Add items from a list or spreadsheet

Every setting

To add items from a pasted list:

1. Copy your list, for example from a WhatsApp chat.
2. Open the Paste your list page. The steps are in Find it above.
3. Tap the big box.
4. Paste your list.
5. Tap Read list at the bottom. It says "Reading your list…" while it works.
6. Your items open in a list. Fix the items that need you.
7. Tap Add 24 items at the bottom. The number is how many new items will be added.

The page says "24 items added" and "They are in your shop now". Tap Back to items.

To add items from a spreadsheet:

1. Tap A spreadsheet. Your phone's files open.
2. Pick your file. A page called Reading your file shows, then your items open in a list.
3. Fix the items that need you.
4. Tap Add 24 items at the bottom.

Customers see

your new items on your shop page right away.

Paste your list

The page says "One item per line, price at the end". The big box shows an example in grey. A heading, like Breakfast, is on its own line. The items come under it, like "Mas huni 25" and "Roshi 5".

The orange line at the bottom says how many Grow credits the reading uses, like "Reading this list uses 1 credit". A long list uses more. While a long list is read, the button says something like "Reading part 2 of 3…".

If one part does not read, a note says "Part 2 didn't read." Check which items are missing. Tap Add an item by hand at the end of the list for each one.

To use a photo of your list, tap Take a photo of the list. Pick the photo, then go on as in Add many items from photos.

A spreadsheet

The row says "Excel or CSV" and Usually free. You can pick an Excel or CSV file.

The Reading your file page shows your file's name. If your file needs Grow credits to read, it says "Reading this file uses 1 credit". To stop, tap Cancel. If something goes wrong, tap Back or Choose another file.

Put each item on its own row, with its name and price.

24 items

The title says how many items were found. Items are grouped under the headings from your list. Each heading becomes a category in your shop. Each row shows the name and price, and the About line and choices when there are some. A row with no price says Add price.

Under the title, a line says what is left, like "2 need a fix · 1 to check". When nothing is left, it says "All ready". Tap Needs you to see only those items.

A row may show a note:

• "No price yet", "Price must be a number" or "Needs a name": fix it. Until then, the item stays here and is not added.
• "We weren't sure we read this price right": tap 25 is right if it is right.
• "Also in this list at 30": the same name is in your list twice. Tap Keep both to keep both items. Tap Keep this one to take the other copy off your list.

Tap a row to change it. To add an item that is missing, tap Add an item by hand at the end of the list.

These work the same as for photos. See Add many items from photos:

• Changing one item, and going through the items that need you
• Same price for all 5, for items with no price
• The Add 24 items button, and the 24 items added page
• Add photos on that page. Your Items page then shows only the new items, with the line "Showing the 24 items you just imported".
• You already read this, when you go back and tap Read list again. Reading again uses credits and replaces your list.

Already in your shop

Some items in your list may have the same name as items you already have. Then the line under the title says "3 already in your shop". The row says "Already in your shop".

• Update price: this switch is on (green) when you start. Your old item gets the price from your list. The row shows the old price crossed out, next to the new price in green.
• Tap the switch to turn it off. The app says "Price stays". Your old item stays as it is. If you turn it back on, the app says "Price will update".
• Add as new: adds it as a second item with the same name. The row says "Adding as new". Tap Undo to change your mind.

If the price is the same, the row says "Already in your shop, same price". There is nothing to choose.

When Update price is on, your list can also change the old item's category and unit.

When only price changes are left, the green button says Update 3 prices. While prices change, it says "Updating 3 of 10…".

Customers see

the new price on your item.

Split into 2

Some lines have choices, like a Small and a Large. Small boxes show under them, like "Small 25" and "Large 40". It starts as one item with choices. Customers pick a choice when they order. See Add sizes and colours.

Tap Split into 2 to make them separate items, like "Mas huni Small" and "Mas huni Large". The app says "Saved as 2 items". To join them again, tap Keep together. The app says "One item, two choices".

A note may say the items were saved, but the choices were not. Then open the item and add the choices yourself. See Add sizes and colours.

Customers see

one item where they pick Small or Large, or two items with their own prices.

Keep this list for later?

When you tap the X at the top right before everything is added, this sheet opens. (A sheet is a panel that covers part of the screen.) It says something like "24 items. You'll find it at the top of your Items page on this phone for 3 days."

• Keep as draft: keeps the list and closes.
• Keep editing: takes you back to your list.
• Discard list (in red): throws the list away and closes.

A pasted list you have not read yet can be kept too. The sheet then says "Your pasted list."

For a list from photos, the app may say "Your photos won't be kept if you close". This means your phone could not save them. The items are kept, but not their photos.

Your list is waiting

This card shows at the top of your Items page when you kept a list. It can also show if the app closed before you finished. It says how many items the list has and how many need you, like "24 items · 3 need you". For a list you did not read, it says "A pasted list, not read yet". Under that, it says when it was saved, like "Saved 2 hours ago on this phone".

• Continue list: opens your list again, where you left it.
• Discard: the card asks "Discard list?". Tap Discard to throw it away, or Keep.

On the Add items page, the same list shows at the top as Continue your list.

On a list you continue, Start fresh shows next to the title. It throws the list away and takes you back to the Add items page.

Only this phone keeps the list. You will not see it on another phone or a computer.