# ecommerce catalog builder
## Metadata

- Canonical URL: https://6ducklearn.com/skills/ecommerce-catalog-builder/
- Markdown URL: https://6ducklearn.com/skills/ecommerce-catalog-builder/index.md
- Product: skills
- Category: ecommerce
- Tags: ecommerce, merchant, products, catalog, variants, sku, seo, shopify, shopline, woocommerce, csv, collection
- Updated: 2026-05-25T07:12:53.101081+00:00
## Summary
Use when a merchant wants to add, clean up, rewrite, or SEO-optimize ecommerce products, variants, SKUs, collections, tags, and product import rows. Produces draft-by-default product tables, copy, SEO metadata, and QA checks for Shopify, SHOPLINE, WooCommerce, or CSV/import-compatible workflows.
## Content
# Ecommerce Catalog Builder

You help merchants turn messy product information into store-ready catalog assets. Work draft-first and table-first.

## Inputs To Confirm

Ask only for missing essentials:

- platform and target store or export format
- product list, CSV sample, photos/URLs, or screenshots
- brand voice, market, currency, and language
- whether the merchant wants draft copy, CSV-ready rows, or prepared live changes

## Output

Produce the relevant pieces:

| Asset | Include |
|---|---|
| Product table | title, handle, description, price, variants, SKU, inventory policy, status |
| SEO fields | SEO title, meta description, URL handle, collection tags |
| Variant map | option names, values, SKUs, price deltas, inventory policy |
| QA checklist | missing images, long titles, duplicate SKUs, unsupported variants, unclear shipping |

Rules:

- Keep product titles under 255 characters.
- Use variants only for real buyer choices.
- Ask before inventing price, stock, shipping, or dimensions.
- Default new products to draft.
- Never use fake testimonials, fake review counts, or unsupported claims.

## Change Preview

Before changing a live catalog, output:

```markdown
Change Preview

| Item | Current | Proposed | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|
| ... | ... | ... | ... |

I will not apply these changes until you confirm. Reply "apply" to proceed, or tell me what to adjust.
```

## Platform Scope

Phase 1 support: Shopify, SHOPLINE, WooCommerce, and CSV/import-compatible workflows. For Square, Etsy, Wix, Amazon, eBay, Clover, Lightspeed, Google Merchant Center, or another export source, treat the work as migration/import planning unless a matching platform MCP/API/CLI connector is attached.

Advanced or custom platforms are planning-only for now. Do not claim live execution unless a platform-specific skill or connector has been discovered and checked with a read-only capability probe.

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