How to bulk upload/import product images to Shopify? (from Google Drive or Dropbox)
It is painful and boring to upload product images to Shopify if you have to do this for more than ten products. It can take a lot of time to upload all these images one by one manually, and it is easy to make a mistake in this process and assign the wrong images to products.
We noticed this pain and decided to make a Smart Bulk Image Upload app to help merchants save time by automating this process. The only important thing is that your image names are the same as the SKU of your variants. For example, if your product's SKU is 456743, your image name should be 456743.jpg (the extension can be any valid image extension).
If you want to assign more than one image to a single product, you can use underscores and the number of positions in your images, for example, 456743_1.jpg, 456743_2.jpg, etc. In this example, 456743_1.jpg will go to the first position, and the 456743_2.jpg image will be the second image of the product/variant.
The app is integrated with Google Drive & Dropbox, and you should put your images in a folder inside Google Drive or Dropbox to upload them to Shopify. Google Drive provides a 15GB free storage limit, which is probably enough for your requirements.
You can watch the DEMO video for step-by-step instructions on how this app works. The video is 10 minutes long, but it can be a good investment to save hours of boring image import tasks.
Replacing existing Images
There is an option to replace existing images if you want to import all images from scratch. If you don’t want to replace existing images, it is also fine, and this is the recommended option since it works faster.
All possible matching options
Smart Image Upload app provides multiple options to match your photos with products. These are the following options.
- Match by exact SKU
- Match if SKU contains image name
- Match if the image name contains SKU
- Match by exact Barcode / EAN
- Match if Barcode / EAN contains image name
- Match if the image name contains Barcode / EAN code
What type of Shopify Brands are using this app?
The app is being used by all types of brands in different industry categories, but there are two main categories to which the majority of users for our merchants belong. These are
- Fashion and Apparel category
- Furniture and Home Furnishing category
Why should you consider using the Smart Image Upload app?
The app not only saves you a ton of time and prevents you from dealing with the boring task of uploading images manually, but it also helps your inventory go live faster. The more inventory you have online, the more chances you have to make a sale and earn more revenue. This is a great investment for your online store. We are also happy to refund your money if you are unhappy with our app.
Automatic alt text for better SEO for your product images
Smart Image Upload app will also assign alt text automatically to your images. Alt text is very important for the SEO of your product pages. It also will help Google to index your images in Image search results which can bring extra traffic to your store.
Amazing customer support
We take customer support very seriously, and excellence in customer satisfaction is critical to us. That is why we always try to answer your questions and solve your problems as soon as possible. If we can solve your problem with customization, we will do our best for you. Don’t take our word for this, but look at amazing reviews from Shopify merchants using our app.
Customer Reviews
You can see some amazing reviews from our users. It’s amazing to hear people saved a ton of time, as time is valuable.
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I had an amazing experience with smart bulk image , honestly they edited their system for images configuration -like on the spot- to match my business needs. normally it takes time with the tech team. however they were very responsive. they have a very good customer service and i was lucky chatting with Özkan, Özkan was very helpful and supportive. so i really appreciate you honest and great service system is easy to use , fast and has no conflict with the theme.Thanks a lot
SHOBEEZ— United States 🇺🇸
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This app saved my life! OK thats a bit dramatic, but it really helped me out when I lost all of my product images due to an error with a product import. Their support is top notch, responding to me quickly and helping me finetune the app to fit my needs.de Buyer — United States 🇺🇸
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Great app — and amazing and fast support. Within a few hours they managed to implement a suggestion I made.FINICC — Denmark 🇩🇰
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A massive thanks to Farid for his fantastic help in getting all 10,000 images uploaded with their SKUs! His dedication and problem-solving skills made the process a breeze. Plus, his positive attitude was contagious! In just 15 minutes he was able to fix the issue. Thank again! I would recommend this app 100%Blue Star Eyewear — Australia 🇦🇺
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No joke, this is the best app to use if you have a mass amount of images to upload. I have a customer with 10,000 products that needed 10,000 images to be matched. This app solved that. Matches the product to the images. Because of this app my project went from 300 hrs (a lof of that uploading and matching the images), down to 60 hrs total. Big, BIG time saver! High recommended.GFX Auto — United States 🇺🇸
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The app performs great and saved me much time uploading and replacing images for many items in my Shopify Store. I would highly recommend to anyone in need of managing lots of inventory.
You will need to play around with settings for the file titles you want it to find, but once you have got it you are good to go. And they give you the means of verifying everything is “found” before adding or replacing images.Labels Resale Boutique — United States 🇺🇸
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This app has been the best thing ever for my workflow. To date, we have uploaded 65,195 photos through Smart Image which, when you think about it, has most likely saved us weeks of time!!! Customer service is amazing as well! If you are looking to save time uploading images, this is the app you need. User-friendly, easy to use, and FAST! Thank you Smart Image for saving us valuable time!!!Kantha Bae — United States 🇺🇸
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I used this app to import more than 1000 photos from a folder. It works more than perfect. I was looking for an app for this purpose but Smart Image upload is the best and easy one!Monilia Idee Preziose - Italy 🇮🇹
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This is one of the best Apps that I am using. Easy to use and understand and it delivers what it promises. It has saved me a tremendous amount of time and work. It is pleasant to work with Ozkan and Farid. The response is fast and effective.Industrial Control & Engineering — Namibia 🇳🇦
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One of the best time saving apps with Shopify. Just get the SKU and image names the same and the rest is automatic. I have uploaded nearly a 1000 images without issues. This app has saved me hours !Traralgon Sugarbabies — Australia 🇦🇺
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This app is truly awesome, but if you run into a snag, the helpdesk is extremely helpful and will go to any length to satisfy your needs. I asked for a way to upload without the need to change all the filenames to conform to the current naming conventions and Farid (owner) actually changed it so I no longer have to do this. How awesome is that?!!!Trustables — United States 🇺🇸
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When I first started using this app a little over a month ago, I found it had some limitations regarding the functionality of matching up image file names and required SEO image preferred naming method. Farid and the team quickly reviewed my points and within 48hrs had a vastly improved option that works 100%. This team has taken on other suggestions and delivers a result. It’s now a great app and one that must be in your tool kit if you are serious about managing the large number of image files that Shopify expects.Onlinetonerau — Australia 🇦🇺
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This app is awesome! Thank you guys for this amazing app! We have more than 23000 products in our store, and with this app, we uploaded around 23000 product images very quickly and saved a lot of time. The app works perfectly and without any issues. Totally recommended.Posteraj — štampa i uramljivanje — Serbia 🇷🇸
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We onboard 2000 new products every month, so the Smart Image Upload app is extremely valueable for us. The app works withount any issues, and the support have been helping me solve a special-case. I was very very impressed with their responsetime and effort in helping me out.SassyLAB.dk — Denmark 🇩🇰
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Long story short cut, saved almost days of work to a couple of hours, incredibly smart and beautifully well done. Just make sure all SKU is matched with the image. Then happy days. It is highly recommended.Ere Products London — Turkey 🇹🇷
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Amazing so easy to use and friendly app. I spend so many money but i did not satisfy with any other app. But this app is my last destiny. And finally i am satisfied with the result. Thank youNatalia Rugs — Pakistan 🇵🇰
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We are currently migrating a large sku count store to shopify. This app is essential for us to migrate the images in a time and cost effective manner. Farid was super helpful, getting on a call and working through a use case specific to my store. He enabled a new configuration for us that solved the problem in just an hour to unblock our team!Overall great experience and great team!
My Store — United States 🇺🇸
Also, in case you need to bulk delete products from Shopify, read our other article
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