- 01
Open a product profile and start its listing draft
Open the existing product in Inventory and choose the Shopify draft control. RummageRail starts the draft from the profile where values exist: title, description, sale price, category as product type, brand as vendor, and brand, category, and condition as comma-separated tags. Missing profile details leave draft fields blank for you to complete.
- 02
Edit the required fields and save locally
Title, description, price, product type or category, and vendor or brand are required before saving. Tags are optional and comma-separated. You can edit and save the draft, copy its formatted values, or delete the app-local draft. None of those draft controls writes to Shopify.
- 03
Choose the explicit product action
After reviewing the draft, choose Create product in Shopify for a profile with no link, Update Shopify product for a linked profile, or the status-check action to verify an existing link. Creating requires verified read_products and write_products. Updating requires write_products. Verifying requires read_products.
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Let duplicate checks finish before creating
Before creation, RummageRail searches Shopify for products with the submitted title. One exact existing match is linked without creating a duplicate. A same-title product with different saved details, multiple possible matches, or an incomplete search blocks creation so you can review the products in Shopify first.
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Verify an unknown write before retrying
If a create or update request may have reached Shopify but its result cannot be confirmed, the product state is marked unknown or unverified. Use the status-check action and review Shopify before another write. RummageRail holds an unresolved create to avoid making a second product.
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Check publication settings in Shopify
Products created by the listing action start as DRAFT. There is no separate product-publish action in RummageRail. A separate explicit inventory action may set a linked product to ACTIVE or DRAFT according to seller availability; check the product’s publication settings in Shopify when you want it available to customers.
Before you finish
- Start from an existing RummageRail product profile and review every defaulted value.
- Complete the five required listing fields; tags may be left blank.
- Remember that save, copy, and delete apply only to the RummageRail draft.
- Check the exact capability scopes and verify an unknown write before trying again.