Time needed: up to 15 minutes 🕑
Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐⬜⬜
Products can be added to the website manually or by importing them.
Here we will try to figure out how you can manually add products using the site's admin panel.
*Steps marked with an asterisk are mandatory. You can fill in the rest at your own discretion.
*Step 1.
In the admin panel, go to Products and click + New Product.
*Step 2.
Select the Category of the catalog to which you want to add the product, and click Add..
Step 3.
Fill in the attributes of the Variants group. For example, Size of a T-shirt. Select it from the list or create a new value.
*Step 4.
Fill in the SKU of the product. It must be unique.
Step 5.
For each variant, you can specify a Variant title. For example, Plain T-shirt Blue M.
*Step 6.
Set the current Price of the product.
Step 7.
If there is a discount for this product, you can set the Old Price. It must be higher than the current Price.
*Step 8.
Indicate the product's Availability or set up stock accounting.
*Step 9.
Check the Show on storefront box if you want the product to be visible on the site.
Step 10.
Add the Image of the variant. To see its preview, save the page.
Step 11.
Specify the product Color if necessary.
Step 12.
Set the Currency in which the price is specified.
Go to the Product description → Main info block. This data will be common to all product variants.
*Step 13.
Fill in the general Title of the product. For example, Plain T-shirt. It will not be displayed on the website if you have previously filled in the Variant title.
Step 14.
If you fill in the SKU to view on storefront, it will be displayed for all variants instead of the usual SKU that you specified above. This is an optional field.
Step 15.
Select, if necessary, Additional categories in which the product should be displayed (in addition to the parent section).
Step 16.
Specify the Brand if necessary.
Step 17.
Fill in the Product description.
Step 18.
Go below to Attributes and specify the properties of this product model. This displays the attributes of the Main group. For example, Material, which is the same in all colors and sizes of the T-shirt.
If your product template doesn't have any attributes yet, you can create and fill them in right here. We've described this below.
Or you can prepare all the attributes at once in the product template:
*Step 19.
Save the changes. The product is ready!
How to create an attribute directly in the product properties
Step 1.
In the admin panel, open the product for which you need a new attribute.
Step 2.
Scroll down the page to the Attributes block.
Step 3.
Click the [+] button or the Add option/attribute button.
Step 4.
Add a Title for the new attribute. For example, Country of origin.
Step 5.
Select the attribute Type:
• Selection from list — an attribute with a list of possible options. Can be used in filters.
• Number — exclusively for a numeric value (in the filter it looks the same as the price).
• String or Text field — any text. Cannot be used as a filter on the website.
Step 6.
(*only for Selection from list attribute) Create a values list. In the Select from field, expand the list and click Add Directory. Specify a clear name, for example, Countries of origin, and click Add.
Step 7.
Save the attribute. Now you can fill it in for each product in this category.