# Bulk Edit Listings With an Export and Re-Import

> Export listings to a spreadsheet, edit their fields in Excel, then import the same file back to update many listings at once.

To change many listings at once, export them to a spreadsheet, make your edits in Excel, and import the same file back. Osello matches each row to its listing and applies your changes.

## Step 1: Export the listings

1. In the left sidebar, open your marketplace's section and click **Exports**, then **New Export**.
2. Choose **Listing Variants**, then the **Osello Listing Variants (Re-importable)** format.
3. Pick the marketplace, optionally filter to one category, choose CSV or XLSX, and click **Start Export**.

Prefer to hand-pick? On the marketplace's Listings page, select the listings you want and choose the **Export** action — only those listings go into the file.

## Step 2: Edit the file

Each variant is one row, and every one of the marketplace's listing fields has its own column — titles, descriptions, materials, style attributes, and the rest. Edit as many cells as you like.

A few rules keep the round trip safe:

- **Don't change the `id` columns.** That's how Osello matches each row back to the right listing and variant. (Rows are also matched by barcode or SKU if an ID is missing.)
- **Blank cells are ignored.** An empty cell never erases an existing value, so you can safely delete columns you don't care about.
- **Status and inventory columns are for reference only.** The import ignores columns like the listing's status and stock total.
- Prices and stock aren't edited through listing files — see [offers](/help/inventory-pricing/offers-price-and-inventory) for how those work.

To bulk-edit categories instead, run a **Listing Parents** export the same way — each parent row carries the listing's category, and the import applies it.

## Step 3: Import it back

1. Open the store menu at the bottom of the left sidebar and click **Imports**, then **New Import**.
2. Choose **Marketplace Listings**, then the **Listings CSV/Excel** format.
3. Pick the same marketplace, upload your edited file, and click **Start Import**.

The import page shows progress plus succeeded and failed row counts. Open any failed row to see exactly why, fix it, and retry.

## Tips

- **Editing codes with leading zeros?** Choose XLSX when exporting. Osello writes cells as text so a value like "001" stays "001" — Excel often rewrites it to "1" in a plain CSV.
- **Rows that don't match any existing listing become new listings**, so this same flow can create listings from a spreadsheet. The **Skip existing SKUs** and **Skip existing group codes** toggles on the import let you add new listings without touching current ones.

## Where to go next

- [Export your listings to Excel or CSV](/help/imports-exports/export-listings-to-excel)
- [Import data with a CSV or Excel file](/help/imports-exports/import-data-with-csv-or-excel)
- [Required fields and listing readiness](/help/channels-listings/required-fields-and-listing-readiness)