How to add a product to the site:
What you do before:
Drop Box/Pet Heaven Files/Products/New Products/Latest Price Updates Sheet.
In the excel sheet:
Add the product: (Always make sure that the name of the brand is at the beginning of the product)
Configurable Product = The name of the product with no weight
Simple Product = The name of the product with weight
Fill in the cost (cost) and recommended retail (RRP)
The configurable product must also have a price (the lowest price)
Go onto Magento/Catalog /manage products and find an SKU to use. (One that has not been used) You can check if it has been used by searching it.
Fill in the SKU and save as todays date.
In Magento:
Click add product:
- Attribute set - Weight manufacture attribute
- Product type - Configurable product
- Tick product weight and continue
Using the tabs on the left and fill in: (Fill in all with a red star)
General tap:
- Name
- Description ect.
- Short description
- SKU
- Status – enabled
- Visibility – Catolog search
- Manufacture – Acana
- Supplier – Champion petfoods
- Fill in auto delivery price (yellow column on the excel sheet)
Other Tab: Fill in what is needed. (Dry food/treats/flavour)
Ingredients tab: Fill in the ingredients.
Prices Tab:
Price - Selling price
Cost – What we buy for
Tax Class – none
Save and continue
Image Tab:
Browse files – Tick letter circles
Upload files – Base images/small images/Thumbnail
Inventory:
Stock availability – in stock
Categories:
Dog food + Acana
Associated products:
340g/statues - enabled
Visibility - Not visible individually
Weight - 340g = 0.340
Qty – 1000
Stock – M stock
Quick create
Creating 2nd product:
Selling / Price same thing (Selling price minus the lowest price)
Once you have created the second product:
Click edit - Check that everything is right
General - Auto Delivery Price
Prices - Price
- Cost (Cost price Names)
Categories – Dog food / Acana
“NB” – Always check if the prices are right.
Associate Products:
All of the product boxes must be blue - if the aren’t present then choose the drop down (Any). May also not be ticketed. (Make sure there is a tick)
If the products prices are incorrect then fill in the amounts and product weights if you scroll to the bottom.
Eg:
340g = 0
2kg = Selling (smallest product)
3kg = Selling minus smallest product
Checks once you have created the product: (Check prices and add to cart)
Configurable – The mother product (Name)
Simple - Weight
- Click on the configurable product
- Associated products
- Scroll down (Product weights)
- 340g = 0
- Always minus from the first product
How to discontinue a product:
Only search key word.
- Weight - Then only select the simple product.
- Delete the whole product – Select the configurable and the simple products.
- Actions – Change the status and status disabled to submit.
Put in Asana: 3 things to consider
- Has anyone got them on their subs (Suggest one alternative product)
- Do we have the products in the warehouse (tell Schalk if we do)
- Has it been removed correctly
How to check if the product is gone:
On our site and if you log in as customer