The EasyChannel Product Importer is a free Chrome extension that copies a product from a store page into your EasyChannel Product Catalog, with its photos, title, price, description and variations. Import one product from its page, or tick up to 100 products on a category or search page and import them together.
đĄ Get the Multichannel Product Importer from the Chrome Web Store. It uses the EasyChannel account you are already logged in to.
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How do I install the extension and log in?
Open the Multichannel Product Importer page on the Chrome Web Store and click Add to Chrome, then Add extension.
Pin it: click the puzzle-piece icon in the Chrome toolbar, then the pin next to Multichannel Product Importer.
Log in to EasyChannel in the same Chrome profile. The extension has no password of its own: it uses that session.
Click the extension icon. If it shows Log in, click it. The popup has four tabs: Main, History, Settings and Profile.
The Profile tab shows the account the extension is using. Its Log out link logs you out of the extension only; you stay logged in to EasyChannel.
If the popup says Site access is turned off, Chrome is blocking the extension from app.easychannel.com. Click Allow access.
How do I import one product?
On a product page the extension recognises, an Import to EasyChannel button floats in the bottom-right corner of the page.
From the page: click Import to EasyChannel, then Yes, import in the confirmation.
From the popup: click the extension icon. The popup shows a preview of what will be imported: photos, title, price, brand, sizes, variations and the description. Click Import single item.
When it finishes, the popup says Product imported to your catalog. Click View product to open it in EasyChannel.
A product you already imported is not imported twice. The popup says This item is already in your catalog. with an Open in EasyChannel link.
How do I import many products from a category page?
On a category, search or collection page, the extension puts a checkbox on each product. The floating button becomes Import selected with a count.
Open a category or search page on a supported store.
Tick the products you want, or click Select all under the button. You can select up to 100.
Click Import selected (N).
Confirm with Yes, import.
The import runs in the background, so you can keep browsing. Each product gets an orange spinner, and a line above the button counts the batch, for example Importing 0/2 products.
When it is done, a message says Imported 2 of 2 products. with an Open Catalog link, and each imported product gets a green tick.
Mark on a product | What it means |
Empty checkbox | Not in your catalog yet. Tick it to import it. |
Green tick | Already in your catalog. Click it to open the product in EasyChannel. |
Orange spinner | Importing right now. |
Red mark with an arrow | The last import failed. Hover to see why, or click the arrow to retry that product. |
Up to 3 imports can run at the same time. If you start a fourth, the extension asks you to wait for one to finish.
Where do imported products end up?
In your Product Catalog. The extension never lists anything for sale. You publish the products to your channels from EasyChannel when you are ready.
Each product is filed under the Catalog account set in the extension's Settings. By default, that is the account you have selected in EasyChannel at the time you import.
The extension generates a SKU for each product with the SKU template chosen in Settings, a moment after the import.
Variations come in as child products of one catalog product, each with its own SKU.
â Check the Media section of each imported product before you publish it. An import can bring in extra photos from the store page, such as pictures of other products.
Which websites can I import from?
Website | How it is read |
eBay (19 sites), Amazon (16 sites), AliExpress and Walmart | The extension reads the listing and shows the fullest preview. |
44 more stores, including Temu, Shein, Etsy, Target, Costco, Home Depot, Lowe's, Wayfair, Alibaba, 1688, Vinted, Reverb, Argos and vidaXL | EasyChannel reads the page with its own rules for that store. |
Any Shopify store | EasyChannel reads the store's own product data. |
Any other product page | Only what the page states about itself: up to 6 photos, the title and the price. |
If the extension cannot read the site you are on, the popup shows Request a website (âWe add new sites within 1 day.â). Click it to send the site to EasyChannel.
What can I change in Settings?
Setting | What it does |
Show the import button on pages | Shows the floating button on product pages and the checkboxes on category pages. |
Select multiple products with checkboxes | Adds a checkbox on each product of a category page, with select all / deselect all. |
Ask for confirmation before importing | Asks before an import starts. Import single item in the popup never asks. |
Catalog account | The account imported products are filed under. Default: The account selected in EasyChannel. |
SKU for products imported to the catalog | The SKU template. SKU templates you create in your catalog appear in this list. |
Checkboxes need both of the first two switches on. The small x next to the floating button hides it on every page after you confirm; turn it back on with Show the import button on pages.
Where do I see what I imported?
The History tab lists your last 20 imports, newest first, one row per product.
A green dot means it was imported. Open in EasyChannel opens the product.
A red dot means it failed. The row shows the reason and a Try again link.
Clear history empties the list and resets the green ticks and red marks on store pages.
FAQ
Why is there no Import button on the page?
Check that Show the import button on pages is on in Settings and that you are on a product or category page. On a few stores the button does not appear; click the extension icon and import from the popup.
Does importing list the product on my channels?
No. It creates a catalog product only. To list it, see How to Publish Products to New Channels Using EasyChannel.
The popup says no sales channel is connected. What do I do?
Connect a store first. See How to Connect Your Stores to EasyChannel.