You can now move translations between Shopify stores. Export your translations from one store, then import the same file into a different store - Altera uses resource handles to automatically find the matching products, collections, pages, and other resources on the target store.
🚀 What’s New # Cross-store translation transfers – export translations from a source store and import them directly into a destination store without manual ID remapping. Handle-based resource matching – during import, Altera verifies each resource ID against the target store and falls back to handle lookup when IDs don’t match. Collection filters – filter translation exports by collection handle or collection type (manual vs smart), helpful for exporting translations for a specific collection or group of collections. Metaobject type filter – filter translation exports by metaobject type, helpful when you only need translations for a specific type like “color” or “material”. Product option value translations – exports now include option value translations with structured handles like 1.Small for easy identification. 🔧 Improvements # Handles for all resource types – the Handle column now covers products, collections, pages, blogs, articles, menus, metaobjects, metafields, product options, and option values. Grouped metaobject types – the metaobject type filter groups custom and standard types into separate sections for easier browsing. Responsive filter layout – filter rows now wrap properly on smaller screens. See the Translations reference for full details on handle formats and cross-store import workflows.
Migrating products with category attributes (like color pattern or material) between stores used to require setting up metaobject definitions, metafield definitions, and metaobject entries on the destination store first. Now Altera handles all of that for you.
🔧 Improvements # Automatic metafield definition setup – Altera enables the required product category metafield definitions on the destination store during import. Automatic metaobject creation – metaobject entries for category values like “solid” or “cotton” are created if they don’t already exist. Validated category values – category attribute values are checked against Shopify’s product taxonomy before creating them.
Metafield definitions that reference metaobjects can now be transferred between stores.
🚀 What’s New # Cross-store metafield definitions – validation values for metaobject_reference, list.metaobject_reference, mixed_reference, and list.mixed_reference types now use portable type handles instead of store-specific GIDs. Flexible import format – imports accept both type handles (features) and GID format for backwards compatibility. 🔧 Improvements # Cleaner exports – mixed_reference validations with multiple allowed types now export as comma-separated handles (camera_specs, speaker_specs) instead of JSON arrays.
Migrating from Etsy? We’ve added built-in transformations to convert your Etsy exports into the format Altera uses for Shopify imports.
🚀 What’s New # Etsy Products transformation – converts Etsy listing exports to the Shopify product format, including variants, images, and materials (see guide). Etsy Orders transformation – converts Etsy Order Item CSV exports to the Shopify order format with line items, shipping, and fulfillment status (see guide). Automatic format detection – uploading an Etsy file to the import page now shows a helpful message directing you to the Transform data feature.
Migrating from Matrixify or Shopify’s native CSV format is now easier with support for the legacy Variant Grams field.
🔧 Improvements # Variant Grams field – accepts weight in grams during product imports and automatically converts to your store’s weight unit, making spreadsheets from Matrixify and Shopify’s CSV format work without modification.
Metaobject exports now convert reference field GIDs to handles or filenames, making it simple to import metaobjects with references across different Shopify stores.
🔧 Improvements # Metaobject reference fields – now export as handles instead of GIDs, matching the behavior of regular reference metafields on products and other objects. Cross-store migrations – metaobjects with reference fields can now be imported to different stores without manual GID updates. This brings metaobject exports in line with how other reference metafields work. Metaobject imports already support using handles or filenames instead of GIDs, so you can now complete a full export-import cycle across stores without editing your files.
