Adding New Products

To add a product click on Add new product in the Product menu. 'Add Product' page will be opened. Use the 'Product details' form to enter the new product details.

Picture 1: Product details form.

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Select an image for the product thumbnail:

• Click on the Change image button, confirm your intention to change the image. The 'Image selection' window will appear.

• You can use images located on the server, on your local computer, or on the Internet. Locate the image file you want to use for the thumbnail picture and click on Apply.

Note. Recommended thumbnail image size is from 50x50 px to 150x150 px. For more information see: Working with Images.

Choose which categories the product should be displayed in. If you want the product to be assigned to just one category, the name of this category should appear in the 'Main category' field. If you need the product to be displayed in more than one category, you can specify additional categories for it. Select the appropriate categories from the drop-down lists.

Note. If there is not an appropriate product category see: Setting Up the Category Tree.

Choose the current status of your product from the drop-down list (Available for sale, Hidden, Bundled or Disabled)

The status Available for sale means that the product can be found by browsing the product catalog or by submitting a product search query and can be purchased by customers.

Hidden means that the product is not included into the catalog and cannot be found in any of the categories or via product search, but can be accessed directly if you know its URL. This feature enables you to sell the product only to the most privileged of your customers (If you select the availability status 'Hidden', the URL of the new product appears below the 'Availability' select box after you click on Save).

Bundled means that the product is sold only as a component of a configurable product and cannot be purchased separately.

Disabled means that the product is not displayed to customers and is not available for sale.

Enter the product SKU (you can use the value generated by X-Cart). Enter the product title, the short (for the Product Browsing View) and detailed (for the Product Detailed View) descriptions.
Enter the product price and list price, as desired. (Customers will be charged as you define in the 'Product price' field. List price is only used for advertising purposes.)
Enter the quantity of the product in stock. X-Cart shopping cart software has a built-in stock tracking system that enables you to track the number of products remaining in stock. Every time you sell a product item this number is lowered automatically.

Note: The product will not be available for sale if its quantity in stock goes down to zero. The product will remain on the storefront with an "Out of stock" sign unless your admin chooses to disable products which are out of stock (General Settings>General options>Disable products which are out of stock). If you do not want to track items in stock, your admin can disable inventory tracking: General Settings>General options>Disable inventory tracking.

Enter the low limit in stock. If the number of items in stock reaches this limit, the orders department of your store will start getting e-mail notifications about the decreasing quantity of the product every time someone orders this product.
Enter the minimum order amount (the minimal number of items that your customers will be able to order at a time).

Enter the weight of the product in weight units defined through General Settings>General options.

Specify if the product is tax exempt (choose No or Yes from the drop-down menu).
Select which taxes should be applied to this product (press and hold Ctrl while clicking your mouse to select multiple taxes).

Note. The taxes which can be applied to products in your store are defined by the store admin.

Specify if shipping for this product is free (choose No or Yes from the drop-down menu).
Enter the shipping freight, as desired. If you have any special expenses associated with product packaging or shipping you can define the shipping freight to cover these expenses.
Select the Apply global discounts check box if you want global discount rates to be applied to the product.
Click on Save in the lower part of the 'Product details' form to apply the changes. If you selected Available for sale from the 'Availability' drop-down box, the product will be published right away.

Note. If necessary, you can make use of advanced product settings. Please refer to the 'Advanced Product Management' section of this manual for more information.

Note. If you need to add a new product similar to some product that already exists in your store, consider using the 'clone' feature. Please refer to the 'Cloning products' section of this manual for more information.

Adding New Products