Shopify import error: "Fulfillment service can't be blank"

What it means: A variant row has an empty Fulfillment service cell. Files built by hand or by another platform's export often leave it out.

Find the rows in your file

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The product CSV you are about to import into Shopify, or the one Shopify just rejected.

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How to fix it

  1. Write manual in Fulfillment service on each listed row, unless you ship through a fulfillment app that gave you its own value.

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,,

What the checker says about it

  • Line 2: Fulfillment service is blank. Enter manual ("Fulfillment service 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.

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