When you are already working on a product in your Shopify admin, Admin Links let you send it to Etsy or update its Etsy listing without switching over to Shuttle. They are shortcuts Shuttle adds to the product page in your Shopify admin.
What you can do with Admin Links
Admin Links sit in the actions menu of each product page in your Shopify admin. Open a product there, and the menu lets you:
Transfer or update the product on Etsy. If the product is not on Etsy yet, Shuttle transfers it. If it is already on Etsy, Shuttle updates the Etsy listing.
Generate SKUs for the product. Shuttle creates SKUs for the product's variants and leaves any existing SKUs as they are.
Open the product on Etsy. This opens the listing in your Etsy shop, or opens the product in Shuttle if it is not on Etsy yet.
Open the product in Shuttle, where you can run a specific transfer or update, or edit the product's variations.
Transfers, updates and SKU generation started from an Admin Link run in the background, so they can take a few minutes to finish.
Turn on Admin Links
Admin Links are turned on in Shuttle's product settings, with separate options for transfers and updates.
In Shuttle, go to Settings > Products > Shopify → Etsy.
Scroll to the Admin Links section.
Tick Enable transfer button in Shopify admin to let the link transfer products that are not on Etsy yet.
Tick Enable update button in Shopify admin to let the link update products that are already on Etsy.
If you turned on updates, choose what to update under Update parts.
Click Save.
Choose what an Admin Link update changes
An update through an Admin Link only changes the parts you tick under Update parts, so nothing changes on Etsy that you did not mean to change. Ticked parts are always updated. Unticked parts are never updated, even if they changed in Shopify.
The parts you can choose from are:
Title
Description
Images
Video
SKU
Price
Quantity
Tags
Weight
Dimensions
Attributes
Materials
The update link only runs when at least one part is ticked under Update parts.
What to check if an Admin Link changes nothing on Etsy
If you used an Admin Link and the product did not transfer or update after a few minutes, one of these is usually the cause:
The product is not on Etsy yet. Make sure Enable transfer button in Shopify admin is ticked.
The product is already on Etsy. Make sure Enable update button in Shopify admin is ticked, and at least one part is ticked under Update parts.
You used the link twice in a row. If an earlier transfer or update of the product is still running, the new one does not start. Wait for the first one to finish, then try again.
Shuttle could not read the product from Shopify. Wait a moment and use the link again.
You are on the free plan. Admin Links do not transfer or update products on the free plan.