What does Catalog Intake do for Shopify merchants?

Catalog Intake turns supplier CSVs, Excel .xlsx files, PDFs, packing slips, product sheets, and shipment images into review-ready Shopify products. Merchants can publish active products to selected sales channels or update inventory after review.

Can it read images of packing slips?

Yes. Merchants can upload photos or scans of packing slips, and Catalog Intake extracts product details, quantities, prices, SKUs, barcodes, and variant clues for review.

What file types can I upload?

Catalog Intake supports CSV files, Excel .xlsx spreadsheets, PDFs, JPG, PNG, HEIC, and WebP images for supplier paperwork, product sheets, invoices, order sheets, and packing slips.

Does it create products automatically without review?

No. Catalog Intake is review-first. Merchants inspect extracted rows and approve the batch before products or inventory updates are pushed to Shopify.

Can it update existing inventory instead of creating duplicates?

Yes. During review, Catalog Intake shows whether a row will create a new product or update inventory for an existing match, then only pushes approved rows.

Does it handle product variants?

Yes. Catalog Intake groups variants such as size, color, edition, or other options so merchants can review product groups before creating Shopify products.

Can it match product images?

Yes. The app can suggest Shopify Files images for extracted products and colorways, including matches based on image names or filename patterns, then merchants can review image matches before pushing.

Can I control titles, SKUs, tags, and inventory rules?

Yes. Store settings let merchants control pushed fields, image handling, inventory behavior, barcode handling, tags, and review rules.

What is the store profile scan?

Catalog Intake scans the connected Shopify catalog to learn how your store already uses product types, tags, vendors, option names, variants, and image patterns. The app uses that profile to organize new supplier imports so they better match your existing catalog.

Is this only for one retail category?

No. Catalog Intake is built for general Shopify catalog intake across retail categories, with store context used to adapt product types, variant structures, tags, and vendor patterns.

Shopify catalog intake

Turn supplier files into Shopify products in minutes.

Q: What counts as an upload?

An upload means one submitted supplier file or image. A single upload can contain one product or many product rows, depending on the supplier file. Upload limits are based on submitted files, not product rows.

Upload supplier CSVs, Excel .xlsx files, PDFs, packing slips, invoices, product sheets, and shipment photos. Catalog Intake extracts the product rows, prepares them for review, and helps you push products or inventory updates without rebuilding listings by hand.

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Workflow

Upload files. Review rows. Push products in minutes.

Import supplier files

Upload CSVs, Excel .xlsx files, PDFs, invoices, packing slips, product sheets, JPG, PNG, HEIC, HEIF, or WebP images.

Extract product rows

Review titles, vendors, product types, variants, SKUs, barcodes, quantities, pricing, and image matches.

Create Shopify products

Approved products can be created for review, pushed active, and published to selected sales channels when enabled.

Features

Built for messy supplier paperwork.

Review queue before any product or inventory change is sent to Shopify.
Variant grouping for size, color, width, edition, format, and other product options.
Shopify Files image matching by filename, product title, SKU, barcode, vendor name, and colorway.
Review-first product creation with optional active publishing to selected sales channels.
Store profile scanning to follow existing product types, tags, option labels, supplier and vendor patterns, and naming patterns.
Field push controls for titles, SKUs, barcodes, prices, compare-at prices, inventory, images, tags, and metadata.

FAQ

Common merchant questions

Draft, active, or sales channels?

Choose draft or active product creation in store settings. When active publishing is enabled, select the Shopify sales channels before pushing.

What counts as an upload?

One submitted supplier file or image counts as one upload, even if it contains many product rows.

Can it update existing inventory?

Yes. Approved rows can update inventory when they match existing Shopify variants by barcode.