# General information

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For full compatibility, make sure you use the latest versions of the External Importer Pro and WooCommerce plugins.
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After extracting products, you can easily import them to your WooCommerce catalog. You can do that in the following ways:

* Click Import next to the desired products.
* Import all selected products.
* Automatically import all extracted products.

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### Import settings

You solely control what data to import and its volume. For settings, go to`External Importer > Settings > Import`.

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### Product type

You can import the following products:

* External/Affiliate products
* Simple products

Grouped, Variable, Virtual, and other product types aren't supported. External/Affiliate products will be created by default. These products can't be added to the cart on your website. Instead, visitors will be redirected to external websites to make a purchase.

Simple products are suitable for creating your own store or a [dropshipping store](https://ei-docs.keywordrush.com/monetization/dropshipping).&#x20;

### Duplicates&#x20;

To avoid adding duplicate products to your website, the plugin will search duplicates by product URL.

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