleaner Shopify value instead of creating another vendor spelling.
Proof
Use Store Profile context during supplier import
The scan is useful because it turns existing Shopify catalog structure into import guidance, not because it guesses blindly.
Supplier names and Shopify vendor patterns
Store-learned vendor names make it easier to normalize supplier labels during Review while still giving the merchant the final decision.
Tags, options, images, and collections
Existing tags, variant options, image naming patterns, and collection membership become context for safer product preparation.
Safeguards
Safeguards
The Store Profile is context for review. It is not an automatic merchandising rewrite.
- Catalog Intake prepares suggestions and review context before push.
- Automated Shopify collections continue to work through Shopify's own rules.
- Catalog Intake does not directly assign automated collections.
- Catalog Intake does not create collections unless a future feature explicitly supports that.
- Supplier or vendor names are not hardcoded for one demo or one category.
Related pages
Keep the supplier import workflow connected
FAQ
Common questions
Does the Store Profile change products automatically?
No. The Store Profile gives Catalog Intake context for Review. Merchants still approve product, tag, image, and inventory changes before push.
Can it learn existing Shopify collections?
Yes, collection membership can be used as review context. Catalog Intake does not directly assign automated collections or create collections.
Why scan before importing supplier files?
A scan helps imported rows follow existing Shopify patterns for vendors, product types, tags, options, images, and barcodes instead of treating each supplier file as isolated.
Scan your store profile before the next supplier upload
Start with the Shopify catalog you already have, then upload the supplier file and review every prepared product, identifier, image, tag, and inventory update before push.