How to fix it
- Fill in Price on every variant row the checker lists.
- Image-only rows (a URL handle and an image link, nothing else) do not need a price; make sure those rows really have no option values.
Example
A file with this problem
Title,URL handle,Status,Option1 name,Option1 value,Price,Inventory tracker,Inventory quantity,Continue selling when out of stock,Fulfillm... Cotton Tee,cotton-tee,active,Size,S,20.00,shopify,5,deny,manual, ,cotton-tee,,,M,,shopify,5,deny,manual,
What the checker says about it
- Line 3: the variant has no price. Shopify reports "Validation failed: price can't be blank".
Once the listed rows are fixed, check the file again; the checker also looks for every other problem Shopify documents, so you do not trade one error for the next.
Questions
- What does "Validation failed: price can't be blank" mean in Shopify?
- A variant row has an empty Price cell. Every variant needs its own price, including the extra rows for each size or color, not only the first row of the product.
- How do I fix it?
- Fill in Price on every variant row the checker lists. Image-only rows (a URL handle and an image link, nothing else) do not need a price; make sure those rows really have no option values.
Other Shopify import errors
- Validation failed: options are not unique
- Inventory quantity can't be blank
- Inventory quantity is not a number
- Inventory policy is not included in the list
- Fulfillment service can't be blank
- Ignored line because handle already exists
- All checks
Sources
- Shopify Help Center: Solutions to common product CSV import problems: https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/products/import-export/common-import-issues
Based on Shopify's help pages for product CSV import. Not tested on a live store.