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title: Multiple Variant Barcodes now use Shopify's CSV format
date: 2026-09-24
description: The Variant Barcodes column now uses the format of Shopify's product CSV: semicolons between barcodes and the type in front of the value.
tags: ["Products","Imports","Exports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-09-24-variant-barcodes-shopify-csv-format/
---
Shopify's product CSV now has a `Variant Barcodes` column of its own. The Altera column uses the same format from today, so a Shopify export imports into Altera as it is, and an Altera export imports into Shopify.

For example, here is how you would represent an item with an EAN, UPC and custom barcode: `ean:4006381333931; upc:012345678905; SUP-4471`

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### 🔧 Improvements

- **Shopify's format** - barcodes are separated by semicolons and the type goes in front of the value (see [Variant Barcodes](https://support.getaltera.com/en/articles/11490229-product-fields#variants-variant-barcodes)).
- **Shopify exports import as they are** - the `Variant Barcodes` column of a Shopify product export is read without edits, typed and custom barcodes alike.
- **Sample file** - the [multiple barcodes sample](https://static.getaltera.com/sample_files/Products_Sample_Multiple_Barcodes.csv) shows the new format.

### ⚠️ Heads-up

- **Old files still import** - files exported before today, with commas between barcodes and the type in square brackets still import.