Power Edit Products

The Power Edit feature is designed to help save time and effort when editing products by only showing the fields you want to change. You can edit any number of products at a time, and you can edit any number of the Information or Layout fields for each of those products. You could, for example, want to change the price and sale price for several products. Rather than having to edit each product individually and scroll through all the information for each product, you can use Power Edit to view only the Price and Sale price fields for those products, all on one screen.

To use Power Edit, simply do the following:

Select all the products you want to edit from the list of products (you may have to hold down the Ctrl key to select more than one product), then click Power Edit.

Select the product fields you want to edit in the Information or Layout lists. You can select multiple fields from either or both lists. The options in each list correspond to fields you would find on either the Edit Product Info screen or the Edit Product Layout screen, and are listed below for your reference.

Click Proceed to continue to the screen listing the products and fields you selected. When you are done, click Save Changes to save the changes, or click Cancel to abandon your changes.

Information List

The following fields can be selected from the Information selection list:

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 or if the customer qualifies for quantity pricing. You can toggle whether or not the price is displayed on Store Pages and Product More Info Pages.

Sale Amount

If you enter a value here, it will be used to calculate the price of the product when you have it On Sale. You can have ShopSite calculate the sale price as a percent off the regular price by entering the percent off, including a percent sign (%), or you can enter a specific sale price (in your primary currency).

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.

Item ID	The Doba product ID. This is used to correlate your product with the product on your Doba watch list. You can use the Merchant Search feature to search for a Doba Item Number.
Watch List ID	The Doba watch list ID. This is used to track which Doba watch list this product is associated with. You can use the Merchant Search feature to search for a Doba Watch List number. One way to take advantage of this feature is to create categorical watch lists, then assign all products from a specific watch list to a single page.
Stock	Indicates whether the product is in-stock or not. If a product is out of stock, you may want to temporarily remove the item from your store.
MSRP	Indicates the Manufacturer Suggested Retail Price for the product. ShopSite automatically sets this as the Price of the product the first time you import the product into your store.
Whole Sale Price	Indicates the standard wholesale price you will be required to pay to Doba when someone orders the product through your store.
Pre Pay Price	Indicates the PrePay price that will be deducted from your PrePay account, if you have one. Merchants who set up a PrePay account save 3% of the standard wholesale price on products.
Ship Cost	Indicates the direct shipping cost for the product. This cost will automatically be calculated as the product's Direct Ship cost in the customer's shopping cart, unless the product qualifies for free shipping.
Drop Ship Fee	Indicates the drop shipping fee charged by the supplier. This fee is not automatically calculated in the cart. The drop ship fee is charged once per order, regardless of the number of products, for each supplier who will be shipping a product. You may choose to add a per-product or per-order handling charge to offset the drop ship fee.
Minimum Advertised Price	Indicates the minimum price you may charge for this product. Selling or listing a product for below the MAP can result in suspension of your Doba account.
Supplier	Indicates the name of the supplier which will ship the product. Products from different suppliers will ship separately from different locations. Each supplier may also have different policies regarding such things as shipping restrictions, return policies, and drop ship fees. You should look at the Supplier Notes accopanying each product for details.
Supplier Notes	Policy or information statement provided by the supplier. This may contain information such as shipping restrictions, return and warranty policies. You will need to ensure that customers are aware of, or that your store policies are in compliance with, any restrictions or regulations included in this section.
Last Updated	Indicates the last time the supplier provided updated information about this product to Doba.

Note:

If you have already imported a Doba product into ShopSite, the Doba Last Updated time will be checked the next time the product is imported. If Doba has updated any product information, the product will be updated in ShopSite as well. Any product fields with information provided by Doba (see the list below) will be set to the Doba-supplied value. This includes the product price.

When you import or update a Doba product into your store, the following fields will also be updated with information provided by Doba or the supplier:

Product Name
Price
SKU
Product Image
MoreInfoPage Image
Product Description
MoreInfoPage Description
Weight
Brand

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.

VAT

If you have Configured VAT calculation in ShopSite, use the pull-down menu to select which VAT rate to apply for this product.

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 Image Size

Select one of the available Image Sizes to use for the product 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.

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.

Dimension Options

If you are using a shipping option that uses specific package sizes as part of the shipping cost calculation (such as UPS or a Custom Shipping Add-On), you may need to specify the dimensions of the package this product will ship in. If you are using FedEx or USPS, use the carrier-specific settings (below) to configure your container. If you specify a package size here, ShopSite will calculate the shipping costs as if the package were being shipped individually (even if multiple packages could be shipped within a single larger box). You have three options for specifying product package dimensions:

Select the radio button to Ship by weight only if this product is relatively small and light-weight, and could be shipped in a package with other products in the order. ShopSite will calculate the shipping cost as if all products (up to the specified maximum package weight, if there is one) in an order were being shipped in a single package.
Select the radio button beside the LxWxH Text Box to specify the dimensions of the package for this product. Use this option if this product will not fit in a standard-size shipping package. Enter each of the package dimensions into the text-box, separated by an x (for example, if the package is 34 inches long, 14 inches wide, and 7 inches high, you would enter 34x14x7).
Select the radio button beside the <select standard box size> if this product will be individually packaged inside one of your standard package sizes. Use the pull-down menu to select from one of the standard package sizes configured on the shipping configuration screen.

