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eCommerce 101 & Merchant processing
4 September 2008

 
 

Creating your Store - Adding Categories and Products

Please log in to your Store Administration to follow along with this tutorial.

STEP 1:  After you log in.
Lets Add your first category - Click Add Category/Item (at the top)
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the page and Enter your category name (required).
  • Click Add Category to save your new main category.

For example; if you sell shoes you may want your first category to be Men's Shoes.

(NOTE)
It is a good idea to have your site opened to your homepage in another window.
Click the Your Site link in your store administration (up top).  After you make changes on your admin side you can refresh your web site to see the changes.

To add a subcategories to your main categories the following:

  • Click on a Category Name link you have already created.
  • Scroll down to the bottom of the page and Enter your sub-category name (required).
  • Click Add Category to save your new sub-category.

For example; if you sell shoes, you may want your sub-category underneath Men's Shoes to be Men's Dress Shoes.
You can now create multiple sub-categories and for example add the sub-categories Men's Tennis Shoes, Men's Hiking Boots, etc.
 

STEP 2:  Adding your first product

Lets Add  your first product - Click View Items (up top)

  • Choose the category you would like to add a new product into and click the ADD button in the Add Item column.
  • Fill out your product name, price, shipping price or weight, and description and any other information you would like to include.
  • Click here for our tutorial on adding product options such as size, color, etc.
  • Do not click the Save Changes button just yet, in our next step we will explain how to upload your item image.
STEP 3:  Uploading your product images.
Lets Upload your product photos
  • You will see an area on the bottom of the form to upload your photos -
    Click the Upload button, a new window will pop up with instructions on how to upload your product image.
    If this window does not appear, please check that you are not using pop-up blocking software, if so, enable your website.
  • Follow the instructions in the Upload window to upload your product image.
  • After your image uploads successfully, close the Upload window.
  • Finally, click Save Changes at the bottom of the Add Item page and your item will appear immediately on your web site.

You will now see the item / category on your web site home page.


For assistance please call support @ 561-210-5587 or 732-333-4334.
 

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