Thrive and Shopify both have many product fields and there are some differences between the two platforms. When you first connect your Shopify account to Thrive, you have the option to import your product catalog (from Shopify). However, Thrive won't import all fields since Shopify places restrictions on what exactly we can import.
Here are the product fields Thrive import when you first connect your Shopify account and import your catalog (please note if the product field is not listed, we will not sync it):
Field Mapping
Shopify | Thrive |
Product Title | Product Name |
Tag | Categories |
Description | Product Description |
SKU | SKU |
Barcode | Barcode |
Variants | Variants |
Price | Price |
Cost per Item | Default Cost |
Product Images | Product Images |
URL handle | Product handle |
Product type | Product type |
Published scope | Published scope |
Status | Product status |
Vendor* | Brand/Vendor* |
Product category | Product category |
Inventory policy | Inventory policy |
Compare At Price | Compare At Price |
Page title | Search engine title |
Meta description | Search engine description |
*Vendors from Shopify will sync to the Brand/Vendor field in Thrive. This is different than Vendor information syncing to our Vendor management feature which is more complex and aids in re-ordering.
Italicized fields indicate they are fields specific to Shopify.
When you've successfully connected and imported your catalog from Shopify to Thrive, Thrive will now sync updates to product fields to your Shopify account. More information on how Thrive syncs can be found here.
Some notable fields that are editable in Thrive, but will not sync to Shopify include:
Shopify-specific fields
The Shopify-specific fields available include:
Shopify field | Thrive field | Notes |
URL handle | Product handle | The unique name is automatically given to a product to generate its URL for your online store. Edit the handle to create a more user-friendly URL. |
Product type | Product type | A custom label that can help you further define the category of a product. |
Published scope | Published scope | Choose between global (online and point of sale) or web (online only). These determine if the product will be visible only in the e-commerce channel or everywhere. |
Status | Product status | Choose between Active, Archive, and Draft. These determine if a product is ready for site visitors to view in your online store. |
Vendor* | Brand/Vendor* | This can be the vendor, physical store, online store, manufacturer, distributor, or wholesaler. The vendor is usually displayed as the brand on Shopify and would be equivalent to the 'brand' field in Thrive.
Any vendor information input here will not sync to the Vendors feature in Thrive. |
Product category | Product category | Used to manage products and determine the US tax rate collected at checkout (if using Shopify Tax). This field will only use values from this taxonomy list.
When editing the field for an individual product, start typing the category and the options will appear automatically. |
Page title | Search engine title | Found under "Search engine listing" on Shopify.
Search engines compare the title tag with your page content to determine whether the page title matches what the page is about. The title is shown as a clickable link in search engine results. |
Meta description | Search engine description | Found under "Search engine listing" on Shopify.
A meta description is a brief bit of text shown in search engine results after the title tag. |
Inventory policy | Inventory policy | Variant-level - Used to determine if a variant should continue to be sold when out of stock. Choose between Deny or Continue (to sell even when you're out of stock). |
Compare At Price | Compare At Price | Used to display the original price for a product that is on sale. |
Italicized fields indicate the field is variant-level (as opposed to product-level).
Fields that are relevant exclusively to Shopify users can be enabled/disabled under the Integrations tab as shown here:
Or from the Settings page, under Feature Settings>Catalog>Integrations as shown here:
Importing Shopify-specific fields
If you recently enabled a new field, be sure to click the "Import Shopify Fields" button to make sure what's in Shopify is reflected in Thrive, as shown here:
By importing this way, you'll only bring over information from those enabled fields. If you're just getting started using these fields, we still recommend importing to ensure syncing is enabled.
Editing Shopify-specific fields
One-by-one
Edit individual products by clicking on the desired product on the Products page. From there, click the Integrations tab and you will find the enabled fields are editable.
In Bulk
Once fields are enabled from the Settings page, under Feature Settings>Catalog>Integrations, click "Bulk Upload Shopify Fields" as shown here:
Next, you'll have the option to edit products OR variants. Depending on the fields you want to edit, you might need to generate a bulk upload spreadsheet for each.
NOTE: Inventory policy and Compare At Price are the only two fields that are variant level at this time.
Things to Note:
By default, synced products that are enabled for at least one location for Shopify, will show up in your online store, even if your e-commerce location isn't enabled in Thrive.
For more control over this field, we have introduced the "Publish Scope" option which you can read more about here.
Tags/Labels generated from the SKU field will not scan on the Shopify POS. Instead, use the Barcode field, or search the product by SKU and add it to the cart.
Digital Products will not be imported. These products should be created and edited exclusively in Shopify.
For details on specific shipping fields we sync to Shopify, click here.