If you were not aware, you can do a bulk upload of all your images for your Yahoo Store catalog. Of course, the only catch is that the image name must also be the same name as the ID in your store catalog. It can be a little daunting to if you are trying to have SEO friendly page names. Most of the time, your supplier will give you a file (if you are lucky) with their item number and the pictures are usually named the same as the item number. So you may have CB-123 as an item number with an image named CB-123.jpg which is perfect for easy uploading to your store. Once you have your catalog populated, you simply click on CONTROLS in advanced editor mode in your store editor. Once there you will see something like this…

All the images just need to be zipped up (I use Winzip) into zip files and uploaded using the Multiple Image Upload. If all your image names are exactly like your ID's in your Yahoo Store catalog, then your image will show up just right. Now, the fun part… did you know you can also do a bulk upload of the second images or Inset images in your store?

In order for this to work, you need to create a new column in your database (.csv file) called inset. In that column, you will list the name of the image but do not put the extension of the image. So basically no .gif or .jpg. After you do this, upload your .csv file using the database upload. Then put all those Inset images into a zip file and upload them using the Multple Image Upload like mentioned above.

Thats it! Now you can buik upload your main image AND your Inset images in your Yahoo Store! Quick and easy. 

PS - Rob Snell just emailed me to say "You can also upload custom-image fields the same way!