Enable the Products You Sell

Objective

This guide explains how to enable the products you sell using the NextPaw dashboard. Whether you're importing UPCs or toggling items manually, adding products to your catalog helps pet parents see what you carry right from your store locator listings.

💡 SEO Boost:
Enabling your products helps your store rank for local search terms like “where to buy [Brand] near me” and gives pet parents a reason to visit your store instead of ordering online.

Key Steps

What You Need and Accessing Your Dashboard

Export a .csv list of your product UPCs from your point-of-sale system. Please add your products to the Nextpaw Product Template. You can find that Here.
Log in to your NextPaw dashboard using your credentials.
Navigate to Store Settings, then the Products tab.
There are two ways to enable brands on NextPaw: automatically through a CSV Import or manually via toggles.

Method 1: Enable Products Automatically

Export a .csv file of your product UPCs from your point of sale. Please add your product's UPC, Title, Price, and Inventory to the Nextpaw Product Template.
In your NextPaw dashboard, click Import on the Products page and upload the file.
Please add your product's UPC, Title, Price, and Inventory to the Nextpaw Product Template at the top of the new window.
Note: UPC, Title, and Price are the only mandatory items for this upload.
Download the new CSV file you have created from the Template.
Upload the new CSV to Nextpaw.
Please map the CSV file UPC to UPC, Product Name to Title, and Regular Price to Price. These three are mandatory; if you have the inventory added, please map Inventory to Inventory.
Your brands and product catalog will be automatically enabled across the NextPaw store locator network.

This method ensures that your brands are activated efficiently and listed across multiple store locators immediately.

Method 2: Enable Products Manually

You can also enable products manually after selecting the brands you carry.

Go to the Products page in your dashboard.
Use the Select Brand dropdown to filter products by brand.
Click the toggle next to a product to enable it.
To deactivate, click the same toggle again.
To bulk enable/disable products:
- Select multiple products using the checkbox at the top.
- Click the dropdown to Activate or Deactivate all selected items.

Need Help?
Still have questions? Contact us at team@NextPaw.com and we’ll be happy to help!