SKUs are an essential part of managing your products across multiple marketplaces. While product titles and descriptions may vary, SKUs should remain consistent so ExportYourStore can accurately identify your products across channels. SKUs also make inventory management and sales reporting much easier.
How ExportYourStore Generates SKUs
Unique SKU already exists
If a product has a valid, unique SKU, it will not be changed.
Empty SKU
If the product SKU is empty, ExportYourStore generates a new SKU using the product’s ID plus a unique value.
Duplicate SKUs
If two or more products share the same SKU, a unique number is appended.
Example: SKU
SHIRTbecomesSHIRT-1andSHIRT-2.
Variations
Variation SKUs are generated based on the parent SKU.
Example: Parent SKU
SHIRT-1→ variations:SHIRT-1_Blue,SHIRT-1_Red
Note: ExportYourStore automatically updates the generated SKUs on your connected source platform products.
Who Should Use This Feature
Sellers who don’t want to manually manage SKUs
Sellers with duplicate SKUs or products without SKUs
Sellers using eBay’s “sell similar” feature without updating SKUs
This feature ensures all your products have unique and valid SKUs for proper syncing and inventory management.
How to Enable Automatic SKU Fixing
Go to the Channels page in your ExportYourStore dashboard
Select the Source platform you want to fix SKUs for
Click Settings
Enable Automatically fix my SKUs
Click Save
Once enabled, ExportYourStore will automatically generate or correct SKUs for your products.
How to manually fix SKUs
To manually fix SKU for a product, click the export button on a product that have an SKU issue.
On the popup window, click "To this product", or expand the "manually assign to this product" to choose your own SKU and set it.
Summary
Enabling automatic SKU fixing ensures that:
Each product has a unique SKU
Variations are correctly tracked
Inventory sync and reporting work seamlessly across marketplaces
Sellers save time and avoid SKU-related errors
This is a recommended feature for sellers managing multiple listings or marketplaces, especially when SKUs are missing or duplicated.