Adding a product
- Go to Products and press Add product.
- Type the Product name, choose its Main category and press Create and edit.
- Add the price, pictures and words using the pills along the top: Details, Price and options, Extras, Content, Images and SEO.
- In Details, switch on Live on the shop and press Save details. It is on your website straight away.
What is in Details
- Product: name, brand, your own SKU and the web address. Changing the web address is fine: the old one redirects.
- Categories: tick every category it should appear in and choose the Main one, which sets its web address, breadcrumb and filters.
- Filters: what customers can narrow by in the shop sidebar.
- Card and page text: the short description, up to 8 key points, and an optional card highlight such as "Pack of 10".
- Selling and delivery: How it's sold (Add to basket or Quote only), Delivery service, Stock status and VAT rate.
- Visibility: Live on the shop, Featured and Homepage hero.
Everything in Details saves together with Save details. The View button (top right) opens the product on your shop.
Stock status
Stock is a status rather than a count. Anything other than In stock cannot be bought, and the product page tells customers what is going on: Back soon and Awaiting supply show a Contact us button, and Discontinued points them to similar products.
Duplicate, archive or delete
At the bottom of Details, Duplicate this product is handy for a similar one. Archive this product takes it off the shop but keeps it for old orders. Delete product removes it for good, once you type DELETE.
Archive rather than deleteArchiving is almost always better than deleting. You can restore an archived product later, and it comes back hidden so you can check it first.