Redirects

Create and update BigCommerce redirects using Shift.

Check out our step-by-step guides for how to import & export.

Quick start

The best way to get started is to run an export and use the file as a guide to the format required.

However, you can also download the redirects template.

Import & export columns

Basic columns

Fields Description
ID

This is the unique identifier provided by BigCommerce for existing redirects.

This field is required to update existing redirects.

Domain The domain for the BigCommerce site.
Old Path Redirect from this path.
Manual URL/Path

Redirect to this absolute or relative URL.

This field is only required for Dynamic Target Type url .

Dynamic Target Type

The type of redirect. Whether it's a custom redirect e.g. url or should dynamically redirect to a specific BigCommerce entity.

Allowed values: url product brand category page post

Dynamic Target ID

The BigCommerce entity ID to redirect to when Dynamic Target Type is set to product brand category page or post .

This should not be used when the Dynamic Target Type is set to url .

Dynamic Target URL

The ultimate URL that customers will be redirected to. This is provided for information purposes only.

This field cannot be imported.

Export filters

You can filter redirect exports by channel or keyword. Note that the keyword filter matches from the start of the URL, only.

As you reduce the number of items in your export, or change what data should be included, the estimate of the number of records and duration of the export will be updated

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