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Publish an imported product

An imported product starts as a draft. Review it, then click Publish product to put it on your Online Store with its new page.

Updated November 4, 2026

Click Publish product in the page's window. The product turns active and joins your Online Store, with its new page. The page's theme must be your live theme.

Publish it

  1. In Shopify admin, open Apps → Section Store → AI Pages.
  2. Under Recent pages, find the imported product.
  3. Click Assign template on its row. That button opens the product's window.
  4. Click Review product. Check its photos, prices and description in Shopify. If you picked Set stock manually after import, add stock now.
  5. Click Edit page to review the page in the theme editor.
  6. Click Publish product. Allow access if Shopify asks. It asks the first time.
  7. You see The product is live. Click View product.

Good to know

  • The page is already assigned. You don't need to assign it.
  • Publishing adds the product to the Online Store only.
  • You can also publish it yourself in Shopify. Set it to Active and add it to the Online Store.

If it doesn't work

  • "Publish" your theme "first. The product page goes live with that theme." The page is on a theme that isn't live. Publish that theme, then come back.
  • "We need access to publish products. Try again and allow it." Click Publish product again and approve Shopify's request.
  • "We couldn't find your Online Store. Publish the product in Shopify." Publish it from the product page in Shopify.
  • "We couldn't publish the product. Try again." Try again. If it fails twice, publish it in Shopify.
  • "This product was deleted in Shopify. Import it again to get it back." The draft is gone. A new import uses one credit.
  • "This product handle belongs to another product. Start a new import." Another product took its address. Start a new import.

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