Free video trainings on Merlin Backoffice ® Flex

Foundational training for Merlin Backoffice entry level training on Merlin Backoffice : installation, first view, showing products, bulk editing, main features..."

All methods and tools to master catalog organization with Merlin Backoffice: default vs. secondary categories, drag-and-drop, cross-assignments, product counters by category/branch, upward associations, product positions, and more.

How to enter, bulk-edit, round, or import special/tiered prices for many products/variations in PrestaShop; bulk price edits; and applying discounts to customer groups and categories.

Deep dive into managing customer groups in Merlin: creating groups, assigning to customers, bulk edits, quick category assignments, and group-based special pricing.

MagicEdit lets you bulk-edit any text column (names, descriptions, SEO, refs, EAN/UPC, out-of-stock messages, …). Chain powerful functions: find/delete, find/replace, prepend/append, copy/concat columns, convert HTML↔text, generate barcodes, series of refs, copy/paste from Excel, and more.

For single or multistore setups: methodology to create a category tree (multi-language) and a new product collection efficiently in Merlin. Covers translations, associations, mass edits, data copy, photo association, URL generation, product duplication, HTML editors, combinations, features, etc.

Techniques to order rows in Merlin and on your shop using position fields; advanced tricks with MagicEdit series generator; sorting options; and grouping (breaks) on multiple levels.

Comprehensive training: display, export, create, edit, duplicate, translate, delete; order; upward filtering; CSV/Excel imports; standard vs. custom features; multi-values; multistore; UI tips like breaks and using MagicEdit in the Features tab.

All about attribute groups, attributes, and product combinations: display, bulk edits, manual creation, delete/duplicate, multistore, properties and order, batch replacements, translations; then a deep dive into the advanced generator & impact editor.

Short but complete: display, create, import, duplicate to multiple products, translate, delete; the key bulk operations; and importing from CSV/Excel.

Three-part tutorial: the Accessories tab (cross-assign in bulk), merging accessory lists between products, and importing accessory lists from CSV/Excel.

Be fluent in minutes with the Carriers and Attachments tabs to associate them to products in bulk.

Use the mass calculator to modify numeric fields (prices, stock, weight, …) and set/keep commercial margins when editing or importing purchase prices.

Super-powerful yet simple: apply math & string functions to live data or compute non-native metrics (e.g., markup rate, revenue per product, volume, …), and enrich imports by calculating missing columns.

How to choose the right method when products have combinations and special/tiered prices; multiple detailed examples.

Manage suppliers in Merlin: display/edit main supplier refs, bulk associations, auto-fill supplier prices, clone refs & purchase prices from products to combinations, generate refs with MagicEdit, CSV/XLS import, obsolescence rules, and supplier/manufacturer prefilters.

For multistore admins: product/category associations to stores, single vs. multistore editing, languages, features, special prices, images; multistore import settings (choose target store(s)); root category, default stores, per-store default categories, and automatic repairs.

Three parts: the built-in generator, the pro label generator, and a gallery of advanced examples.

Display/administer product images; tools to sort, tidy, purge cache, and clean the server; all techniques to add/replace photos (uploads, auto-association, …); CSV/XLS image imports; bonus: build a new catalog from a batch of photos.

A smart tool that finds the right images and matches them to the right combinations (e.g., by color comparison).

Intro to PrestaShop’s advanced stock mode, then how to enable & use it in Merlin: bulk enablement, warehouse assignments, storage locations, all stock moves (re-stock, destock, transfers), supplier purchase prices, stock value, coverage calculation, and more.

Export all/part of your catalog to multiple formats: PDF for sharing/printing; CSV/XLS/XML for price engines/marketplaces; and formats compatible with re-import via Merlin (e.g., during migrations).

Two-part training: quick tour of the 5 steps & core principles (mapping, sync keys, duplicates, options), plus a fast overview of advanced options.

A comprehensive example covering a single file that contains products, combinations, attributes, categories, features, images, … Each column & option explained. Equivalent to the 3-hour paid 1-to-1 training, adapted for Merlin.

Continuation of the exhaustive CSV/Excel import case when the file mixes products & combinations. Part 1 is a prerequisite.

Migrate categories from one PrestaShop to another, or import them from CSV/Excel. Export your tree to re-import it with IDs and URLs preserved; import trees split across multiple columns; include category translations, and more.

In-depth presentation of the scheduler bundled with the CSV/XLSX importer to run catalog imports or product updates (categories, specific prices, images, …) fully automatically on a recurring schedule.

Understand product/combination duplicates and use the built-in automatic fix tool included in the importer.

Yes, Merlin can display/edit custom fields (e.g., a second product description or MSRP). Learn how to use Merlin’s five custom columns to work with such data.

Included with category management: a powerful DB repair tool that has saved many shops after crashes. Fix missing/duplicate root, levels, breadcrumbs, orphan products/categories, multistore associations, default-store assignments, position series, missing translations, and more.

There are many ways to find products/combinations in Merlin. We revisit the “classic” methods and introduce the quick search and the powerful advanced search & filtering tool.

Designed for merchants with real physical stock and annual inventories. Create one or more inventory files by scanning EAN-13, merge them, compare expected vs. found quantities, import to sync stock and report losses.