Overview
If you’re transitioning to Growave’s Wishlist feature from another app within the Shopify platform, this guide will assist you in importing your existing data seamlessly. By following the steps outlined below, you can ensure that your customers retain their favorite products in their wishlists, enabling you to utilize Growave's buying triggers effectively and boost your sales.
Step 1 – Download and prepare CSV files for wishlists import
Before you start importing wishlists, you need to download and fill relevant templates with correct data.
Go to your Growave admin → Import/Export → Import tab.
In the Wishlists card, click Download Wishlist CSV template (Excel format), or save a copy, edit and download the CSV template file from Google Sheets.
Required and optional fields in the Wishlist import template
Here are the required and optional fields for the CSV file with customers’ wishlists.
Column header name | Description | Requirement |
Customer's email address | Required | |
Unique numerical Shopify ID of a customer (not required if email is provided) | Optional | |
product | Required | |
variant
| Selected product variant (numbers at the end of the product URL) | Optional |
date | Date the product was added to wishlist (format: YYYY-MM-DD; defaults to current date) | Optional |
list_name | Name of the wishlist. If this field contains a value, the imported product will automatically be added to a wishlist with that name. | Optional |
How to find customer and product details
Product ID
In Shopify admin, go to Products → select the product → the product ID is the number after "products/ " at the end of the URL:
Product handle
Visit the live product page on your shop → the product handle is the text after "products/ " at the end of the URL:
Product variant
Visit the live product page on your shop → the product variant is the number after "variant= " at the end of the URL:
Customer ID
In Shopify admin, go to Customers → select the customer → the customer ID is the number after "customers/ " at the end of the URL:
In this example, we will use the Google Sheets import template:
Open this CSV import template.
Click File menu → select Make a copy.
Add your customer's wishlist data into relevant columns.
Click File menu → Download → Comma separated values (.csv):
⚠️ Important
The CSV file size must be no more than 10 MB.
Step 2 – Upload the CSV file with wishlist data
After filling in the template with wishlist data, upload the file:
Go to your Growave admin → Import/Export → Import tab.
Click the Start import button to open the import modal.
Select Wishlist tab → click Upload file.
Click Next to start validation.
Step 3 – Validate wishlist import file
Once you upload the CSV file and clicked Next, Growave starts validating the data to ensure it meets the required parameters.
If everything is correct, you’ll see a success message: "All records are valid and ready to be imported. Note: Some records might be skipped during import." Click Start import to proceed.
If some records are invalid, Growave can still import the valid entries. You will see a message: "X records have errors and will be skipped. Note: Some records might be skipped during import." You can click Start import or Download error report to identify and fix the issues.
If there are no valid records, you’ll be prompted to Download error report and fix the errors. Click Close after downloading the report.
Step 4 – Start importing wishlists
Click Start import after successful validation.
The modal window will close and you will see the import history table with data on each import operation.
Depending on the number of lines in the file, importing may take some time.
After successful importing, you will see the Completed status and details about imported entries.
Step 5 – View and manage import history
After you have completed validation or imported at least one file, you will see the Import history table under Growave admin → Import/Export → Import tab.
The Import history table includes the following columns:
Date: Date and time of the importing operation.
Type: The type of import operation corresponding to the selected option:
Wishlist.
Status: Shows import operation status, may display the following status:
Validating — validation is in progress.
Errors found — no valid records found, import cannot be continued.
Ready to import — validation is completed, import can be started.
Importing — importing is in progress.
Completed — import successfully completed.
Reverting — reverting data import is in progress.
Reverted — imported data has been deleted from the database.
Total: Total records found in the file.
Invalid: Invalid records that could not be imported.
Imported: Successfully imported records.
Skipped: Records that are valid but skipped during importing, e.g., because the same data already exists in the database. The Skipped records report will be available via Download icon.
Actions: Includes clickable links to perform certain actions:
Import: Appears when validation has been completed but importing is not started yet. Clicking it opens a modal displaying validation results. You can click Start import to proceed.
View: Appears when errors have been found. Clicking it opens a modal displaying validation results and a link to download error report.
Revert: Appears when import has been completed. Clicking it opens a confirmation modal with the following message: "All records imported from [filename].csv will be removed. This action cannot be undone." Click Revert to delete the imported wishlist data.
If you encounter any issues while importing wishlist data, contact us at [email protected] or use the chat icon in the bottom-right corner of you Growave admin panel. We're here to help! 🤗