Insert New Product
- Christopher DeAngelus
- Former user (Deleted)
- Barry Carr
Here you will learn how to insert a new product
Step-by-Step Guide
Login to your administration panel admin.yourwebsiteaddress.com
Click "Catalog" in the left hand navigation
Select the “View Products” button beside the appropriate product category to which you would like to add a new product
Click the "Insert Product" link in the black bar at the top of the page.
Product Category - What category this new product will fall under. (i.e: Business Cards, Posters, ect.)
Product Type - What type of product the new item is. (I.e: Bindery, printing, design, ect.) Most items will be Printing.
SKU - The SKU for this item. This can either be manually generated or will be automatically generated if you leave this space blank
Product Name - The name of the product
Page Title - The title that appears in the user's internet browser.
Toggle Product Specs - Where you would enter the product's specifications
Toggle Product Description - Where you would enter the product's description
Meta Keywords - Keywords used by search engines to help assist people with finding this product page
Meta Description - Descriptions used by search engines to help display relevant information regarding the page
Default Page Title - A default title for pages. Can save time instead of manually entering each individually
Default Product Specs - A default description for product specs. Can save time instead of manually entering each individually
Default Product Description - A default description for products. Can save time instead of manually entering each individually
Default Meta Keywords - A default meta keyword set for pages. Can save time instead of manually entering each individually - available tokens: {city}, {company}, {size}, {product_name}, {product_category}
Default Meta Description - A default meta description for pages. Can save time instead of manually entering each individually - available tokens: {city}, {company}, {size}, {product_name}, {product_category}
Product Active - When checked your product is visible on storefront. Uncheck if you need to make a product temporarily unavailable
Direct Shopping Cart Link - A direct link that allows access to a product even if it isn't visible.
Orderable or Quotable on Website - Determines if the item can be ordered directly or must be quoted.
Additional Options Expanded - Determines if the Additional opens menu begins expanded
Design Template Available - Adds a "Design Template" button to the storefront and allows customers to download a design template
Design Template Override - Allows you to manually replace the design template with a file of your choosing
Disable Artwork Upload - Disables the requirement to upload artwork for products that don't need it
*Custom Quantity - Replaces the Quantity dropdown with a box to manually enter. In this case the Minimum Quantity with be the product minimum. Any additional quantities will be used to determine price breaks.
Tax Exempt - If a product is tax exempt by default
Custom HTML Options - If selected product will display custom HTML options
Product Bleed - Determine the bleed for the product
Product Dimensions - Determine the dimensions of the product. If none use 0x0
From this point forward you will need to create STANDARD options and ADDITIONAL options. Both use the same basic setup:
Insert Option Sets (Standard and Additional)
The first box is the option Category. By default the very first option you create will automatically be Quantity but each added option afterward will be determined by you. This can include paper type, UV coating, color, and other options.
The second box is Optional Label and allows you to override the label for the option that appears on the storefront calculator.
The third box controls the Order of these options. 1 is first, 2 is second and so-on.
The fourth box determines if the Calculation Method of your value is a Flat Number, Cost per Piece, Area Calculation, or Volume Calculation. Options beyond the first also allow you to use Percent Of Base, Percent of Total, Cost per M, and Cost per Piece - Number of Pages.
Insert Values for each product option set
Value is the value for that particular choice. For example your first Value under Quantity might be 25 or 50**.
The input boxes after Value determine your pricing at each tier. This includes Corporate, Retail, and Tier 1-6 price levels.
Cost for the product can be entered in the WS (Wholesale) Price or SF (Storefront) Cost input boxes.
Setup is the setup cost of the product.
**Turn Time is the time that value adds to the overall turnaround. Please note that unless the specific value you're picking increases turnaround you should leave this at 0.
**Groups determines what group it is part of.
**Packages lets you edit the package quantity for that value
**Rank determines the order of the value in the dropdown menu. 1 appears first, 2 appears second and so-on.
Enabled means the product value is available to order
Display determines if the respective product value is available to view (YES) or not (NO), on your website.
Quick Tier Mark Up: Allows you to determine what percentage of the base price is charged at each tier automatically, allowing you to more easily set up pricing for multiple tiers.
** Depending on your subscription license as well as ACL permissions, some options may or may not be accessible for you to edit.
* When the Custom Quantity option is checked the quantity dropdown on the product calculator is replaced with an input field which allows customers to enter custom quantities. The quantity minimum will act as the product minimum for pricing. Adding additional quantities and pricing values to the product can be used for price breaks and/or grouping. In the image depicted below, with Custom Quantity enabled, Retail price tier quantities between 1 - 99 will use the $14.00 price, 100 - 249 $16.00, 250 - 499 $18.00 and so forth.
Remember that additional values should be added regularly as they become relevant.