Can I import inventory into DAXTOP from Excel?

Yes. You do not retype your catalog to move to DAXTOP: product lists with names, barcodes, prices, and quantities import from spreadsheets (Excel/CSV), which is how most stores load their initial inventory and how ongoing bulk updates — a supplier's new price list, a season's new range — get in without manual entry.

DAXTOP also has a second, more powerful route: Digitize converts paper and PDF documents — supplier invoices, delivery notes, handwritten stock lists — into structured digital data using AI extraction. A photographed invoice becomes received inventory with quantities and costs, no spreadsheet step at all.

During onboarding

If you are migrating from another system or from spreadsheets entirely, the DAXTOP team helps map your existing data during setup — the goal is that day one starts with your real catalog, not an empty screen.

Getting a clean import

The quality of an import is decided before the upload: one row per product variant, one column each for name, barcode, cost, price, and opening quantity, and consistent units. Deduplicate by barcode — the most common import problem is the same product under two spellings, which splits its sales history forever after.

Start with high-velocity products if you want to go live fast: import the top sellers first, start selling, and backfill the long tail during quiet hours. Prices and quantities can be re-imported later, so day-one perfection is not required — accuracy at the barcode level is.