Shopify Product CSV Import Checklist: Headers, Prices, Images, and File Size

When a Shopify product CSV import fails, the real cause is often not the row Shopify highlights. A single invisible header space, regional price format, private image URL, or oversized file can make a clean-looking spreadsheet fail at upload time.

Here is the checklist I use before importing a product CSV.

1. Start with the header row

Shopify maps product data by exact column names. Before editing product rows, check the first row:

no blank header cells