FedEx Container

If your store is configured to generate real-time FedEx shipping quotes, select the container type you will use when shipping the product. This will be used along with the product weight and the customer's Zip Code to determine the FedEx shipping rates.

USPS Container

If your store is configured to generate real-time USPS shipping quotes, select the container type you will use when shipping the product, then select any applicable checkboxes. This information will be used with the product weight and customer's Zip Code to determine the USPS shipping rates.

No Shipping Charges

Check this box if you do not want ShopSite to calculate any shipping and handling charges for this product. This feature overrides any other shipping charge configuration for this product. It can be useful for downloadable products and items such as gift certificates.

Extra Handling Charge

You can optionally enter an additional handling charge for this product. This is a per-item charge (if this product has a handling charge of $1 and a customer orders 3 of this product, the customer will be charged $3) that will be added to any per-order handling charges configured on the Shipping Configuration screen.

Shipping Charges

If you have either Base Shipping or Base Plus Shipping selected in the shipping options, you will see each of the configured shipping methods listed. Enter the shipping charges for each of the methods selected.

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.

To display Ordering Options pull-downs on your Store Pages and Product More Info Pages, you must check the Display Ordering Options checkbox. Selected ordering options are also displayed with the product in the Shopping Cart contents. You can select whether or not customers can change ordering options on the initial Shopping Cart screen by going to the Commerce Setup > Order System > Shopping Cart screen in your Back Office.

Customer Text Entry Box

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.

If you want the text-box to be shown on Store Pages and Product More Info Pages, you must check the Display Ordering Options checkbox. The text-box will also be displayed with the product in the Shopping Cart contents. You can select whether or not customers can change the text-box contents on the initial Shopping Cart screen by going to the Commerce Setup > Order System > Shopping Cart screen in your Back Office.

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.

More Info Pages

You can create a More Info Page for this product to display details about it. Unlike Store Pages, the More Info Page is only about this product. This gives you more space to provide all the details about this product that your customers will want to know, such as more detailed images or product specifications. The appearance of your More Info Pages is configurable by going to Preferences > More Info Pages in your Back Office.

More Info Page

Check this box to have ShopSite generate a More Info Page for this product. This will cause the Product Name and Product Graphic on Store Pages to become links to the More Info Page.

More Info Title

This field sets the HTML Title tag contents, which are displayed in the browser window title bar, for the More Info Page. If this field is empty, most templates will use the Product Name for the title. Do not include HTML tags or reserved characters (&, ", ’, <, >, etc.) in this field.

More Info Page Text

Enter the product information you want to include on the More Info Page. You may want to use the Product Description text followed by additional details, or you can make this completely different. You can include HTML content (such as a specification table) to improve the presentation of the information in this field.

This field supports use of the HTML Editor.

More Information Graphic

Choose a graphic from the files in your media directory for the More Info Page. See the Image Tool help for more information on selecting an image.

More Informaion Image Size

Select one of the available Image Sizes to use for the more info page image.

More Information Meta:Keywords

Enter a comma-delimited list of terms you want search engines to associate with this page. Words or phrases you enter here, along with other page content, are used by Search Engines such as Google, Yahoo, and Ask to help people find what they're looking for. You may want to use the same keywords as your Search Keywords. You should try to include any words or phrases customers will use when searching for this product, including alternate names and common misspellings you do not want to include in the product name or description. Do not include HTML tags or reserved characters (&, ", ’, <, >, etc.) in this field.

More Information Meta:Description

Enter a short description you want search engines to associate with this page. This may be the same as your product description, but should be tailored to optimizing your search engine ranking. Do not include HTML tags or reserved characters (&, ", ’, <, >, etc.) in this field.

Note:

You can also use this field to insert meta tags and other material, such as META fields or JavaScript code, into the <HEAD> section of the page. First, type in any text you want within the <META description= > tag and close the tag with ">. Then type in any additional tags or scripts (the field scrolls to hold more lines). Do not put the closing "> at the end of your last tag, as ShopSite will add that automatically. For example, to add a META name tag, you might enter something like this:

This is your description."><META name="your meta tag" content="your content

File Name

You may optionally specify a file name to use for the More Information page. Do not use reserved characters (&, ", ’, <, >, etc.) or spaces in the file name. You should also make sure to include the .html or .htm (or another valid filename extension). If you do not specify a name, ShopSite will give it a generic name (such as page1.html).

