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.
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.
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).
Variable Price
Variable pricing allows your customers to specify the price of a product, and optionally the product name and SKU, too. Variable pricing works well with auction payments, where the price of the item is determined by the high bid. It can also be used for donations or gift certificates, where the customer can enter the amount that they want to give.
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The Mondrian, Lefty, Matte, Top Notch, and Plain themes do not support variable pricing. Turning on variable pricing will not have any effect in these themes.
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Variable Pricing |
Check this box to enable variable pricing for this product. On your store’s pages, the product price will be replaced by a text box that the customer can fill in with the amount that they want to pay. That amount will be compared with the product price (above), and will not be accepted if it is lower than the product price. You cannot put a variable price product on sale. |
Variable Name |
If you have enabled Variable Pricing, you may also check this box to let customers enter their own name for the product. |
Variable SKU |
If you have enabled Variable Pricing, you may also check this box to let customers enter their own SKU for the product. |
Minimum Quantity
You may specify a per-product minimum quantity that a customer can purchase. This allows you to sell items individually (rather than in sets), but if it is cost-prohibitive to sell extremely small quantities of an item, you can require customers to buy at least the number you specify.
Customers will not be able to check-out if the purchase quantity in the shopping cart is lower than the minimum quantity specified here. You can configure ShopSite to automatically increase the quantity to the minimum by going to the Commerce Setup > Order System > Shopping Cart screen.
Product Quantity Pricing
Product Quantity Pricing allows you to set the price of a product based on the quantity that a customer orders. For example, you could charge full price for orders of less than 10 units, reduce the price for orders of 10 to 20 units, and reduce the price even more for orders of more than 20 units. You can also set a sale price for each quantity level. A Product Quantity Pricing table for a product might look like this in a store:
Quantity Pricing |
Check this box to turn on Product Quantity Pricing for this product. ShopSite will not use the values of the Price and Sale Price fields to calculate the cost of an order, but will only use the quantity prices. You may want to turn off (uncheck) the Price Toggle so that the regular price is not displayed. You also may want to turn on the Display Order Quantity checkbox so that customers can enter a quantity before clicking the [Add to Cart] button. |
Starting Quantity |
This field sets the starting value for each quantity range. The ending value for each range is defined by the Starting Quantity in the next row. For example, the first row sets the price and sale price for quantities starting with 1; if the second row has a Starting Quantity of 10, then the prices set in the first row would apply to quantities of 1-9. The quantity range for the last row does not have an upper limit, for example, orders of 100 units or greater. |
Price/Unit |
This field sets the regular price per unit for orders in the defined quantity range. |
On Sale Price/Unit |
This field sets the sale price per unit for orders in the defined quantity range. You must use a specific price value, not a percent discount. Note that sale prices will not be displayed or used if the On Sale Toggle is not checked. |
Comment |
Enter any text that you want to appear below the quantity pricing table, such as "Call us for larger quantities." |
Quantity Background Color |
This is the color for the first row of the table, which lists the quantity ranges (i.e., 1-10, 11-20, etc.). Click on the description text link to use the Color Picker to change the color. This color is not set or affected by themes. |
Price and Comment Background Color |
This color is used for the background on the price and comment rows. Click on the description text link to use the Color Picker to change the color. This color is not set or affected by themes. |
On Sale Background Color |
This is the background color for the row with the sale prices, if the product is on sale. Click on the description text link to use the Color Picker to change the color. This color is not set or affected by themes. |
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.
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.
Search Keywords
Enter a comma-delimited list of terms that you want to be associated with this product when customers search your site. Words or phrases you enter here, along with the content of any other product fields you select to include (see Preferences > Search Settings), will be associated with this product in the search index. 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.
Search Destination
Select where you want customers to be directed to learn more about or buy products they find using the Search feature.
Select the radio button beside the pull-down menu to use one of the following options:
- Select the Store option from the pull-down menu to provide customers with links to all the indexed store pages that include the product.
- Select the More Info option from the pull-down menu to provide customers with a link to the product More Info Page for this product.
- Select the Made option from the pull-down menu to have ShopSite create a link to a special page just for this product. You can use this option if your product is not included on any store pages, but you want the product to show up if it is searched for.
- Select the None option if you do not want this product to be included in search results. This tells ShopSite not to index this product, even if the product appears on a page that is being indexed.
You can use a custom URL, such as a custom page with Order Anywhere links, by selecting the radio button beside the text box, then entering the URL for the destination page in the text entry box.
