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Import product from PlusBase Catalog, Private request, and AliExpress products

After selecting your winning products from PlusBase Catalog or request custom products from our top-rated sourcing service, you can import these products directly to your store. Products from PlusBase Catalog and Private Request are prepared with all the necessary information for you to import to your store and start selling instantly. This article will guide you on how to import products from PlusBase Catalog and Private request.

Kindly refer to these two articles in advance: How to use PlusBase Catalog to find products and How to request custom products to your preference.



Step by Step Tutorial



To directly import products from PlusBase Catalog to your store, from your PlusBase admin, go to Dropship products > Catalog.


To import requested products from your Private request, from your PlusBase admin, go to Dropship products > Private request.


To import requested products from AliExpress products, from your PlusBase admin, go to Dropship products > AliExpress products.


There are 2 ways to import products from our Catalog to your store:

Click on the product in Catalog to see the product detail page. Then click Import to store.


Hover over the product you want to import and click Add to list. You can add multiple products to list at once. Then, click Import to store to import all selected products from your list to the store. To remove a product from the list, hover over it and click Remove from list.

Hover over the product you want to import and click "Add to list"
Then, click "Import to store"
To remove a product from the list, hover over it and click "Remove from list"
Similarly, there are 2 ways to import requested products from your Private requests to your store:

In Private request, click on the product you want to import. In the product detail page, click Import to store.


In Private request, select all products you want to import and click Import to store.


There are also 2 ways to import AliExpress products to your store:

In AliExpress products, click on the product you want to import. In the product detail page, click Import to store.


In AliExpress products, select all products you want to import and click Import to store.


Next, you will be directed to Import List page which list all products you selected. Here you can:

Click Shipping settings to set up custom shipping fee for your PlusBase products. Please refer to this article for more information on PlusBase shipping settings.


Click Enable for buyers to view & purchase this product after it was added to your store if you want the products to be available for buyers to view and purchase instantly after being imported to your store.


Review products, make changes to variants and prices before adding them to sell in your store in the Variant and Pricing tabs.

In the Variant tab, you can set up variant's name according to your preference.


In the Pricing tab, you can adjust all product's pricing including:

Selling price and Compare at price of each product's variant.

By default, the Compare at price is 130% of the Selling price.

Profit margin will be automatically calculated using the following formula: Estimated profit margin = Selling price - Product cost - Processing fee - Payment fee.

Selling price cannot be lower than the sum of cost and shipping fee.
The processing rate is based on the risk level of the product. This rate can vary depending on the product and the time of the order creation. It can be viewed in the product catalog, product private request, and product admin page after it is successfully imported to your store. Check out this article for more details on how to calculate your order profit based on the product processing rate.


You can set the Selling price and Compare at price for all variants by clicking Change all under the respective section and entering your desired amount in the text boxes.


To perform bulk actions on multiple products in your Import List, choose the products by selecting their product images or click Select all.


Then, click Actions. Here, you can choose to remove, import the selected products, or add texts to their titles.


When adding text to product tiles, you can enter custom text and choose whether to add it at the beginning or at the end of the selected products' titles.


When you are ready, you can import the selected variants or products by clicking Add products to store.


You will be prompted to set up your product preference if it has not been previously set up on your store. Please refer to this article for more details on how to set up product preferences on your PlusBase store.


Once your products have been imported successfully, you can click on Edit product to edit them or View on store to see how they look like on your storefront.





Find products on PlusBase Catalog
Request custom products in PlusBase
Request AliExpress products in PlusBase

Updated on: 26/04/2023

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