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Add Product

Create products and learn about several related features.

Adding a New Product

1. From the Browse Catalog page, or from the top-menu, go to Catalog > Browse.

2. Find the Add Item section for the selected category.
   
   
   

3. Click the Product link to view the Add Product page.  This page has a huge assortment of features available.
   
   Each part of the main product editing page are covered in the sections below.

Product Basic Information

The example below shows the BASIC INFO section of the Add Product page.  

• Name - This is the name of your product.  It is the minimum required to create a new product.  Maximum of 255 characters.

• SKU - A product identification of your choosing.  AbleCommerce does not enforce a unique SKU.  Maximum of 12 characters.

• Price - The base price of the product, before any pricing adjustments are made.

• MSRP - The retail price of the product used for display purposes only, not available with options.

• Manufacturer - Select an existing Manufacturer, or create a new one.  Assigning to products to their manufacturer creates additional search options for the customer.

• Manufacturer Part No. - For display purposes, a manufacturer reference number can be used as well as SKU.

• Gift Certificate - When checked, the product turns into a gift certificate that, when purchased, will activate a system generated serial number for the amount of the product purchase.  The gift certificate serial number can be used on any item within the store it was created from.

• Variable Price - When checked, the customer can enter an amount between the minimum and maximum price accepted.
  
  

• Prohibited - If checked, this product (and any other items within the same order) will be unavailable to the Google Checkout payment feature.  See Google for product restrictions.

• Hide Price - If checked, the product price will not be immediately viewable within the store, unless the user clicks on a link to Show Price, or adds the item to their shopping cart.

• Allow Reviews - If checked, users can submit product reviews.  Additional settings are available.

• Custom URL - If desired, you can enter your own URL, or link to this product.  These are relative URL's to the store installation path.

Product Display Options

The example below shows the DISPLAY OPTIONS section of the Add Product page.  

• Visibility - A setting which determines whether the product will be shown to Public (all users), Hidden (available through direct link only), or Private (unable to view or purchase).  
  Products that are Private will be removed from a user's shopping basket before checkout begins.

• Featured - While checked, this product, and any other products, will be randomly displayed where the Featured Products control has been added.

• Display page - Select from the list of product display pages available, or use the store's default display page.

• Theme - Select a different theme for this product display page, or Inherit the theme applied at a higher level.

• Disable Purchase - If checked, the product will still be displayed in your store, but there would be no ability to purchase the item.

• Exclude From Feeds - If checked, the product data will not be included in any of the feeds available within AbleCommerce.

Product Taxes and Shipping

The example below shows the TAXES & SHIPPING section of the Add Product page.  

• Shippable - This setting determines how shipping will be calculated for the product.
  
  Yes - The product is shippable and can be shipped with other items.
  No - The product is a digital good, or shipping calculations will not be applied at checkout.
  Separately - The product cannot be shipped with other items, so shipping calculations are based on the weight of this item alone, and added to the final shipping calculation.

• Weight - Enter the base product weight if it is shippable.  This is a requirement if you are using a shipping service like UPS or FedEx. 

• Dimensions - The length, width, and height may be entered for each product, but these values are only used when the product is set to ship 'Separately', or when the product is a single item in the order.  When products weights are combined to calculate shipping, then dimensions on each product cannot be sent to the shipping gateway.  

• Warehouse - The shipping origin for this product.  This is the address used for customer invoices and shipping calculations.

• Gift Wrap - You can assign a Wrap Group to each product.  These can provide several Gift Wrapping choices for your customers when checking out.

• Tax Code - The tax code is used to determine how the product will be taxed.  If the product is not taxable, then remove the selection.

Product Inventory Control

The example below shows the INVENTORY CONTROL section of the Add Product page.  

• Cost of Goods - This is the cost of the base product before any options are included.

• Vendor - If you have created Vendors, then you may assign the product to one of them.  When the product is sold, a Vendor email notification can be sent.

• Min Quantity - The minimum quantity of this item that must be purchased before checkout can be completed.  

• Max Quantity - The maximum quantity of this item that can be added to the shopping cart.

• Inventory Tracking - To use inventory tracking, you must first enable this feature for the store.  Then each product may use it's own inventory tracking setting.
  
  Disabled - the product will not be using any inventory control method.
  Track Product - the base product's inventory levels will be tracked with each purchase.
  Track Variants - the product has a variety of options, and inventory will be tracked for each product option purchased.

Product Descriptions

The example below shows the DESCRIPTIONS section of the Add Product page.

• Summary - The summary description is shown when the products are displayed in a group listing, such as on the category pages.  The maximum characters for this field is 1000.

• Description - The standard description field has no limit, however, the data entered here is stored within your database.  The field can accept your HTML code, or you can use the built-in HTML editor by clicking on the blue icon next to any Description field that supports it.
  
  

• More Details - This extra description field toggles a link, from the product page, to a different, and usually more detailed description.  The field accepts HTML code.

• Search Keywords - You can use this field to enter keywords for the product.  You can also enter common misspellings.  The search engine will automatically use this information to find the product within the retail pages.
  

4. When finished, you will find SAVE buttons at the top and bottom of the page.
   
   

5. After saving, you will be able to access additional features from the left column, as shown.
   
   
   
   The features within this menu are covered in detail and can be accessed by returning to the main Products page.

6. You can return to the product page, at any time, and make changes to the product.  Any changes you make will be reflected in the store immediately.

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