How BulkOps backups work
Shopify has no built-in version history for your products. BulkOps.ai adds one — plus daily backups — so a bad edit is a one-click restore, not a lost afternoon. Here’s exactly how it works.
Two kinds of backup
1. Operation snapshots (all plans)
Every time you run a bulk edit, a formula, or a scheduled campaign, BulkOps.ai captures a snapshot of the affected records before applying changes. This is what powers one-click Undo.
- Captured automatically — no configuration needed
- Stored per-operation with a timestamp and description
- Restore individual records or the whole affected set
- Retained 30–180 days depending on your plan
2. Scheduled daily backups (paid plans)
Paid plans add a full nightly backup of your catalog:
- Runs every night in your store’s timezone
- Captures every field: title, description, price, compare-at, tags, metafields, inventory
- Downloadable as CSV
- Retained 30–180 days depending on your plan
Worked example — undo a bad import. At 2:14pm a supplier CSV overwrites 1,200 descriptions with blanks. Instead of restoring last night’s backup (and losing every good change since):
- Open Version history and find the 2:14pm import.
- Click Restore on that operation.
- Only those 1,200 products roll back — everything else you did today stays.
What’s backed up
| Data | Backed up |
|---|---|
| Products (title, body, price, compare-at, tags, vendor, type, SEO) | ✓ |
| Metafields | ✓ |
| Inventory quantities | ✓ |
| Customers (with version history) | ✓ |
| Orders | ✓ |
| Product images | ✗ (served from Shopify’s CDN) |
| Theme | ✗ (use a theme-backup tool) |
In short: BulkOps.ai backs up your products, customers, and orders — not your theme.
Retention by plan
| Plan | Operation snapshots | Daily backups |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Basic (last 5 ops) | — |
| Starter | 30 days | 30 days |
| Growth | 60 days | 60 days |
| Pro | 180 days | 180 days |
Where data is stored
All backup data is stored on Google Cloud Platform, encrypted at rest with AES-256 — the same infrastructure class Shopify uses. You can export backups as CSV or delete your data anytime from Settings → Privacy.
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