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  • Basic settings: it contains all you need to create a product quickly and easily. If however, you need to add more details to your product, then you should have a look at the others tabs.
  • QuantitiesCombinations or Virtual product: define you your product quantities and other stock-related options. When your product has combinations the tab will be renamed Combinations. This is where you manage all your combinations. On the other hand, if you have a virtual product, this is where you upload its associated file , if any.
  • Shipping: give details that can have an impact on the shipping delivery of the product.additional functionalities to manage your product's visibility, its references, attached files or suppliers. It is also here that you can se
  • Pricing: refine your pricing with specific prices or price per unit (among other pricing options).
  • SEO: manage the meta description or product URL to make sure it's optimized for search engines.
  • Options: additional functionalities to manage your product's visibility, specific references, attached files or suppliers. It is also here that you can set up the customization.

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Product Name

The first field to fill is the product name, which will appear in the search engine results and in your product sheet's URL by default. Next to the field, you will find a language code, selector which enables you to choose the language into which you wish to edit or create the nameproduct.

 

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You must give the product a name in at least the default language before you can save it. You won't be able to save until it has a name – and many other tabs require the product to be saved in order to be accessible.

Make sure to translate each field in every language that your shop supports. In order to do that, click on the language selector next to the product type field, and choose the language in which you wish to edit the product name.

 

Type of product

 

This second option is an essential one: indicate whether the product is a pack (a combination of at least two existing products), a virtual product (downloadable file, service, etc.), or simply a classic, mail-sent product. For now, we will only explore the standard product with no combinations, and deal with products with combinations, packs and virtual products in their own sections of this chapter.

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To translate your product content in another language, just select with in which language you would like to work next to the type of product selector. The product page will update with the content available in the selected language. You can switch from one language to the other without having to save your work in-between. Just make sure you are editing the content in the right language.

By default, the product page will display content in your shop's default language.

Tip

To add new languages to your shop, go to the International section. You can either add just a language in "Translations" or add a localization pack in "Localization". You will find more information in the international section of the documentation.

 

Global Buttons

            • Sales. Redirects you to the "Product detail" page of the statistics dashboard ("Stats" menu), which gives you a graphic of both the visits to this product's page , and also its sales.
            • Product list. New in PrestaShop 1.7. Displays a list of all your products to allow you to quickly navigate from a product to another.
            • Help. Opens the contextual help in a column, with the page from the User Guide corresponding to the product page.

At the bottom of each pagethe page, there are several several actions are possible:

  • Delete (trash icon). Removes all the data for the current product and deletes it, including its images, combinations, features, etc.
  • Preview. Displays the front office page of your product. This is very handy, as it works even if the product is disabled.
  • Online / Offline. This is where you enable or disable your product. By default it is disabled, so your customers won't be able to see it in your shop.
  • Duplicate. Save the current product, then creates an exact copy of the current product and takes you to the new product page. This is very useful when you'd rather use the current product's data as a template for another new product, and not have to create every data of the new product by hand. For instance, two products might be very different , but could share the same associations, carriers or supplier settings.

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    titleDon't over-duplicate!

    If you need to create different versions of the same product, because of its variety of colors, capacity, size, etc., then you should create product combination for the current product rather than duplicating duplicate it X times. See the "Combinations" option in the "Basic settings" tab, which is explained in the "Creating a product with combinations" section of this chapter.


  • Go to Catalog. This saves any change you have made to any of the data for the current product , and takes you back to the product list.
  • Add new product. This saves any change you have made to any of the data for the current product , and opens a new page to create a new product.
  • Save. This saves any change you have made to any of the data for the current product , and keeps you on the current tab. This is particularly useful when you want to switch tabs without losing your changes to the current tab, or in order to see your changes get applied immediately. 

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Some keyboard shortcuts have been introduced in PrestaShop 1.7 to help you save time when you create several products in a row. The behavior is the same as described above, and it works for the following options:

  • Go to CatalogDuplicate: CTRLALT+Q
  • Save: CTRL+S
  • Add SHIFT+D
  • Enable/Disable on your store: ALT+SHIFT+O
  • Add a new product: CTRLALT+SHIFT+P
  • Duplicate: CTRL+D
  • Go back to the catalog: ALT+SHIFT+Q
  • Save: ALT+SHIFT+S
  • Preview: ALT+SHIFT+V

 

Creating a product

 The product page, which has been redesigned in PrestaShop 1.7, makes it easier to create a product thanks to enhanced tabs.

Basic settings

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The "Basic Settings" tab provides the main options required to create a basic product: in a few clicks, you'll be able to create a new product. Fom From there you can also browse the other tabs to add further details to your product.

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Each image can have a caption: use it to briefly describe the image (and the product). It is important for the SEO since it is considered as the alt attribute of the image, and therefore it helps search engines to better rank your product. If you have several languages, don't forget to translate it! 

Sorting images

Once you have uploaded all your product images, you can modify their order by drag-and-dropping each image. You can also add more images by clicking on the "+" icon, or dropping it.

