Adding a product

To add a product to the storefront:

 

1.Login to the Multifront administration website. The Dashboard page is displayed.

 

2.On the top menu, click Products under Merchandise. The Products page is displayed.

 

3.Click Add New Product. The Add New Product page is displayed.

 

4.Enter the following details:

 

Product Name: Enter a name for the product. For example: "Ipod Nano".
Product Code: Enter your internal product code for this item. This product code identifies a product across all locales.
SKU or Part#: Enter a valid SKU (SKU or Stock Keeping Unit is a unique identification number for this product). If not applicable to your product then enter the product number instead.
Product Type: Select a product type based on the attribute types for this product. Leave at Default, if unsure. See Product Types for more details.
Select Product Brands: Select the brand for this product.
Select Supplier: Select the supplier for this product who will be fulfilling this order.
Download Link (for software): Enter the link from where the software product can be downloaded. Leave blank if it is not applicable for this product.
Retail Price: Enter the retail price for this product. This will be displayed on the storefront.
Sale Price: Enter the sale price, if this product is on Sale, else leave blank. This will be displayed as sale price adjacent to the retail price in the storefront.
WholeSale Price: Enter the wholesale price if this product has one, else leave blank.
Tax Class: Select the tax class to which this product belongs to.
Quantity On Hand: Enter the current inventory level for this product in your warehouse.
Re-Order Level: Enter the re-order level.
Min Selectable Quantity: Enter the minimum quantity that can be selected when adding an item to the cart.
Max Selectable Quantity: Enter the maximum quantity that can be selected when adding an item to the cart. This value is required.
Display Order: Enter a number. This determines the order in which the product will be displayed in the storefront.
Free Shipping: Select to enable free shipping for this product. All other shipping rules will be ignored.
Ship Separately: Select to calculate shipping costs on this item separately from the other items in this cart.
Select Shipping Type: Select the shipping rule that will be applied to this product. For example: if you select "Flat Rate Per Item" then shipping will be calculated based on a flat rate per item.
Weight: Enter the weight of the product in pounds. This is used to compute shipping cost. Leave blank if not applicable.
Height: Enter the height of the product in inches. This is used to compute shipping cost. Leave blank if not applicable.
Width: Enter the width of the product in inches. This is used to compute shipping cost. Leave blank if not applicable.
Length: Enter the length of the product in inches. This is used to compute shipping cost. Leave blank if not applicable.
Product Image: Click Browse, under the Product Image section. The Choose file dialog box opens. Choose a location and enter the filename of the product image to upload. Click Open. The location of the image is now displayed next to the Browse button. 

Note: Only JPG, GIF and PNG images are supported. Make sure your image is 1.5 Mb in size or less.

Product Image ALT Text: Enter a short descriptive text for this product to be used in the image ALT text. This text is displayed if the image does not download correctly.
Short Description: Enter an optional short description for the product. This will be displayed in the product listing grid. The description should be less than 100 characters.
Long Description: Enter a detailed description for the product in this Rich Text Box.

 

5.Click Submit. The Product Details page is displayed listing the newly added details.

 

 

Important

 

1.To enter the following additional details for this product, see Editing a Product.
Advanced Settings
Manage SKUs
Departments
Bundle
Tags
Related Items
Alternate Images
Product Add-Ons
Tiered Pricing
Highlights
Digital Asset
Additional Info

 

2.To add this product's variants, see Adding Product Add-Ons and Adding SKUs.

 

 


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