Include In Sitemap

Check the box to include this product More Info Page in your sitemap, then optionally change the priority of the page.

Google Merchant Center

Leave this box checked if you want this product to be included when you submit products to Google Merchant Center (formerly Froogle). If you uncheck this box, this product will not be included in submissions.

Brand

If you want to submit this product to Google Merchant Center, you need to specify a product brand name. If you produce your own merchandise, this could be your company name. This field is required for Google Merchant Center submissions.

Product Type

If you want to submit this product to Google Merchant Center, you need to specify a product type. This is usually a description of what the product is used for, for example clothing, jewelry, or furniture. This field is required for Google Merchant Center submissions.

Condition

If you want to submit this product to Google Merchant Center, you need to specify the product condition. This can be New, Used, or Refurbished. This field is required for Google Merchant Center submissions.

Import Options

Select the radio button to either add the product to QuickBooks or to associate this product with a product already in QuickBooks. Use the pull-down menus below the radio button you selected to assign specific QuickBooks product attributes to the product.

To create a new product, you need to specify a QuickBooks Item Type (which has tax implications) and a sales account to include the product with.

For existing products, you can specify an item name and description to use in QuickBooks transactions.

Extra Fields

ShopSite lets you Configure up to 10 extra fields to use with your product. You can use these extra fields in any number of ways, including as additional attributes for Froogle/Google Merchant Center. If you are using a custom product template to display this product, you can use the Product Fields to include additional information about this product that does not fit in any of the predefined fields. Your custom template must include tags for these fields or the information will not be displayed. These values are also available via the Order API.

These fields support use of the HTML Editor.

Layout List

The following fields can be selected from the Layout selection list:

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.

Display Name?

Leave this box checked to include the Product Name on Store Pages and More Info Pages.

Display SKU?

Check this box if you want the Product SKU to be displayed on Store Pages and More Info Pages.

Display Price?

Leave this box checked to include the Product Price on Store Pages and More Info Pages. If this box is unchecked, the product will not display price, sale price, or quantity pricing information.

Sale On

Leave this box checked to put your product on sale, or uncheck the box to sell the product for the regular price. If this box is checked, the sale price will be displayed on Store Pages and More Info Pages, and used to calculate shopping cart totals. With this box unchecked, the sale price will not be displayed or used, regardless of the contents of the On Sale Price field.

Display Graphic

Leave this box checked to display the product image on Store Pages and Search Results. This does not affect the More Info Page image. You can select whether or not to display the product image in the Shopping Cart by going to Commerce Setup > Order System > Layout Info.

Display Order Quantity?

Check this box to include a field on Store Pages and More Info Pages that allows customers to select how many of this item to add to the shopping cart. Customers can modify the quantity from the initial Shopping Cart Screen as well (unless you have disabled that option on the Commerce Setup > Order System > Shopping Cart screen).

Display Ordering Options?

Check this box to display your ordering options on Store Pages and More Info Pages. Customers can also select any configured ordering options on the initial Shopping Cart screen (unless you have disabled that option on the Commerce Setup > Order System > Shopping Cart screen).

Name Style

Select the text style to use for the Product Name on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You can pick from Bold, Italic, Typewriter (usually a fixed-width courier font), and Plain.

Name Size

Select the font size to use for the Product Name on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You can pick from Big, Small, or Normal. The exact size for each of these options is controlled by the product template you are using.

Price Style

Select the text style to use for the Product Price on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You can pick from Bold, Italic, Typewriter (usually a fixed-width courier font), and Plain.

Price Size

Select the font size to use for the Product Price on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You can pick from Big, Small, or Normal. The exact size for each of these options is controlled by the product template you are using.

SKU Style

Select the text style to use for the SKU on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You can pick from Bold, Italic, Typewriter (usually a fixed-width courier font), and Plain.

SKU Size

Select the font size to use for the SKU on Store Pages and More Info Pages. You can pick from Big, Small, or Normal. The exact size for each of these options is controlled by the product template you are using.

Description Style

Select the text style to use for the Product Description on Store Pages and the More Info Page Text on More Info Pages. You can pick from Bold, Italic, Typewriter (usually a fixed-width courier font), and Plain.

Description Size

Select the font size to use for the Product Description on Store Pages and the More Info Page Text on More Info Pages. You can pick from Big, Small, or Normal. The exact size for each of these options is controlled by the product template you are using.

Image Alignment

Select where the Product Image or More Info Page Image will be displayed, relative to other product information. You can pick from Left, Right, or Center. The way this selection affects your product layout depends on your Product Template and your TextWrap setting (below).

Text Wrap

Select whether or not you want your product information to wrap around your product image. If this is set to On, information such as the Name, Price, Description, and Add to Cart button could wrap around the image. If this is set to Off, the product image is set apart from the other product information. How this selection affects your product layout depends on your Product Template and your Image Alignment setting (above).