You can configure how the products and links appear in search results by going to Preferences > Search Settings > Search Layout.
Product Description
You can use this field to provide customers with important information about your product. Provide a brief descriptive summary including highlights about the product, and make 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.
QuickBooks Item Type
If you download order information into QuickBooks, use this field to set an item type - which has tax and inventory implications - or leave it blank to not download any information about this product from ShopSite. (When you download order information into QuickBooks, ShopSite also includes information about the products in those orders.) If you don’t select an item type, QuickBooks will automatically assign it to the Service Item type and you will not be able to change it in QuickBooks. If you are unsure which type to select, choose Non-inventory part item, because QuickBooks allows you to change that type later.
QuickBooks Sales Account
If you download order information into QuickBooks, use this field to select a QuickBooks account to track sales of this product.
Shipping and Download Information
Weight
If you are using weight-based shipping (including UPS or FedEx), 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.
Shipping Box Dimensions
If you are using a shipping option that uses specific package sizes as part of the shipping cost calculation (such as UPS, FedEx, or a Custom Shipping Add-On), you may need to specify the dimensions of the package this product will ship in. 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 Standard Package Pull-down 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.
No Shipping Charge
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.
Product Type
Select which type of good this product is:
- Tangible goods are physical objects, such as a book or a DVD. Use this option for any products that do not include a digital download.
- Download goods are any products that exist as a digital file that can be downloaded once the customer has paid for it. ShopSite includes a tool for managing Digital Download Files in the Commerce Setup section of your store's Back Office. Use this option for any products that include a digital download file, even if there is also a physical object that will be shipped in addition to the download (for example, a video game that can be downloaded, but which will also be shipped on a CD-ROM).
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If you have shipping charges for tangible goods, but do not want to charge shipping for digital downloads, you must also check the No Shipping Charge box above. You can leave the box un-checked if your product includes a tangible object that you will ship in addition to the download file.
Product Download Location
Select the file you want customers to be able to download when they purchase this product. See the Digital Download Configuration help for information about using either the drop-down menu or pop-up window method for selecting the file.
Shipping Charges
If you have either Base Shipping or Base Plus Shipping selected in the shipping options, this section will appear with individual fields for various shipping methods.
Shipping Charges
Enter the per-item shipping price of this product for each of the shipping methods you have specified.
Inventory Tracking
To have ShopSite keep track of your inventory for this product, configure your Inventory Tracking Settings, then use the fields below to specify inventory information for this product. Any of these fields may be a negative value.
Quantity on Hand
Enter the number of units of this product that you have available to ship. ShopSite will decrement this number when customers buy this product. You can either update this number manually when you restock this product, or you can use the Database Upload feature to import the information from a database file.
Low Stock Threshold
Use this field to indicate when ShopSite should notify you that you are running low on this product. ShopSite will send you an E-mail when your Quantity on Hand changes to match this value. Leave this field blank if you do not want to get low stock notifications.
Out of Stock Limit
Use this field to tell ShopSite when to stop allowing customers to order this product. You will get an E-mail notification when your Quantity on Hand changes to match this value. In addition, if a customer tries to place an order that would cause your Quantity on Hand to go below this value, you will receive an E-mail notification and the customer will not be allowed to complete the order.
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 off 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 wether 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
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 display 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 wether 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.
Customer Text Entry Header
This field allows you to provide a description or instructions for the ordering options text-box. It is displayed directly above the text-box.
Customer Text Entry Box
Select a width and height for the text-box. The Columns value is the number of text characters wide the box will be, and the Rows value is the number of text characters high the box will be (so a 20x2 box would be able to display a total of 40 characters). This does not limit how many characters can be entered, only the display size of the box.
Product Pages
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 this product. 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 about, 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 is 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 have appear on the More Info Page. You may want to include 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.
More Info Page
Image
Image
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 Info Page Image Size
Select one of the available Image Sizes to use for the more info page image.
More Info Page: Meta Keywords
Enter a comma-delimited list of terms that 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 Jeeves 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 Info Page: Meta Description
Enter a short description that 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.
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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 that 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 |
More Info Page File Name
You may optionally specify a file name to use for this 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).
Google Sitemap Settings
Check the box to include this product More Info Page in your sitemap, then optionally change the priority of the page.
Froogle/Google Base
Froogle
Leave this box checked if you want this product to be included when you submit products to Froogle/Google Base. If you uncheck this box, this product will not be included in submissions.
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 Base. 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.
