Add Products to the Storefront

To add products to the storefront:

1. If the Features List sidebar menu is not available, click the Feature List link at the top of the current page.

2. Click the Store Management link in the Administer sidebar menu.
   The Store Management main menu will be displayed.  This page allows you to select the type of maintenance that you want to perform for the store.

3. Click the Manage Products link in the Products section of the menu.
   The Manage Products page will be displayed.

4. Click the Add Product radio button.

5. Click the OK button.
   The Add Product page will be displayed. 

6. Enter the SKU or product number in the SKU # text box.
   Note that the system will also automatically add to each product a unique Item Number, which is not displayed on this form.  The Item Number uniquely identifies the product in the database.  The SKU is your own product identifier.

7. Enter a name of the product in the Description text box.
   This is the short description of the product and can be up to 255 characters long.

8. Enter a detailed description of the product in the Details text box.
   This is the description that will be displayed to your store visitors when they opt to receive more details for a certain product.  For example, if they run a product search, the shopping cart will return N items on the search results page.  If they click on "More Details" next to any of the items, they will be shown a page that displays the product description that you are entering here (together with the general image and other product information).
   Note: You can use any HTML tag to format the text in this field. For example, you can use the <b></b> tag to make a word bold. This also allows you to link to other pages on your Web site, display additional product images, etc
   
   If you are using IE version 5.5 or above, the Rich Text Editing options are available in this text box.  Please refer to the Rich Text Editing instructions for more details.

9. Enter the price to charge retail customers in the Price text box.
   This is the price you will be charging your retail customers.  You can automatically charge wholesale customers a different price (see B2B prices below).

10. Enter the list price for the product in the List Price text box.
    This is an optional, but very useful field.  If you enter a price here, then you can use the Show Savings feature which will display the savings to the customer based on the retail and list pricing.
    Note: make sure the list price is higher than the retail price.

11. Enter the wholesale price in the Wholesale Price text box.
    This is also an optional field.  The field defines the price that is displayed to B2B wholesale customers and used to calculate their order totals.  You can define which store visitors are wholesale customers through the Customers Menu.

12. Enter the cost of the product in the Cost Price text box.
    This field is optional.

13. If you want to upload and select a general Image and/or a Thumbnail Image for the product, please refer to the Managing Images for Products and Categories instructions in this manual.

14. Enter the weight of the product in the Weight text box.
    This field is optional. > The weight can be used for dynamically calculating shipping charges.  If you set the weight to zero, then customers will not be prompted to select a shipping option during the check out process.  This can help you both with items that you do not ship and with those for which you want to offer free shipping.

15. Enter the current stock level for this product in the Stock text box.
    This is an optional field, which can help you manage your inventory.  If a product is out of stock and you have selected Show Out of Stock then the product details page on your store will display an �Out of stock� message.  However, this will not affect your customers' ability to buy the product.  Products can be purchased even if their stock level is 0.  If you don�t want a product to be available for purchase, then uncheck the Active option at the bottom of the page.

16. Enter the normal delivery days in the Delivering Time text box.
    This field is optional.  The delivery days will be displayed on the view item page.

17. If you want specific text to be displayed in email confirmations, enter the text in the E-mail Text field.
    This field is optional.

18. Select the root category of the product from the Category 1 drop-down list.
    This field is required and defaults to the first category in the list.
    To give you maximum flexibility, Storefront Management allows you to assign a product to multiple categories.  For example, a gift shop could have the same poster appear under "Posters" (first category) and under "Home D�cor" (second category).  To manage categories and subcategories, see Manage Categories.

19. Select the second category for the product from the Category 2 drop-down list.
    This field is optional.

20. Select the third category for the product from the Category 3 drop-down list.
    This field is optional.

21. Enter the quantity that will be allowed for the customer to order in the Form Quantity text box.
    This will be the quantity to be allowed in the quantity selection drop-down list on the view item page.

22. The Active check box is defaulted to being turned on (product is made active).  If you do not want the product to be active, click the checkbox to turn it off.
    A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the product is active.  A blank checkbox indicates that the product will not be active.

23. If you want the product to be listed in the Hot Deals special page, click the Hot Deal checkbox to turn it on.
    A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the product will be on the Hot Deals page.

24. If you do not want the product to be listed, click the List Hidden checkbox to turn it on.

25. If you want the product to be listed on the Home page, click the Show in Home checkbox to turn it on.
    A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the product will be on the Hot Deals page.

26. If you want the product to be listed on the Showcase page, click the Show in Showcase checkbox to turn it on.
    A checkmark in the checkbox indicates that the product will be on the Hot Deals page.

27. If you want to let the customer enter text that will be displayed on the order information, packing list, etc., click the Personalization check box.
    A checkmark in the box indicates that the Personalization text box will be displayed on the product detail page.  The customer can enter any text in this text box that will be carried forward onto an order for the line item.

28. Click the Save button at the bottom of the page to save the product and return to the Manage products page.
    The product will be assigned an item number.  The Manage Products page will be displayed with the new product in the Product List (in alphabetical order).

29. If you are through with the Manage Products function, click the Done button at the bottom of the page to return to the Storefront Management menu, or click the Feature List link to return to the Main Information page.

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