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You can also configure the general settings applied to all of your products. The default option is to deny orders, but this can be modified under the "Products" preference, which is fully explained in the "Understanding the Preferences" chapter of this guide.
Setting the Product's Supplier
Indicate the product supplier is not really important to your customers (very much less so than its manufacturer in any case). Still, it may turn out to be an essential part of your own internal management, not the least when managing your stock: you simply need to know who you bought the product from. The supplier of the current product is to be set from the "Suppliers" tab on the left.
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You cannot use this feature if you do not already have at least one supplier registered in your shop. Supplies Suppliers are created from the "SuppliesSuppliers" page, under the "Catalog" tab. The complete supplier creation registration process in explained in details in the next chapter of this guide, "A Look Inside the Catalog". |
Associating the current product with one or more suppliers is really easy: simply click the box corresponding to the supplier, and save your changes.
If the product is associated with more than one supplier, you can choose which one should be the default one use the radio button on the right.
Note: the "Default" radio buttons are unavailable by default. In order to select them, you must first click the "Save and stay" button" in order to select another supplier as default.
Product reference(s)
The product's supplier page also features a table that enables you to set the precise reference and unit price/currency for each product combination. If the product has more than one supplier, the table only opens the combination tied to the first supplier, the others being closed by default. Click on a supplier's name in order to open its references table, and close the others.
Managing Warehouses (advanced)
Once you have enabled the advanced stock management option (in the "Products" preference page), this new tab gets available for all products, and enables you to indicate in which warehouse the current product is stored.
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You cannot use this feature if you do not already have at least one warehouse registered in your shop. Warehouses are created from the "Warehouses" page, under the "Catalog" tab. The complete warehouse registration process in explained in details in another chapter of this guide, "Managing Stock". |
To create a feature as well as its values, go to the "Catalog" tab and open the "Features" page. Click on "Add a Feature" in order to for example, to add the types of headphones provided with a music player.
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