Products and categories

Adding and editing products, images, stock, prices and categories.

Adding a new productFrom an empty form to a product in your shop: name, SKU, price, stock, category, description and images. · 8 min · Beginner Product imagesAdding images, their order and their roles: which is the main image, which shows in the list and which in the cart. · 4 min · Beginner Stock, pre-orders and minimum quantityQuantity and stock status, selling products that are not yet in stock (pre-orders), setting many products to Out of Stock at once, and what negative stock means. · 7 min · Beginner Special price for a single productThe quickest way to reduce the price of one product, including for a set period only. · 3 min · Beginner Related products, up-sells and cross-sellsWhich products are offered to the customer on the product page and in the cart, and how to choose them. · 4 min · Beginner Long category description below the product listA short introduction stays above the products, and you put the longer text for customers and Google below the product list. · 3 min · Beginner Frequently asked questions in a categoryAdd up to 8 questions and answers below a category. They clear up customers' doubts and tell search engines what the page is about. · 4 min · Beginner Out-of-stock products at the end of the categoryProducts that are out of stock move to the end of the list by themselves. Customers first see what they can buy. · 3 min · Beginner Categories and the main menuA new category, subcategories, the order in the menu and adding products to a category. · 6 min · Beginner Product order in a categoryWhich products come first in a category: position, default sorting and products from subcategories. · 5 min · Beginner Product attributes and filtersA new product property (for example material or size), its values and showing it in category filters. · 7 min · Beginner Importing and exporting products (CSV)Quick changes to prices, stock or descriptions for many products at once using a CSV file. · 7 min · Advanced Products with variants, bundles and grouped productsConfigurable product (sizes, colours), a bundle of several products (Bundle Product) and a group of products (Grouped Product): when to use which and how to create it. · 9 min · Advanced Tier prices with a validity periodA price for a larger quantity or for a customer group can apply only during a chosen period. When the period ends, it switches off by itself. · 4 min · Beginner

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