Add Products Manually

Add products to your main B2C Commerce catalog manually.

Note If you see unavailable fields, you have read-only permission. You can search for products and view product data, but you can't change them. If you have mixed permission to access one module (via different roles), B2C Commerce grants the higher-level access. If you require write access, see your administrator.

1. Click App Launcher , and then select Merchant Tools | site | Products and Catalogs | Products.
2. To initiate the wizard, click New.
   If you see unavailable fields, you have read-only permission. See your administrator if you need write access.
3. On the Product page General tab, enter general product information:
   • ID: Don't include commas or periods in your IDs. These characters can cause limitations elsewhere in the product.
   • Catalog: Select from dropdown (Only select the dropdown when you are creating a product.)
   • Tax Class: Select from dropdown
   • Online
   • Searchable
   • Searchable If Unavailable: Use this field to control on a product-level if a product is to appear in the search results when it's unavailable (that is, ATS=0).
   • Name
   • Brand
   • Manufacturer
   • Manufacturer Product ID
   • Description
   • Online/Offline for a specific time period
   • Attributes, such as SEO, Sitemap, presentation and search ranking
4. Click the Edit Site Specific button to configure site-specific attributes.
5. On the Options tab, select shared product Create Product Options.
6. On the Variations tab, specify a product variation consisting of a base product, a set of variable product attributes and associated variation products.
7. On the Pricing tab, assign pricing to the product.
8. On the Inventory tab, manage the settings of a single product inventory record.
9. On the Categories tab, assign the product to a category.
10. On the Links tab, specify static product links between this and other products.
11. On the Recommendations tab, specify the products that are associated with this product as one of the following recommendation types:
    • Product Detail Page - Cross-Sell
    • Category Landing Page - Featured Items
    • Other

    

    Note Your configuration can have different recommendation types other than those listed here. If so, choose a type that is appropriate for your organization.
12. On the Bundles tab, specify products that are bundled with this product.
13. On the Product Sets tab, view the product sets of the current product.
14. On the Active Data tab, view active data of the current product.
15. On the Page Meta Tag Rules tab, create and manage page meta tags.
16. Click Apply to save your changes.