Introduction
The Products & Categories section is the core of your menu. Here, you can add all the products for your stores, create categories within your stores, and add as many as you’d like.
This guide will explain the Product Details feature, which appears when you click on any product already listed in your category, as well as the benefits and use cases of this functionality.
🟢 Feature included from Standard Plan
Accessing Product Details
Go to the Products & Categories Section
From the navigation menu, go to the Products & Categories section.
Select a Product
If you’d like to make a special edition of a product, find the category that the product is in and click on the product to start editing.
Explore Product Details
Once inside your product, you’ll see all the product configurations. Here’s what you can adjust:
Product Configurations
Name
Set or update the name of the product.
Price
Set the current price at which the product will be sold.
Regular Price
Set a higher regular price that will be crossed out on your front end, indicating a discount or special offer.
Add Inventory
Set a quantity for this product. If this quantity reaches zero, the product will show as sold out on the front end.
Ribbon
Add a ribbon or distinctive label to highlight the product (e.g., "New," "Sale," "Limited Edition").
Product Details: Advanced
Under the Advanced tab inside Product Details, you’ll find extra fields that help customize product settings for better accuracy:
Estimated person: Number of people the item serves.
Tax and Fees: Choose to inherit business settings or define custom values.
External ID: Helpful for external integrations.
Product cost / regular price: Define internal production cost and base price.
Minimum / Maximum quantity to order: Set order quantity rules.
Calories: Add nutritional information.
You can also toggle on/off special product settings:
Featured: Mark the product as highlighted.
Upselling: Use it for suggestions during checkout.
Stock Keeping Unit (SKU): Inventory tracking code.
Hide special instructions: Hide the instructions field.
Show price by weight: Enable pricing by weight.
Is Alcohol: Specify if this is an alcoholic item.
Below that, you'll find extra toggle switches:
Featured: Highlight this product in the store.
Upselling: Enable upsell suggestions for this item.
SKU: Show stock-keeping unit identifier.
Hide special instructions: Hide the custom note field from users.
Show price by weight: Use for weight-based pricing.
Is Alcohol: Mark the product as containing alcohol.
Make sure to click Save to apply all changes.
Product Details: Labels
The Labels tab allows you to assign custom tags to your products. Labels help with:
Filtering products on the frontend.
Visually or functionally categorizing items.
Triggering automated features like promotions, icons, or groupings.
Available options:
Search: Find existing labels.
Select all / Select none: Bulk select/deselect labels.
Add new label: Create a new custom label to organize your product catalog.
Product Details: SEO Options
To enhance the visibility of your product on Google search, you can add more detailed information:
SEO Image
Upload an image specifically for SEO purposes.
SEO Title
Set an SEO-friendly title that will appear in search results.
SEO Description
Write a description optimized for search engines, helping users understand what the product is about.
SEO Keywords
Add relevant keywords that will help search engines index your product correctly.
Slug
Define a URL slug that is concise and relevant to your product, improving SEO performance.
All this content will help the product get more traffic by improving its search engine ranking.
Benefits of the Product Details Feature
Enhanced Product Management
Comprehensive Control: Allows you to manage all aspects of a product, from pricing to inventory, ensuring everything is up to date.
Inventory Management: Helps you keep track of stock levels, automatically marking products as sold out when inventory reaches zero.
Improved Sales and Marketing
Dynamic Pricing: The ability to set regular and sale prices helps attract customers by showing discounts and special offers.
Highlight Products: Adding ribbons like "New" or "Sale" makes products stand out, potentially increasing sales.
Better SEO and Visibility
SEO Optimization: Detailed SEO options ensure your products are easily discoverable on search engines, driving more organic traffic to your store.
Increased Traffic: Well-optimized products rank higher on search engines, leading to more clicks and potential sales.
Use Cases
Special Edition Products
If you have a product that you want to feature as a special edition, you can use the Product Details feature to update its information, set a special price, and highlight it with a ribbon like "Limited Edition."
Seasonal Sales
During holiday seasons or special sales events, you can quickly update the regular price and set a sale price for products, making it clear to customers that they are getting a discount.
Inventory Updates
When new stock arrives, you can update the inventory levels of your products, ensuring that customers see accurate availability. If a product is running low, you can highlight it with a "Limited Stock" ribbon.
SEO Enhancements
For new products or those needing a visibility boost, you can add SEO-friendly titles, descriptions, keywords, and images, helping them rank better on search engines and attract more traffic.
Conclusion
In summary, the Product Details feature in the Products & Categories section of your dashboard offers extensive options for managing and optimizing your products.
This functionality is crucial for maintaining an organized inventory, implementing dynamic pricing strategies, and improving your products' visibility on search engines, ultimately driving more traffic and increasing sales.