How To

Staging Environment Account Requirements 

When the App is installed in a Shopify store it will check the stores setup to ascertain whether it qualifies as Live Store or Staging Store so that we do not breach Shopifys App Polices.

We will check

  • If the store is Development store if so the app will install as a Staging Environment
  • If Its a paid account and has .myshopify.com as the main domain + the store is password protected we will set it as a staging Environment  

For a Staging Environment to be able to be connected to a Live Store the Store Name field in the Staging Environment must match that of the live store.  

If the store is Live store the app will detect this and force the app into a Live store configuration

NB: If a staging store is upgraded to a live account we will remove all the products Sync'd with the app and the connection will be removed.

If a connection between a live and staging store is removed then we will remove the sync'd products from the staging environment 

Connect To Staging Environment To Export Products for Editing 

  1. Install App in 1 Live Store & 1 Staging Environment Store
  2. Accept T&C’s to expose the connection ID
  3. Ensure the Staging Environment Store name matches Live Store
  4. Click Manage Connections
  5. Click Create New Connection
  6. Decide if the store is the Source or Destination for the product data export 
  7. Add Connection ID of the store your connecting to
  8. Click Send Request
  9. In Destination store on Dashboard Accept Request

Select Which Products Should Go To Staging Environment For Editing

  1. Click manage connections of configure connection in the source store dashboard 
  2. Select the staging environment by clicking configure connection next to it 
  3. Click Edit product sharing 
  4. Filter and select product to send to destination store 
  5. Click Share

Importing Products from the Source Store to Edit 

  1. Click manage connections 
  2. Click configure connection
  3. Select product and click import into store

Editing Products in the Destination Store 

  1. Edit the products in the ( Staging Environment ) admin and click save 

NB: Any additional information added to the product in the destination store can be imported back apart for the creation of additional Variants


The only edits we will NOT Sync back to the original product in the source store are 

  • Stock
  • Additional variants 
  • Changes to handles 
  • Standard Product Types 
  • Product status 

Everything else from image updates including their display order will be sync’d back to the source store when you're ready to do so.


Importing Edits Back to the Source Store 

  1. Go to staging environment  
  2. App dashboard click Manage Connections 
  3. Click on Connection
  4. Click Edit product sharing
  5. Filter status to shared 
  6. Select products to sync edits 
  7. Click Import edits

To see the edits navigate to the product in the live store and review 


NB: If you have added metafields to the products you will need to add definitions in the live store if they did not exist already and Pin them