# Import profiles


> Reuse the same import destination, workflow, and import options across CopyHero and the browser extension.


Canonical URL: https://www.copyhero.app/help/settings/import-profiles

Use **Settings → Import profiles** to save the import settings you use most
often. A profile stores a destination, a workflow, and the import options that
belong to it, so you configure them once instead of on every import. Profiles
are account-wide and shared by CopyHero's import dialogs and the browser
extension.

## Prerequisites [#prerequisites]

* Sign in to the account whose imports you want to standardize.
* For a Shopify-store profile, connect the destination store first. See
  [connect a Shopify store](/help/stores/connect-shopify).
* For a Product Library profile, create the folders you want imports filed into.

## Steps [#steps]

1. Open **Settings → Import profiles**.
2. Select **New profile**, or select an existing row to edit it.
3. On the **Profile** step, enter a **Profile name**, optionally turn on
   **Use as default profile**, and choose the **Destination**.
4. Work through the remaining steps and select **Continue** after each one.
5. Review the **Confirm profile** summary and select **Save profile**.

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Every account always has at least one profile. The first time you open the
manager, CopyHero creates a profile named **Default** for you.

## Options [#options]

### Destination [#destination]

The **Destination** decides which imports a profile applies to and which steps
the editor shows.

* **Shopify store** — steps are **Profile**, **Import Options**, **Slideshow**,
  **Workflow**, **Confirmation**. Pick a **Default store**, or leave
  **Choose during import** to select the store per import.
* **Product Library** — steps are **Profile**, **Product Defaults**,
  **Workflow**, **Confirmation**. Products are filed into the Product Library
  and nothing is pushed to Shopify.

### Import Options (Shopify store profiles) [#import-options-shopify-store-profiles]

The **Import Options** step holds the same fields as the import drawer:
**Tags**, **Replace First Variant Image**, **Taxable**, **Active Status**,
**Continue Selling When Out of Stock**, **Set Inventory Quantity** (with
**Mode**, **Quantity** or **Min Stock** and **Max Stock**, and **Locations**),
**Collections**, **Sales Channels**, **Set vendor & product type** (with
**Vendor** and **Product Type**), **Rehost description images to Shopify CDN**,
**Rename Image Filenames** with its filename template, and the
**Generated images** output format.

### Slideshow (Shopify store profiles) [#slideshow-shopify-store-profiles]

Select a slideshow template and how it is applied. Leave **None** selected to
import without a slideshow.

### Product Defaults (Product Library profiles) [#product-defaults-product-library-profiles]

Set **Tags**, optionally **Set vendor and product type**, and pick the
**Default folders** that imports using this profile are filed into. Shopify push
options stay disabled for a library profile.

### Workflow [#workflow]

Optionally select the workflow that starts after an import using this profile.
Shopify-store profiles can also select a metafield set on this step. Leave the
workflow empty to import without starting one.

### Default profile [#default-profile]

Exactly one profile is the default. It carries the **Default** badge and is
preselected in every compatible import dialog. To move the badge, open the row
menu of another profile and select **Set as default**. You cannot switch the
default off directly — make a different profile the default instead.

### Order and row actions [#order-and-row-actions]

The row menu offers **Edit profile**, **Duplicate**, **Set as default**,
**Move up**, **Move down**, and **Delete profile**. The order you set here is
the order profiles appear in, both in CopyHero and in the browser extension.

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## Use a profile during an import [#use-a-profile-during-an-import]

Import dialogs show an **Import profile** selector and preselect your default
profile. Only compatible profiles are offered: store imports list Shopify-store
profiles, Product Library imports list library profiles.

* Selecting a profile re-seeds the dialog. Changes you make afterwards apply to
  that import only and never modify the saved profile.
* After the imported links are valid, select **Skip to Import** to keep the
  profile's values and jump straight to the confirmation step.
* On the final step, **Save as Import Profile** stores the current settings as a
  new profile. Saving does not start or close the running import.

Import profiles also seed the start-workflow dialog and the batch import from
watched competitor stores.

## Store-specific values [#store-specific-values]

Collections, sales channels, and inventory locations belong to one Shopify
store. If a profile is used with a different store — or its store was
disconnected or deleted — CopyHero clears those values and shows a warning, so
identifiers from one store are never sent to another. Select the values again
for the store you are importing into.

## Browser extension [#browser-extension]

The extension reads these profiles from your CopyHero account, so a profile only
needs to be maintained here. The extension's Options page links back to this
manager instead of keeping a second editable copy, and every import refreshes
the selected profile before it starts. If an older extension install still holds
local profiles, its Options page offers a one-time import; that import never
overwrites or automatically merges profiles already stored in CopyHero. The
offer disappears once those profiles are imported. A profile the import cannot
create — because its store, workflow, slideshow template, or metafield set no
longer exists — is listed separately and skipped; the others are still imported,
and you can retry after fixing it.

## Expected result [#expected-result]

The profile appears in the list and is offered in every compatible import
dialog. The default profile is preselected automatically.

## If something goes wrong [#if-something-goes-wrong]

* **The last import profile cannot be deleted.** The account always keeps at
  least one profile — create another one first.
* **A revision conflict message.** The profile was changed elsewhere, for
  example in another tab or from the extension. Reload the page and reapply your
  change.
* **A referenced store, folder, workflow, slideshow template, or metafield set
  is not found.** It was deleted or is no longer shared with you. Open the
  profile and select a replacement.
* **A warning that store-specific values were cleared.** This is expected when
  the profile's store and the import's store differ. Reselect collections, sales
  channels, and locations for the current store.

## Related guides [#related-guides]

* [Import products](/help/products/import-products)
* [Choose a destination store](/help/workflows/choose-destination-store)
* [Use metafields during import](/help/metafields/use-metafields-during-import)
* [Settings](/help/settings)