Add a Product

Use this screen to add a new product to your store. You can use the + or - next to each section to show or hide the individual sections (Product Information, Shipping Information, Ordering Options, Product Pages, and Product Layout Info) or show or hide all sections. After specifying the details of your product, you can use the Save button to return to the main Products page, or use the Select Subproducts button to associate it with other products.

Product Name

This is the name of the product that will appear wherever the product is displayed, and also the name of the product used in the Back Office. You must enter a unique name for the product, although you may toggle whether or not to display the name to customers.

Price

Enter the regular price the product will sell for (in your primary currency). This price will be used in calculating the order total, unless you have the product on sale. You can toggle whether or not the price is displayed on Store Pages and Product More Info Pages.

Doba Product Information

Read-only. If this product was imported from a Doba watch list, this field will contain product information provided by Doba. The field is empty if this is not a doba product.

Taxable

Leave this box checked to have ShopSite calculate sales tax for this product. If you un-check the box, this product will not be included in sales tax calculations, regardless of any other settings. You can set the tax rates in the Commerce Setup > Sales Tax section.

SKU

The Stock Keeping Unit or SKU is a code used to identify billable items. If you have a SKU system, or any other tracking system (UPC, EAN, ISBN, etc.), you can enter the code in this field. The SKU does not appear on pages by default (although there is a toggle to enable that, if you want), but is included in the order information so you can use it for fulfillment.

Product Image

This is the image that will appear next to or above the product information (the arrangement depends on which product template you choose). See the Image Tool help for more information on selecting an image.

Product Description

You can use this field to provide customers with important information about your product. Enter a brief descriptive summary including highlights about the product, and be sure to mention any significant features your customers will want to know about. You may want to include HTML content (such as a key feature list) to improve the presentation of the information. It is usually a good idea to keep the Product Description relatively short so it doesn't take up too much of the page. You can use a More Info Page to provide a more extensive description of the product.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

Shipping Information

Weight

If you are using weight-based shipping (including UPS or FedEx), you must enter the weight for your product here so ShopSite can calculate shipping costs. Do not specify a unit of measurement (pounds, ounces, kilograms, etc.), but use the same unit of measurement for all products in your store.

Ordering Options

The Ordering Options fields allow you to provide your customers with variations or customization of your products using pull-down menus, a text-box, or both. The pull-down menus can be used to select variations (such as different colors or sizes) of a single product, and the text-box allows the customer to provide special information (such as a monogram or a message). See the Ordering Options Help for detailed instructions and examples of how to use these fields, including modifying the product price based on menu selections.

Order Options Description

This field allows you to provide a description or instructions for the ordering options pull-down menus. It is displayed directly above the pull-down menus.

Pull-down Menus

Enter each menu option on a separate line. Leave a blank line to start a new pull-down menu. See the Ordering Options Help for a detailed explanation and examples of how to use this field. Ordering options are displayed with the product in the Shopping Cart contents.

Customer Text Entry

Check this box to include a text-box with the Ordering Options. Customers will be able to enter text (such as initials for a monogram or a special message to be printed on the product) into this box. The text-box will be displayed with the product in the Shopping Cart contents.

Product Pages

Click on the Select button to open a new window that will allow you to select which Store Pages this product will be displayed on. The top box contains pages that will list this product. To remove a page from the list, select the page(s) and click the Delete button. The page will now be in the lower list, which contains all the pages that do not have this product on them. Select pages from the list and click Add to move the pages to the top list. When you are finished making changes, click on OK to save your changes, or click Cancel to close the window without saving your changes.

Product Layout Info

The fields in this section affect how the product appears on Store Pages and Product More Info Page appearance. This section contains the various toggles for selecting what product information to display.

Template

Select which template to use when displaying this product. Product templates determine the order and layout of product information on Store Pages and on Product More Info Pages. See the Product Templates Help for details about how different templates work. This field is set when you pick a theme. Some product templates are designed to be used with a specific Page Template, and may not display information correctly if they are not used together.