# Exporting data

With Duplify, you can choose the types of data that you want to copy from your source store to your destination stores. This allows you to run full migrations or export only specific parts of your store, depending on your needs.

Before you start, make sure your source and destination stores are connected. Learn more about [Connecting stores](https://support.duplifyapp.com/using-duplify/connecting-stores).

## In this section

* [Selecting content to export](#selecting-content-to-export)
* [Sync settings](#sync-settings-optional)
* [Initiating export](#initiating-export)
* [Data you can export](#data-you-can-you-export)

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## Selecting content to export

After you connect stores and click **Connect**, you can select from a list of data categories available for export. You can do the following:

* Use the checkboxes to select the data you want to export. The number of each category that's been selected displays next to the category title. 
* Product specific:
  * **Store location**: If you have multiple store locations, you can select where each location's inventory maps to in the destination store. 
    * You can also **Ignore inventory** if you don't want to export that inventory
* Existing items: Select how to handle any duplicates in the destination store:
  * **Update:** update duplicates with new export data
  * **Create**: create a new copy
  * **Ignore**: skip existing items
* Product specific: 
  * **Status:** Set the status for exported products
    * Same as source store
    * Active
    * Draft
* **Metafields:** Toggle metafields off or on.
* **Filters:** Set up filters to be more specific with what you want to export.

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## Sync settings (optional)

Duplify can automatically keep your duplicate store up to date with changes from your source store. You can choose which items to update, so you don’t need to run additional exports each time something changes.

**Steps:**

1. In step **3. Sync settings** of your new export, click **Explore sync options**.
2. Beside each category you want to sync, switch the toggle to on.
3. Optional: Under each sync item, check or uncheck the fields that you want to keep updated.

After export, Duplify automatically updates the selected items whenever changes happen in the source store.

You can change this setting at any time. Learn more about [sync settings](https://support.duplifyapp.com/using-duplify/auto-syncing).

### Sync items

Currently, you can sync:

* Products
* Collections
* Customers

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### Request more options

Don’t see the items you need? Click **Want more options? Submit a request**. Provide details about the items you’d like to sync and the problem it would solve. Your feedback helps us improve Duplify.
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## Initiating export

When you’re ready, click **Activate plan and export**, and proceed to the billing page to finish subscribing. 

Duplify processes the export in the background, and you receive an email notification when it’s complete.

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## Data you can you export

Duplify supports the following Shopify data types:

* **Products**
* **Collections**
* **Customers**
* **Orders**
* **Content files**
* **Published theme**
* **Navigation menus**
* **Pages**
* **Blogs and posts**
* **Redirects**
* **Shop metafields**
* **Metaobjects**

Click a data item in the following list to learn more about its export behavior and limitations.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Products</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/products">products</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Collections</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/collections">collections</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Customers</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/customers">customers</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Orders</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/orders">orders</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Content files</strong>                                                       </td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/content-files">content-files</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Published theme</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/themes">themes</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Navigation menus</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/navigation-menus">navigation-menus</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Pages</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/pages">pages</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Blogs and posts</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/blogs-and-posts">blogs-and-posts</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Redirects</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/redirects">redirects</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Shop Metafields</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/shop-metafields">shop-metafields</a></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Metaobjects</strong></td><td></td><td><a href="exporting-data/metaobjects">metaobjects</a></td></tr></tbody></table>