Sync products to a channel

Every channel has a switch that automatically posts new products. When the switch is on, products you create afterwards appear on the channel by themselves. You can still choose the channels for each product.

Online Store and Google Shopping both have this switch on by default. Most stores don't need to change anything.

Turn auto-publishing of new products on or off

  1. Go to Settings › Sales channels.
  2. Click the channel name.
  3. In the Channel settings card, turn the Auto-publish new products switch on or off.

The change is saved right away and the message Channel updated appears. The switch is locked while the channel is paused.

Choose the channels for one product

The Sales channels card only exists on a saved product. For a new product, save it first.

  1. Open the product in Products.
  2. In the Sales channels card on the right, right under the Status card, click the list of channel names. A channel the product isn’t on appears faded.
  3. Turn on the switch for a channel you want to post the product to, or turn it off for a channel you want to remove it from.
  4. Click Close.

Each switch is saved as soon as you click it, so you don’t need to save the product. On a phone, the Sales channels card is lower down, after the product information cards.

The card only lists active channels. A paused channel doesn’t show here.

See which products are on a channel

  1. Go to Products.
  2. Click the Search and filter box.
  3. Choose Sales channels from the list that appears.
  4. Select the channel name, for example Google Shopping.

The list then shows only the products linked to that channel, including draft products.

Frequently asked questions

If I turn on auto-publish, do my existing products go to the channel?

No. The switch only applies to products created afterwards. For existing products, turn the channel on for each product in the Sales channels card. The one exception is when you turn on Google Shopping for the first time, when all your existing products are added to this channel.

Do draft products show on the channel?

No. A draft product stays linked to the channel but only appears once you change it to Active.

Who can change a product's channels?

The Store owner and Administrators.

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