User Guide

1. Getting Started

Welcome to Bulk Product Editor Pro — the fastest way to bulk edit your BigCommerce product catalog. This guide walks you through every feature so you can get the most out of the app from day one.

After installing Bulk Product Editor Pro from the BigCommerce App Marketplace, the app will immediately begin syncing your product catalog in the background. Depending on the size of your store, the initial sync typically takes between 30 seconds and 5 minutes. You can start browsing and editing products even while the sync is still running — any products already loaded will be immediately available.

The app opens directly inside your BigCommerce control panel — you never need to navigate to a separate website. Just go to Apps > My Apps and click on Bulk Product Editor Pro to launch the editor in a full-screen panel.

If you are on the Free plan, only your first 50 products will be available in the editor. You can see your plan status in the top-right corner of the app at any time. Upgrading your plan immediately unlocks more products without requiring a reinstall.

2. The Product Grid

The product grid is the heart of Bulk Product Editor Pro. It's a high-performance spreadsheet interface powered by AG Grid — the same technology used by financial trading platforms and enterprise data applications. It can comfortably display and edit thousands of products without any lag.

The grid displays one product per row. Each column represents a field — name, SKU, price, inventory, SEO title, and more. You can scroll horizontally to see all available columns, or use the column visibility toggle to show only the fields you care about.

Columns can be resized by dragging the column header border, reordered by dragging the column header, and pinned to the left or right edge of the grid so they stay visible as you scroll. Your layout preferences are saved automatically per browser session.

At the bottom of the grid, a status bar shows the total number of products loaded, how many are currently selected, and aggregate values (sum, average, min/max) for any numeric column when rows are selected. This is useful for quickly checking the total value of your selected inventory.

3. Editing Products

To edit a single cell, simply double-click it. The cell enters edit mode and displays an input field appropriate for the data type — text input for names, numeric input for prices, dropdown for status, and so on. Press Enter or click another cell to confirm the edit. Press Escape to cancel.

You can navigate between cells using the keyboard: Tab moves to the next cell to the right, Shift+Tab moves left, and the arrow keys move in any direction. This makes rapid data entry very efficient for experienced users.

To edit multiple products at once, first select the rows you want to change by clicking the checkbox in the first column. Then right-click any selected row and choose Bulk Fill Selected. A dialog will appear where you can set a new value for any field — the change will be applied to all selected rows simultaneously.

A blue highlight indicates a cell that has been edited but not yet saved. You can review all pending changes at any time by clicking the Pending Changes badge in the toolbar. If you decide you don't want to save, click Discard All to reset the grid to the last saved state.

4. Views & Tabs

The editor is organized into tabs across the top of the grid, each focusing on a different aspect of your products. This keeps the interface uncluttered without hiding any functionality.

• General — Name, SKU, type, status, availability, and brand.
• Pricing — Base price, sale price, MSRP, cost price, and MAP price.
• Inventory — Stock quantity, low stock level, inventory tracking mode.
• Dimensions — Weight, width, height, depth, and fixed/calculated shipping.
• SEO — Page title, meta description, keywords, and custom URL slug.
• Custom Fields — All custom fields defined on your products.
• Images — Thumbnail and all product images.

You can switch between tabs at any time without losing edits. All pending changes across all tabs are queued together and submitted in a single save operation.

5. Filtering & Search

The filter bar above the grid lets you narrow down which products are displayed. You can filter by name, SKU, brand, category, status, availability, and price range. Multiple filters can be active simultaneously — they combine with AND logic.

The search box performs a live, instant search across product names and SKUs as you type. The grid updates in real time without any loading state. Clearing the search immediately restores all products.

For more advanced filtering, click the Advanced Filter button to open a panel where you can build complex filter expressions. For example: show all products in category "Shoes" where inventory is below 10 and status is "Active". Advanced filters can be saved and reused.

The grid also supports column-level filtering by clicking the filter icon in any column header. This adds a filter chip to the filter bar and highlights the column so you always know which columns are actively filtered.

6. Bulk Operations

Bulk operations are the most powerful feature of Bulk Product Editor Pro. Instead of editing cells one by one, you can apply a value or transformation to hundreds of products at once.

To start a bulk operation, select the rows you want to affect using the row checkboxes, then click Bulk Edit in the toolbar. The bulk edit panel slides in from the right with a form showing every available field. You only need to fill in the fields you want to change — leave others blank to keep their current values.

Bulk operations support special transformation modes beyond simply setting a value. For numeric fields like price, you can choose to: Set to a fixed value, Increase by a fixed amount, Decrease by a fixed amount, or Increase/Decrease by a percentage. This is ideal for seasonal price adjustments or clearance sales.

After configuring the bulk operation, a preview panel shows you exactly which products will be affected and what each field's new value will be. You can review and deselect individual products before confirming. Once confirmed, the operation is saved as a single entry in the Change History for easy rollback.

7. Change History & Undo

Every save operation in Bulk Product Editor Pro is recorded in the Change History log. This gives you a complete audit trail of every change made to your product catalog through the app, including who made the change (if multiple team members have access), when it was made, and exactly which fields were modified.

To access Change History, click the History button in the top toolbar. The history panel shows a chronological list of all past operations. Each entry shows a summary: "Updated 47 products — Pricing tab — March 28, 2026 at 10:32 AM".

