Adding a product

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

2.	On the left Navigation pane, click Products under Catalog. The Products page is displayed.

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

4.	Under Select a Product Category, select one or more categories to which the product should be added. Your product will be displayed in each of the categories you select.

•	Product Name: Enter a name for the product. For example: "Ipod Nano".

•	Product Number: Enter your internal number for this product.

•	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.

•	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 Exempt: Select to exclude this product from tax calculations.

•	Quantity On Hand: Enter the current inventory level for this product in your warehouse.

•	Max Selectable Quantity: Enter the maximum quantity that can be selected when adding an item to the cart. This value is required.

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Select Product Manufacturer: Select this products manufacturer. If you select a manufacturer it will be displayed on the Product page in the catalog and this product will be searchable by manufacturer. Select No Manufacturer Selected, if you do not want this info to be displayed on the Product Page.

•	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.

•	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 ex: if you select "Flat Rate" 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.

•	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.

•	Enter a Description: Enter a detailed description for the product in this Rich Text Box..

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

1.	To enter the following additional details for this product, see Editing a Product.

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