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Shopify Redirect CSV Validator

Validate your Shopify redirect CSV before importing it. Detect duplicate paths, redirect loops, chains, formatting errors, and other issues that can cause failed imports or SEO problems.

CSV upload interface showing redirect rules with 23 rows: 2 clean, 21 issues, and 5 errors including duplicate, fixed slash, trimmed, full URL, and overloaded statuses.

What This Shopify Redirect CSV Validator Checks

Duplicate Redirect From Paths
Detects multiple redirects using the same source path.
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Redirect Loops
Identifies circular redirects like /a → /b → /a
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Redirect Chains
Flags multi-step redirects like /old → /mid → /new
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Missing Redirect Destination
Detects rows without a valid target URL.
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Missing Leading Slash
Finds paths that do not begin with /
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Full URL Instead of Relative Path
Flags redirects using full domain URLs instead of relative paths.
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Bulk Homepage Redirect Warning
Detects excessive redirects pointing to /
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Destination Overload
Identifies large numbers of redirects pointing to the same target.
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Whitespace or Hidden Characters
Detects trailing spaces or invisible characters in paths.

Why Validate Redirects Before Importing into Shopify?

Shopify allows bulk URL redirect imports using CSV files. However, formatting errors, duplicate paths, redirect loops, and chains can cause failed imports or unintended SEO issues.
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Validating your redirect CSV before uploading helps prevent:
- Failed Shopify redirect imports
- Duplicate redirect conflicts
- Redirect loops and chains
- SEO dilution from incorrect mappings
- Bulk homepage redirect mistakes

How to Use the Shopify Redirect CSV Validator

1. Upload your Shopify redirect CSV file
2. Review detected errors and warnings
3. Download the cleaned CSV
4. Import safely into Shopify

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

1. Upload your Shopify redirect CSV file
2. Review detected errors and warnings
3. Download the cleaned CSV
4. Import safely into Shopify

Migrating a large store?

Exporting URLs is the easy part. The hard part is deciding where every old URL should redirect on Shopify.
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Redirect Ninja’s Business plan helps you:

  • generate AI redirect suggestions in bulk
  • review and approve redirects quickly
  • catch long-tail 404s after launch that most migrations miss
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