There are 4 main sections when edit or creating a new product.  We will review and go over the options in each section.

v  Create Product

v  Product Settings

v  Product Images

v  Product Details

The descriptive details set here are used when filtering and searching for products by keywords.

v  Status—a product can be set to the following 4 statuses.  Sometimes the status is set by the Shop Kart when a supplier update is processed.  See Supplier Management Interface

Ø  Active

Ø  Inactive

Ø  Inactive (because product is) Discontinued

Ø  Inactive (because the product is) Newly Imported

Ø  Supplier—all current suppliers are listed and may be selected; Change or select the corresponding supplier for the product.

v  Product Family—all current product families will appear as an option in this list.  You should select the product family that contains the right conditional option need for this product.

v  Remember: Product Families do not = Categories.  See Product Families

v  Product Name—this should be a short descriptive name that represents the product.

v  Product Description—Us the WYSIWYG editor to create a long description of the product. Try to incorporate some of the Meta keywords and/or phrases.  Be sure not to get wordy or repeat word just to attempt to raise the SEO.  Doing so will actually lower your SEO and it will be unappealing to your customer; with whom you are trying to attain a purchase from.

v  See A: The calculation system expects the default attribute price to be part of the product cost and will only apply the difference between default and the option selected. Thus, if all are the same amount the price does not increase.  See Working with Attribute Group Options

v  Appendix E—Understanding the WYSIWYG Editor and Appendix C—Understanding SEO

All products are unique and may or may not need all the feature options the Shop Kart offers.

Order In Increments of—set how many must be purchase together. i.e., sold it lots of five = order in increments of 5.

v  Minimum Order Quantity—this allows you to say I want the customer to buy at least so many of this.  i.e., I want to sell at least 2 of these products = a minimum order quantity of 2.

Supplemental— Examples:

1.     If the increment is set to five and quantity is set to 2… what is the result?  They have to buy at least 2 but they have to buy in increments of 5 to meet both criteria they would have to by at least 5.

2.     Let’s reverse this, increment set to 2 and minimum quantity of 5… what do you think?  Since they have to buy at least 5 and they can only buy it sets of 2.  6 would be the minimum number they would have to purchase.

v  Product Lead Days—you should determine the number of days needed to review/process the order + the number of days to receive the components = total product lead days.

v  Product Taxable?—when checked sales tax will be charged on the product.  Conversely, if left uncheck sales tax will not be charged.

v  Volume Discount Schedule—you must select a volume discount schedule. All discount schedules are listed and may be selected; Change or select the corresponding discount schedule you want to use for the product.

v  See Volume Discount Schedule

v  Hide Special Instructions—yes will hide the special instruction field; so the customer will not be able to add any special instruction when ordering this product.  Make sure to select No if you want the customer to be able to supply special instruction for this product.

v  Hide Personalization Text— yes will hide the personalization text field; so the customer will not be able to add any personalization text when ordering this product.  Make sure to select No if you want the customer to be able to supply personalization text for this product.

v  Shopping Network Data Feed Inclusion/Exclusion—when checked this product will be include when the data feed list is compiled.  Uncheck the data feed if, you do not want the product to be listed when the data feed list is compiled.

Each product can have multiple images associated with it.  There are also multiple types that can be uploading and associated with the product.

v  Image File (Primary):                         (*.jpg, *.png, *.gif, max 2mb)

v  Image File (Alternate One): (*.jpg, *.png, *.gif, max 2mb)

v  Image File (Alternate Two): (*.jpg, *.png, *.gif, max 2mb)

v  Image File (Alternate Three):            (*.jpg, *.png, *.gif, max 2mb)

v  PDF Template File:                (*.pdf, max 2mb)

v  360 Degree Flash File:                       (*.swf, max 2mb)

This section is where you set the product particulars and cost.

v  Product Number—this is the product number the customer sees it must be unique.

v  Product Details Description (Dimensions, etc...)—this should be short but very descriptive; it should contain size, color, dimensions, etc…  Nothing extremely detained, but very specific.

v  Supplier Product Number—this is also a unique product number and should be coordinated with the supplier’s product number.

v  Weight—the weight of the product is important when calculating shipping rates.  See Shipping Methods

v  Note: UPS Shipping Methods use product weights to determine shipping amounts. If any product does not have a weight, then the resulting shipping rate will be incorrect.  

v  We recommend a minimum weight of .2 lbs.  If you have a product this light we also recommend minimum quantity of 3.  UPS shipping servers will not send a price back if total weight is less than .59 lbs.

v  Additional Shipping Charge—adds a flat rate shipping charge to cover materials, handling time, etc…  This amount will be added to the cost calculated by the shipping method.

v  Unit Cost—this is the cost charge by your supplier.

v  Unit Price—this is the price you want to charge the customer.