To manually add a product to EasyStore Pro, select the “Products” tab and click “Add”. Enter information into each of the categories described below. Note: Make sure you click "Apply" before moving to the next category, or your settings will not be saved.
Attributes
The "Attributes" category allows you to define the following:
Product name, description, price, and weight.
Designate a maximum quantity per order. If you do not want to set a limit, leave this field blank.
Mark items as Sold out, Backordered, Discontinued, On Sale and New; if you wish to mark an item, remember to make sure "Apply Mark As" is checked.
Designate an item as "tax exempt" if taxes should not be applied to this item.
Items can be displayed on your storefront's main store page below the catalog listing; if you want the item to only appear in a catalog, make sure "hide from view: on main page" has been checked. Items can also be hidden from catalogs. Note that if an item is hidden from catalogs and the main page at the same time, then the item will not be visible at all to customers.
Note: When entering product descriptions, a shortened description will be displayed in the catalog listings. When an item is clicked on, the full item description will be displayed.
Type
The "Type" category allows you to define what kind of product you are creating. Your choices are as follows:
Physical Item: this is a regular store item.
Not a Physical Item: this is not a shippable item; this type does not require a shipping weight to be specified.
A Donation: Use this setting for donations or similar intangibles. The maximum quantity per order is not adjustable and is set to "1". The price cannot be defined by the store owner; the user can set any amount desired.
Downloadable File: Shipping is not required. This does not require a shipping weight and the maximum quantity is automatically set to "1". A payment gateway must be set up to use this item type. After a successful payment has been made, customers are taken to a download page. This page displays the download message, and a link to download the file. This file must exist in your /secure/storemaker/download directory.
Prompts
The "Prompts" category allows you to enter up to two kinds of choices your customers can select (e.g. size and color), please note that your choice values (e.g. small, medium, large), should be separated by commas without spaces, and are displayed in the order they are entered. To enable a product prompt, make sure "Apply Prompt" has been checked for each prompt you wish to display.
Images
The "Images" category Allows you to enter in the location of thumbnail and full-size images you wish to use for the item you are editing. You may either enter in a relative path or full URL to the image you wish to use, e.g.:
Relative paths are entered as "/storemaker/images/<filename>.
Full URLs are entered as "http://<domain name>/<directory path>/<filename>"
In either case, the /public/ directory should not be entered as part of the path.
If you have an image on your computer which you wish to use for your product, when you get to the section of the wizard (or the “Images” section of the “Products” tab if you are manually configuring your store) which asks you to type in the URL or relative path for your image, simply click on the “Browse…” button at the bottom of your screen. A dialogue box will open, allowing you to locate and select the image you want to use. Then click the “upload” button and your image will be uploaded to your /public/storemaker/images/ directory. Please note, you will still have to manually enter the URL or relative path to your image. The “browse” and “upload” buttons are convenient methods of uploading images for your store’s use.
Note: thumbnail images are scaled by default to 60 x 60 pixels, and full-size images are scaled to 200 x 200 pixels. If you would like to change these default settings, see the topic titled Setting global product image sizes.
Discounts
The "Discounts" category allows you to set a discount for the specific item you are adding. Discounts are triggered by ordering more than the quantity listed in the "Orders exceeding" field. You can chose to have the discount be a percentage, or a specific dollar-value discount. You may also advertise the discount by entering in a discount message. Please note, to make the discount available to customers, the "Apply discount" checkbox must be selected. Also, to display the discount message, the "Apply Message" checkbox must be selected.
Catalogs
The "Catalogs" category allows you to select which catalog(s) the item will be displayed in. Your item must be registered with at least one catalog for your item to be available to customers.
To add your item to a catalog, select a catalog from the “Available catalogs" list, and click [+].
To remove your item from a catalog, select a catalog form the list if catalogs the item is displayed in, and click [-].
Stock
The "Stock" category allows you to track how much of the item you still have in stock. To track the stock of an item, you must select "Apply stock counter", enter in your initial stock quantity in the field provided, and click [+]. You can manually readjust this value by entering in a number and clicking [+] or [-]. If you wish to receive a warning by email when your stock is getting low, enter in a number under "stock warning level". When your stock is reduced to this level, you will receive a warning. The email will be sent to the same address as order notifications are sent.
Advertise
This category allows you to select a single product to showcase in a reserved location on your store's main page.
To select the product for showcasing, place a checkmark beside "showcase product". Only one product can be showcased at a time.
Products can also be randomly displayed in a reserved location on your store's main page. The quantity of products displayed varies with the template you have chosen. By default, all products have this feature enabled.
Placing a checkmark beside "hide form random display" will prevent the product from being selected for random display.
To finish adding a product
Click “OK” to return to the main "Products" tab. You will see a list of your current products. On this page you may also view a list of products which appear in specific categories.