Shopify catalog operations
Keep Your Shopify HS Codes Current with Catalog Watch
Clean up missing HS codes once. Catalog Watch keeps eligible new and changed products classified—and writes approved codes back to Shopify.
What Catalog Watch does for your store
Catalog Watch turns tariff classification from a cleanup project into an ongoing Shopify workflow. It watches the products you choose, sends eligible new or changed products to Tariff Code Compliance, and keeps each result in a proposal you can review. Once a proposal is approved—by you or by your saved approval rule—the HS code is written back to Shopify.
Clean up what you have
Generate proposals for selected products, a product type, or the whole eligible catalog.
Catch catalog changes
New products and meaningful product updates automatically enter the classification workflow.
Spot tariff-version gaps
Catalog Health shows codes that no longer appear in the current tariff version, so you know what needs another look.
Finish the job in Shopify
Approved codes flow back to Shopify without another export, spreadsheet, or copy-and-paste step.
Tariff schedules change too. The companion Catalog Health check shows codes that are missing or no longer appear in the current tariff version. After a tariff release, run that check again and review anything it flags. Together, Catalog Health and Catalog Watch cover both sources of drift: tariff-version changes and product-catalog changes. You stay in control of whether a tariff-version flag becomes a new classification instead of having a regulatory change silently overwrite Shopify.
A simple way to get started
- Build a clean starting point. Choose the cleanup path that fits your catalog.
- Review a few real results. Check how Tariff Code Compliance handles the products you know best.
- Turn on auto-approval. Pick the rule that matches how much of the workflow you want Catalog Watch to handle.
Phase 1: build a clean starting point
Start with Catalog Health so you can see missing HS codes and other customs-data gaps before changing anything. Then choose the cleanup path that matches the way your catalog is built:
Small catalog? Run the whole thing.
Select all eligible products and generate proposals in one bulk run. Tariff Code Compliance shows the selected count and current run estimate before you start, so you know what the job includes.
Repeatable catalog? Work by product type.
If many products truly share the same classification facts, group them by Shopify product type and apply a reviewed code across the matching products. Bundles, mixed materials, and meaningfully different products should get their own review.
Already AI-forward? Bring your agent.
Use our AI-forward Shopify catalog guide to clean up the existing catalog with Claude or ChatGPT, then hand ongoing product changes to Catalog Watch.
Already have reviewed codes ready to enter? The Shopify HS-code guide covers direct entry, Shopify's bulk editor, and CSV import.
Phase 2: review a few results
After the initial cleanup, Catalog Watch automatically schedules eligible new products and classification-relevant product changes. That means missing-code gaps do not quietly rebuild as your team adds products or edits listings.
Review the first handful of proposals from products you know well. Check the product facts, the recommended code, and the explanation. When a result looks right, approve it. Tariff Code Compliance writes the approved HS code back to Shopify for you.
This short review period answers the question that matters: does the system handle your real catalog the way you expect? Products with missing facts, unusual bundles, or a surprising result stay visible so you can give them a closer look. Once the ordinary results become predictable, you are ready to automate more of the routine work.
Phase 3: turn on auto-approval
Catalog Watch gives you two useful ways to move approved codes into Shopify automatically. Choose the one that matches your catalog and how much you have already reviewed.
Same code
A strong first step into automation. When a new proposal matches a code you previously approved for that product, Catalog Watch approves it and writes it back automatically. A genuinely different result still comes to you for review.
All proposals
The full Catalog Watch experience. After you trust the results for your catalog, every eligible generated proposal can be approved and written back to Shopify automatically. You can still inspect the decision afterward.
Every automatic approval has an audit trail
Tariff Code Compliance records which saved auto-approval configuration approved the proposal, when the approval happened, and who created that version of the configuration. You get the time savings of automation without losing the history behind the decision.
Keep the baseline without rebuilding the process
Start with the cleanup path that fits your catalog. Review a few proposals until the results feel familiar, then turn on the auto-approval mode that fits your store. Catalog Watch keeps eligible product changes moving from classification to Shopify, while Catalog Health gives you the check you need when tariff versions change.