 

Sorting images

You can reorganize the order of your images by clicking on each image and moving it to the position where you want to display it:

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Summary and Description

Describing your product well is essential, both for the customer (the more information, the better) and search engines (it will help your shop appear in more search requests).

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Below the product descriptions, you can several options. The "Add a feature" option if is for specifying your products' features (i.e. weight, material, country of origin, etc.).

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When clicking on "Add a feature", a drop-down menu appears, listing all of your shop's features. Select which feature you want to add. Next, you can either assign one of the pre-defined values (as set when creating the feature) if there are any available , or set a value manually in the "Customized value" field. 

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Remember: If a feature does not have any value assigned to it, it will not be taken into account for this product, and will not be visible on in your shop.

Brand

The same way you can add a feature, you can add a brand. Click on "Add a brand" and choose a brand in the dropdown drop-down menu.

If the brand you want isn't available in the drop-down menu, go to the "Brands & Suppliers" page to create a new brand.

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You can associate a product with as many other products as you deem necessary. Click on the trash icon to delete the product association.
An association goes one way only: the associated product will not feature an association to the current product in its setting page.

Tip

Accessories addition/removal is not automatically saved! Do not forget to click on the "Save" button.

Combinations

You will often sell the same product under different versions: they share the same overall name, but they might differ by their color, their capacity, their screen size, and other attributes. Most of the time, these attributes come together: you could have the red version of the product available with either 1 Gb capacity or 2 Gb, or with 12'' screen or a 15'' screen. This is why PrestaShop calls these versions "combinations": your stock of products can be made of several variations of a single product, which in effect are simply its attributes combined in specific ways.

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Tip

You cannot create combinations if you do not already have product attributes properly set in PrestaShop.
Also, you should not create a combination for features that your customers should not be able to choose from.

Attributes creation is done in the "Attributes & Features" page from the "Catalog" menu, and is explained in details in this dedicated chapter of the documentation.

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This option will not be displayed if you're creating a product with combinations: quantities for combinations are managed in the "Combinations" tab, as each combinations can combination can have a different quantity value. 

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  • Price – Tax excluded. This is where you should set your price. It is independent of calculations, tax and other prices. Keep this field at "0" to use the default price.
  • Price – Tax included. Displays the price of the product with taxes included. You can edit the value, and it will automatically update the "Tax excluded" field according to the tax rule that you chose.
  • Tax rule. The tax applicable to the product. Choose between the different rates that you have registered. When changing the tax rule, the tax included price will change accordingly.

More pricing options are available in on the "Pricing" tab. Whether you change your price in the "Basic Settings" or "Pricing" tab is just the same, as the tabs are synchronized.

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The "Categories" section enables you to select in which category the product should appear. You can select more than one, but keep in mind that it is better for the customer if the category only contains equivalent and comparable products. Therefore, you should prevent from selecting root categories, and prefer child categories.
For instance, the "telephone" category can feature sub-categories of "brands" (Apple, Samsung, NokiaHTC, etc.) and as well as "characteristics" (smart-phone, flip-phonedual sim, Android, etc.). It is up to you to indicate the category most useful to your customers.

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Using the search bar. Type in the first letters of product the category and the bar will display all the matching categories and the path to access it. Choose your category and click on it. It will be shown in the "Associated categories" section.

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In the list of associated categories, if you mouse over a specific categoriecategory, you will see the path leading to the category. It can be helpful if you have several categories with the same name (like "Shoes" which can be under "Children" and "Women" categories).

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The "main category" selector is useful when an article is filed under several categories. It serves mainly to clarify which category to use in case your customer arrives at your site from a search engine, since the name of the category will appear in the product's URL.

 

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Checking the "Home" box enables you to highlight the product on your shop's homepage, provided your theme supports it. To remove a product from the Featured list, simply uncheck the "Home" box.

Creating a new category

If you feel you need to add a category, save the current state of your product before clicking the "Create new category" button. 

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At this point, you are done with the essential information for a basic product page. You can save it and . To have it immediately available for sale on your shop!
But , click on "Offline": its status will change to "Online" and it will be visible on your shop.

However, you should keep reading, as there are many more details you can add to your product to make it more attractive to customers.!

 

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Quantities

Product quantities are managed in a single tab. PrestaShop will use this to determine when a product is soon out-of-stock or unavailable anymore.

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Standard Product

For a standard product you only have two four fields:

  • Quantity. Define how many products are for sale. It is the same value as the one in "Basic settings".
  • Stock location. We know it is always useful to be able to know where to find a product. So be this field.
  • Minimum quantity for sale. You might prefer this product to be sold in bulk. Use this field to set the number of items to be sold in bulk. It means customer customers will be able to purchase this product only when they reach this minimum quantity.
  • Stock alerts. You also can set a rule for low stock products in this section. Indicate a threshold and check the box "Send me an email when the quantity is below or equals this level" to have an email sent to all the users who can run the stock page - permissions can be modified in Advanced Parameters > Team.

