Support

How can we help?

Answers to the questions we get most, plus a direct line to us. We reply by email, usually within one business day.

Getting started

How do I install the extension?

Install from the Chrome Web Store or Firefox Add-ons . The icon appears in your toolbar — pin it so it stays visible.

Then click the icon and sign in with your SALO Tools account. Do not have one? Create one free — it takes a minute and works across every SALO tool.

How do I export my first catalogue?
  • Open the WooCommerce store you want to export
  • Click the extension icon — it checks whether the site is WooCommerce
  • Pick your format and which field groups to include
  • Click Check Store & Price to see the exact credit cost
  • Approve it, wait for the scrape, then click Download

For moving products between stores, choose WooCommerce Import CSV — it needs no editing before import.

How do I import the CSV into WooCommerce?

In the destination store's WordPress admin:

  • Products → Import
  • Choose the downloaded file, click Continue
  • Every column maps automatically — click Run the importer

Product IDs are deliberately left blank so the importer creates new products. Reusing the source store's IDs would overwrite unrelated products in the destination.

Two things WooCommerce loses on import: the virtual and downloadable flags are dropped, so those products arrive as shippable physical goods. Re-tick them afterwards. The extension warns you before download when your export contains any.

What do scrapes cost?

One tool credit per 20 products, rounded up. A 400-product store costs 20 credits.

Credits are charged when the scrape starts, after you approve the quote. They are refunded in full if the scrape fails or you cancel, and partially refunded if fewer products are found than estimated.

The balance is shared with the PDF Editor and Receipt Creator. Check or top up your balance.

Troubleshooting

It says "WooCommerce not detected" on a store I know uses WooCommerce

Detection can fail on heavily customised themes, headless front ends, and aggressive page caches that strip the usual fingerprints.

Click Scrape anyway when that message appears. The Check Store step probes the store's API directly and often succeeds regardless — and it costs nothing if it finds nothing.

Opening the shop or a category page rather than the homepage also helps.

"Could not run on this page"

Browsers block extensions on internal pages. The extension cannot run on chrome:// pages, about: pages, the Chrome Web Store, or addons.mozilla.org. Open a normal website and try again.

"The page did not respond"

The scraping engine is injected on demand and needs a live page. Reload the tab and try again. This usually happens when the tab has been sitting idle and the browser discarded it.

"Your session has expired"

Access tokens last 90 days. Sign in again from the extension popup. If it keeps happening, sign out fully and back in — that issues a fresh token.

The scrape finished but found no products

Your credits were refunded automatically — nothing was charged.

Then try, in order:

  • Open the store's shop or category page rather than the homepage
  • Confirm products are publicly visible without logging in
  • Check the store is not restricting its REST API to authenticated requests

Some stores block automated access entirely. If none of the three strategies can reach the catalogue, the extension will report it rather than charge you.

Descriptions came through as plain text

That happens when the catalogue had to be read by page scraping rather than the store API, and the theme's markup could not be recovered cleanly. The extension flags this before you download.

The text itself is intact — only formatting is lost. You can paste richer descriptions in after import.

I was charged but the download failed

The scraped data stays in the extension until you close the popup, so clicking Download again usually works.

If you closed it, the scrape is recorded in your scrape history. Email us the ticket and we will refund the credits.

Is scraping a store legal?

The extension reads publicly available catalogue data that the store itself publishes — through its own public REST API or its public product pages. It bypasses no authentication and defeats no access control.

That said, you are responsible for how you use the data. Check the store's terms of service, and respect copyright on product descriptions and images. We built this for migrating your own stores, working with clients who have given you access, and competitive research — not for copying someone's catalogue wholesale.

Still stuck?

Send us the details and we will get back to you by email. Include the store URL and your ticket number if you have one.

Prefer email? Write to support@salotools.com