How to Download Images from Shopify in Bulk

Product imagery is critical for driving conversions on your storefront. When migrating catalog databases, downloading individual product photos manually is highly inefficient. To streamline this process, you need to learn how to download images from Shopify in bulk.

Locating the High-Resolution Asset URLs

Shopify hosts images on its CDN (Content Delivery Network). The catalog database stores these images as complete URL strings. To download these images in bulk, you can extract the image URL columns from your catalog export and pass them to a bulk download manager.

Using Shopify Product Exporter

For an easier workflow, you can use the built-in image downloader in Shopify Product Exporter. The extension automatically extracts the high-resolution source image links for all variants, compiles them into a download queue, and saves them directly to your local machine.