MilosCandles Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I have to complain for a minute. It is amazing how many Online Commerce sites have such a basic archaic way of dealing with Variations. Etsy, Artfire, Amazon, WooCommerce all have very levels of support for this. I have numerous different vessels and have close to 40 different scents. For me to create a listing on any of these sites and have to Type or Copy and paste each scent into a box 40 times for each listing is just crazy. THEN if I add or remove a scent have to go back into 100 different listings is CRAZY. I will say for Etsy I found a site called Vela - https://welcome.getvela.com/ that allows BULK editing of your ETSY listing. (FOR FREE) I use this ALL the time. Tags, Titles, Description, and Variations. It has been a life saver. Otherwise Etsy suggests editing each item and that sucks. WooCommerce does allow Variations with "|" separating the scents so I can copy and past the list in each listing. NOT GREAT. And I think I may have found a PAID plugin to help with this, but have yet to pay. I think I am going to need to pay soon though. - https://www.pimwick.com/pw-bulk-edit/ Artfire - SUCKS Amazon - If you are NOT in Handmade it is easy and can do it with a CSV file. With Handmade, not terrible but only allow 20 variations, oh wait sorry not "variations" they are called OPTIONS. You can copy and paste a list in separated by commas. But still need to edit each listing. I think often when people think of Variations they think of S, M L, XL. So annoying. Done Complaining for the day. Hope this helps some one else. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I so totally agree. Variations are a weak link. watch out when bulk editing. I made a bigggg mistake missing a price variation on the candles section and ended up marking a $40 candle for $8 in a bulk update. You have to really, really proof read every single listing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilosCandles Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 I try NOT to price my variations for that reason. Only takes 1 - 2 times and you learn your lesson. LOL 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TallTayl Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Yup. Lesson learned the hard way. On etsy separate listings by color or scent are cheap insurance against mistakes, usually. Plus, it’s a bigger chance to be seen multiple times in searches. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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