Data import with Abantecart seems very, very tricky. I have been working with shopping carts since the internet started and this seems to be a very difficult cart to use when it comes to importing data. Even the newest version is very tricky.
So from what I see, one has to create a single product, complete with category assigned, images, etc., then using the data export tool, export the Products, categories and manufactures files to see how its formatted. I get that.
However, why can't we just import a SINGLE CSV file with products, categories and manufactures all mapped. It seems like this cart requires that all the IDs be setup FIRST and then you have to map your import accordingly. Very, very 1990's. When you are importing 25,000 products, that is a barrier to using the cart.
Am I missing something? I thoroughly read pages about data import/export but am not seeing a way around this?
((I failed to say that the cart is amazing, with the exception to the data import deficiency, I don't even see a real tool to purchase to make it doable - would love to see an answer/update on this or clarification. All the questions I have seen are all pointed to the data import/export tools and they don't help....not if we need to first setup category ids manually and then manually map them in the product import sheet. Ideally, if I say a category is TOOLS --> subcategory HAMMERS, if they exist the product should be added, if non-existent, they should be created and then product added)).