Click any history entry to expand it and see a detailed diff — the old value and new value for every changed field on every affected product. You can export this diff as a CSV for your records.

To roll back an operation, click the Rollback button next to the history entry. A confirmation dialog will list all the products that will be affected and the values they will be restored to. Confirm, and the rollback is dispatched to BigCommerce immediately. Depending on the number of products, the rollback typically completes within a few seconds to a couple of minutes.

8. Variant Editing

Products with variants are displayed as a single row in the main grid. To see and edit individual variants, click the expand arrow on the left side of the product row. This expands the row to reveal a sub-grid of all variants for that product.

Each variant row shows its option combination (e.g., "Red / Large"), its own SKU, price, sale price, inventory quantity, weight, and dimensions. All of these can be edited inline or in bulk just like parent products.

You can expand multiple products at the same time. Scroll the grid vertically to see all expanded variants. The expand/collapse state is remembered as you switch between tabs — if you expand a product in the Pricing tab, it will still be expanded when you switch to the Inventory tab.

When you save changes to variant fields, Bulk Product Editor Pro uses BigCommerce's Variants API directly. This is more efficient than editing through the product API and avoids overwriting sibling variant data, which is a common issue with other bulk editing tools.

9. SEO Editing

The SEO tab in Bulk Product Editor Pro gives you a dedicated workspace for optimizing your product pages for search engines. Poor SEO is one of the most common issues with BigCommerce stores, largely because editing SEO data for hundreds of products manually is extremely tedious. Bulk Product Editor Pro makes it fast.

The SEO tab shows four columns: Page Title (the <title> tag), Meta Description, Search Keywords, and Custom URL Slug. All four fields are editable inline. Character counts are displayed next to the Page Title and Meta Description fields to help you stay within the recommended limits (60 and 160 characters respectively).

Use the filter bar to find products with missing or empty SEO fields. Filter by "Page Title is empty" to get a list of all products that have no custom title set and are falling back to the product name — a common missed opportunity for keyword optimization.

The bulk fill feature works in the SEO tab as well. You can append or prepend text to page titles in bulk, or apply a consistent meta description template across a category of products. This is especially useful when launching a new brand or preparing for a seasonal campaign.

10. Image Management

The Images tab shows a thumbnail column for each product alongside the full list of additional images. You can see at a glance which products are missing images, which have only one image, and which have a full gallery.

To update a product's thumbnail image, click the thumbnail cell to open the image editor panel. You can upload a new image directly from your computer, enter a URL to an external image (Bulk Product Editor Pro will download and host it), or select an existing image from the product's gallery.

The image panel also lets you reorder the product image gallery by drag-and-drop. The first image in the list is the thumbnail displayed on category pages and in search results — simply drag images to rearrange them and click Save to commit the new order to BigCommerce.

Image uploads are processed asynchronously. After uploading, a progress indicator appears and the thumbnail updates once BigCommerce confirms the image has been stored. Large images are automatically optimized to meet BigCommerce's recommended dimensions without any quality loss on your part.

11. Multi-Storefront

If your BigCommerce plan supports Multiple Storefronts (MSF), Bulk Product Editor Pro detects all your connected channels automatically and displays a storefront switcher in the top-left corner of the app. Switching storefronts loads the product catalog associated with that channel.

Each storefront can have different visibility settings, pricing, and availability. When you edit a product in a specific storefront context, the changes are applied scoped to that channel. Products that are listed on multiple storefronts can be managed independently per channel.

The storefront switcher also shows a badge with the number of products in each channel, making it easy to identify the primary catalog vs. channel-specific overrides.

When performing bulk operations in a multi-storefront context, the operations are scoped to the currently selected storefront. This prevents accidental changes from propagating across all storefronts when you only intended to update one.

12. Settings & Preferences

The Settings panel is accessible via the gear icon in the top-right corner of the app. Settings are organized into three sections: Display, Sync, and Account.

Display settings let you choose your preferred column layout, set the default number of rows per page, and enable or disable the compact row mode (which reduces row height to show more products on screen at once).

Sync settings control how frequently Bulk Product Editor Pro polls BigCommerce for catalog changes made outside the app. The default is every 15 minutes. You can increase this to reduce API usage or decrease it for near-real-time sync. You can also trigger a manual full sync at any time by clicking Sync Now.

Account settings show your current plan, product count vs. limit, and renewal date. From here you can also access the BigCommerce App Marketplace to upgrade your plan, and view your billing history.

13. Billing & Plans

Bulk Product Editor Pro subscriptions are billed through the BigCommerce App Marketplace using BigCommerce's native billing infrastructure. This means your Bulk Product Editor Pro charges appear directly on your BigCommerce invoice alongside any other app subscriptions you have.

To upgrade or downgrade your plan, navigate to BigCommerce Dashboard > Apps > My Apps > Bulk Product Editor Pro > Manage Subscription. Plan changes take effect immediately for upgrades (you gain access to more products right away) and at the start of the next billing cycle for downgrades.

The Free plan is always available and never expires. If you are on a paid plan and cancel, you are automatically moved back to the Free plan at the end of your billing period — the app is not uninstalled and your settings are preserved.

For billing disputes or questions not answered here, email us at support@novastack.co. We respond to all billing inquiries within one business day.