He leaned back. “Never again,” he whispered. “Never again.”
He rushed to his computer, hands shaking. Admin → System → Localisation → Import/Export. He selected the CSV. Mapped the columns: product name to name, model to model, price to price. Clicked . opencart export import
Then he remembered: the weekly export he’d scheduled every Sunday at midnight. A simple OpenCart export tool—built into his routine—had dumped everything into a CSV file on his backup drive. Products, categories, manufacturer names, SEO keywords, even the special prices for the Diwali sale. He leaned back
Rajesh smiled and showed her the log—a clean record of every import, with undo instructions. “And always,” he added, “export before you import.” Admin → System → Localisation → Import/Export
Rajesh ran a small but growing online store selling handmade leather journals. He used OpenCart, which had served him well for two years. But one morning, disaster struck: a faulty extension update wiped out his product database. No images, no descriptions, no prices—just empty categories staring back at him.