Magento is the most popular online
market system that offers comprehensive ecommerce solutions while enhancing
marketability and efficacy of an online store. Different products by Magento
give emphasis on various aspects of an online store very efficiently. Catalog
management, product addition and configuration, automatic inventory management
and many more are just basic features of Magento. So you can very well figure
out its extent of applicability in ecommerce sector.
Magento offers complete features
that ensure success of your online business ventures while maintaining its
simplicity in usage which is its USP.
In
this article, we take a look at a very simple feature of Magento store which is
how to add and configure products. Here is the step by step guide to the same.
·
Log-in to Admin Panel.
It is fairly easy. For the first timers, add /admin to your Magento website URL and reload the page. Then, type
your username and password to log in to your administrator panel.
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Open "Catalog" drop-down menu. On the
top menu, you'll see "catalog" menu. Click on that and a drop down
menu will appear.
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On the drop down menu, click on the option,
"Manage Products" which will open in a new window.
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On the top right side of "Manage
Products" page, click on "Add Products" button. This will open
in a new window as well.
·
Now in the header section, you'll notice an
option of "Create Product Settings" with two field tags,
"Attribute Type" and "Product Type". At first,
"Attribute Type" has Default in
its text box, whereas "Product Type" has Simple Product written in its text box.
You can modify the options in "Product
Type" field tag by clicking the drop down arrow in text field. It opens up
to show a number of options such as Simple Product, Grouped
Product, Configurable Product, Virtual Product, Bundle Product and Downloadable
Product. As a tutorial, we start with Simple Product option.
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After selecting the Simple Product option from the drop down menu, click "Continue",
opening a new product page with default attribute.
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Locate the header "General" which
opens up to reveal different fields such as Name, Description, Short
Description, SKU, Weight, Set Product as New From Date, Set Product as New To
Date, Status, URL Key, Visibility, Country of Manufacture, In Feed and Featured
Product with their respective empty fields.
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Enter name of product in "Name" field.
·
Click "Save and Continue Edit" button
on top right corner of page to save the changes. Similarly, update rest of the
fields with specifications of the product you want to add and save the changes
likewise.
·
Now locate option "Status" and select
option "Enabled" from the drop down menu.
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Make sure the Visibility field contains "Visibility,
Search" option. Open the Featured
Product field and select "Yes".
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Now open Meta Information Page by clicking
"Meta Information" on LHS of panel.
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To add images for the added product, click
"Images" on LHS of panel.
·
To update inventory, click "Inventory"
option on LHS of panel and update "Qty" with the number of products
in stock, say 10 or 20 and set "Availability" option at the bottom of
the page as "In Stock".
·
To categorize the added product, click
“Categories” on the LHS of the main page and select the category as you wish by
checking the box near the respective category in the new page that appears.
·
Set the price of added product by clicking
"Prices" on LHS of main panel and add necessary specifications in
appropriate fields.
There you are. Follow these simple steps to easily add and
configure a product in your Magento
ecommerce website. Hopefully we have been of assistance in providing you
with the necessary knowledge in comprehensible manner.
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