Add Several Products

Use the Add Several Products feature to add several products to your store's database at once, without having to enter values for all fields.

Product
Name

This is both the name of the product that will appear wherever the product is displayed, and also the name of the record in the database (the list of products). Even if you do not want the name of the product to appear in your store, you must give it a name here. You can set which fields to display for the product using the Toggles checkboxes farther down on the list of fields.

Price

This is the price for the product that will be displayed in your store, but it is also used to calculate order totals. Even if you do not want the price of the product to appear in your store, you must enter it here. You can set which fields to display for the product using the Toggles checkboxes farther down on the page. You can change the currency symbol and format in the Store Text section of ShopSite, under Preferences.

Taxable

If sales tax can be charged on this item, check the Taxable box. You can set the tax rates in the Sales Tax section, under Commerce Setup.

SKU

stands for "Stock Keeping Unit". In some countries it is called a "stock code." It's a number that sellers use for tracking their items. If you track your merchandise by SKU, code name, or any other number, you can enter it in this field. By default, this number will not be displayed on your store’s pages (although you can choose to have it displayed below), but it will appear when the item is ordered, to make fulfillment easier.

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

If you would like to provide descriptive information about the product, add it here. You can also put HTML tags into this field for ultimate customization. For example, you could format product data into a table or create a bullet list of features.

Shipping Information

Weight

If you have UPS or simple shipping by weight selected as your shipping option in the Commerce Setup, you must enter the weight for your product here, so that 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

Ordering options let you present product variations in drop-down lists that appear on the products page and the shopping cart, or just on the shopping cart screen. Rather than create a page in your store that lists every possible product variation, you can use a single product and let customers choose options from drop-down lists. For example, on one page in your store you might list a polo shirt for sale, and have drop-down lists for the customer to select a size and color.

See the help for Ordering Options for explanations of the fields and to view a sample order form with drop-down lists. Ordering options always appear in the shopping cart, but you must check the Display Ordering Options box to have ordering options appear on your store pages.

Product Pages

Assign Product to Pages

Click on the Select button to open a new window that will allow you to add or remove this product from your store pages. 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 control how the product appears on the page in your store , such as controlling what information is shown and the style and size of fonts .

Template

There are several templates that determine how product information will be displayed on the pages. For a detailed description of these templates, see the Product Templates help.