Ways to backup Shopify Store

The first way is to backup Shopify store data manually. If you’re just getting started or on a tight budget, it makes a lot of sense to manually back up your shop. You can download a CSV file of your Shopify store’s information to save on your computer. However, only some of the data will be exported. For example, Customer information, Financial data, Products, Gift cards, Orders, and Discount codes.

But, you can’t export product categories or blog entries as CSV. Log in to your admin panel, and then choose Products from the menu on the left to get the option to export your store’s data as a CSV. Then, in the menu that appears, choose Export. Once you do that, a dialogue box will display. Choose “All Products,” then click on “Export as CSV for Excel”. Keep in mind that sorting your CSV file since doing so might cause inadvertent changes to product names and URLs. Thus, avoid any changes in that. Furthermore, data overwriting might occur if you import a CSV file that has already been sorted into your shop.

In case you lose any data, you can simply restore it because you’ve created a manual backup of your store’s data in a CSV file earlier. Thus, to import your product information, go to your admin dashboard and choose the Products option from the left navigation. Thereafter, import your items by clicking the Import tab at the top, choose the CSV file you want to use, and click the Upload button.

Taking the time to manually back up your store might be a hard task. Apps may streamline and simplify the procedure. In fact, with the help of programs, you may fully automate your backup. This frees you from the responsibility of routinely making copies of your business for safekeeping. As such, I’ll list the two apps that you can use to make backups of the shop’s data.

Rewind Backups

If you use the Shopify app called Rewind, you never have to worry about backing up your shop again. It backs up your shop once a day and notifies you of the backup status every week. The best aspect is that Rewind can back up items like blog entries, product pictures, shipping zones, metadata, and more that you can’t back up manually.

Data may be restored in minutes using Rewind, and the service is GDPR-compliant and simple to set up. There are four different paid tiers available (Basic, Growth, Pro, and Enterprise) at various price points. The cost to subscribe each month ranges from $9 to $39 to $99.

Talon App

The app’s name describes what it does best: it backs up your shop without you having to do anything. This tool allows you to quickly and easily restore your whole database or selected files to a previous time and date. There are a lot of cool extras available with automated backups. Features like Advanced Browser and Audit Trail let you quickly locate and make necessary adjustments to your data. This app’s starting price for the basic plan is just $9 per month.

You might also consider making a copy of your shop’s theme just in case anything goes wrong. Fortunately, Shopify lets you easily make a copy of your store’s theme and use it again later.

You may get a backup of your shop’s theme from the Online Stores section of your control panel. Then, visit the Theme library by scrolling down a little more. Find the theme’s Actions dropdown. Click on the Download theme file option. Shopify will immediately email the theme file to the registered address. Instead of downloading your theme, you may make a duplicate by selecting a duplicate option.