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How to Sync Product Costs from Google Sheets

This guide explains how to enable the Google Sheets integration for a user and connect their product cost spreadsheet.

Written by Ruth Buan
Updated today

Step 1 — Sign in and Connect Google Sheets

Sign in to your Link My Books account and follow the steps below:

  1. Go to Inventory → Product Costs.

  2. Click the Integrations tab.

  3. Select Connect Google Sheets.

  4. Choose the Google account that owns the spreadsheet.

  5. Click Continue.

  6. Click Allow to grant permissions.


Step 3 — Download the Template

Inside the Google Sheets setup window:

  1. Click Download Template File.

This downloads a CSV containing the required structure.


Step 4 — Create the Google Sheet

  1. To create a new Google Sheet file, go directly to https://sheets.new

  2. Rename the file.


Step 5 — Import the Template

Inside the Google Sheet:

  1. Click File then Import.

  2. On the pop-up screen, go to the Upload tab and drag and drop the CSV file downloaded earlier.

When importing:

  • Set Import location to Replace spreadsheet to create a new sheet on the same file you just created.

  • Click Import data

The spreadsheet will now contain the data from the downloaded template:

  • SKU

  • Cost

  • Product Name

  • Product Group


Step 6 — Connect the Sheet

  1. Copy the URL from the Google Sheets address bar.

  2. Return to Link My Books.

  3. Paste the URL into the Google Sheets URL field.

  4. Click Validate Sheet.



Step 7 — Map Columns

Users must confirm the column mapping.

Field

Required

SKU Column

Required

Cost Column

Required

Product Name

Optional

Product Group

Optional

  • Optional setting: Create new SKUs for unknown codes

  • When enabled, SKUs found in the spreadsheet but not in Link My Books will be automatically created.

Click Next, then Save & Connect.

Your Product Costs > Inventory page should now show the connected Google Sheet file.

Note: Changes sync twice a day automatically.

Disconnect Google Sheets

If you no longer want Link My Books to sync product costs from your Google Sheet, you can disconnect the integration.

Steps

  1. Go to Inventory → Product Costs.

  2. Click the Integrations tab.

  3. Find the Google Sheets integration.

  4. Click Settings.

  5. Select Disconnect.

Once disconnected:

  • Link My Books will stop syncing any new product cost updates from Google Sheets.

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