Product with Combinations

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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 Settings" in the "Shop Parameters section" ("Allow ordering of out-of-stock products" option), which is fully explained in the "Understanding the Preferences" chapter of this guide.

 

Shipping

The "Shipping" tab enables you to give some precious details about your product's package. It isn't available in the case of a virtual product.

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  • Price – tax excluded. This is where you can set an arbitrary price, independent of calculations and regular prices. Keep this field at "0" to use the default price.
  • Price – tax included. Displays the price of the product with taxes included. You can edit the value, and it will automatically update the "Pre-tax retail price" field according to the tax rule that you chose.
  • Price per unit (tax excl.). The unit price for the product at the time of the addition. This is for valuation purpose.
  • Tax rule. The tax applicable to the product. Choose between the different rates that you have registered. A link will redirect you to the Tax rule pages if you wish to make some changes. Read more about tax rules in this section.
  • Display the "on On sale!" icon flag on the product page and in the text found within the product listing. Check that box to show that your product is on sale, both on the product page and in the text on the product listing. An "On sale" icon will appear under the product. You can modify this logo by changing the following file: themes/default/img/onsale_en.gif
  • Final retail price. This price, including the discount taken, will update as you type.
 

You can fill out the "Price - tax includedexcluded" field and choose the tax rate to apply, and the field will automatically calculate the pre-tax retail price with taxes. The opposite operation is also available.

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  • Leave initial price. Check this box to reset the "Product price" field and prevent yourself from editing it.
  • Apply a discount of. The discount that will be applied once the client has chosen a quantity of product. Use the selector to set the type of discount (either a specific amount in the default currency, or a percentage of the default price). On the product sheet, the initial price will appear as crossed out next to the discounted price.

Once you have chosen your values, click on "Apply": the summary of your discount settings appears below. The discount will be immediately visible on the store.
If you wish to delete a value, click on the trashcan icon in the table.

If you want to build more complex discounts, go read about the "Discounts" menu in the   "Managing Discounts" chapter of this guide.

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To access the product's SEO information, go to the "SEO" tab.

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Search Engine Optimization

The fields in this page enable you to directly optimize your catalog's visibility on search engines.

  • Preview. With PrestaShop 1.7.5 released, you can now get a real-time preview of your search engine result to help you see how your page would be displayed.
  • Meta title. This is the most important field, as the title that will appear on all search engines. Be very factual: you must convince the search engine user to click your link, not one from another site. Make sure the title is unique to this product within your site.
    • Good example: "Levi's 501® Original Jeans - Tidal Blue - Original Fit".
    • Bad example: "Item #02769869B bestseller".
  • Meta description. A presentation of the product in just a couple lines (ideally, less than 155 characters), intended to capture a customer's interest. This will appear in results for some search engines, depending on the search request: some search engine might choose to display the searched keywords directly in the context of the page content. Make sure the description is unique to this product within your site.
  • Friendly URL. This is another extremely important field. It enables you to rewrite the web addresses of your products as you wish. For example, instead of having an address such as
    http://www.myprestashop.prestashop.com/index.php?id_product=8&controller=product
    you can have:
    http://www.myprestashop.prestashop.com/8-name-of-the-product.html.
    All you need to do is indicate in the "Friendly URL" field the words that you wish to see appear instead of the default name, separated by dashes.
    The "Reset URL" button makes it easy to produce a proper friendly URL based on the product name. Once generated, you can edit the URL produced if necessary.

Warning

Friendly URLs will only work if URL rewriting is enabled. You can do this in "SEO & URLs" preference page (in the "Traffic" menu), in its "Set up URLs" section.

You will find more information on the "SEO & URLs" preference page in the "Traffic" chapter of this guide.

 


Redirection page

When your product is offline, its product page will no longer available on your shop. You have to decide what you want to show to your visitors instead:

  • No redirection (404). This will display a "404 error - Not found" page.
  • Permanent redirection (301). This will permanently redirect the visitor to another product or category page. The current URL of your product page will no longer be indexed by search engines: it will be replaced by the URL of the product or category page of your choice. Choose which product page you would like to display instead. Remember, this is permanent, so make sure you don't need this URL anymore before activating the 301 redirection!
  • Temporary redirection (302). This is a temporary redirection to another product or category page. Choose which product or category page you would like to display instead. Search engines will still index the product page URL, so you can reuse it later easily, should you reactivate the product, for example.

If you want to display a category page, you have to select what category you want to redirect to.

Options

The "Options" tab provides additional settings to manage product references, suppliers, product customization, visibility and files. 

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  • Reference code. This is your own internal reference. It might be a number, or its reference from the storage location or its supplier, or anything that makes it unique.
  • ISBN. ISBN is used internationally to identify books and their various editions. If your products are books or entitled to have an ISBN number, enter it here.
  • UPC barcode. This standard for barcodes is mostly used in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand.
  • EAN-13 or JAN barcode. These are the numbers of the product's barcode, which are used worldwide in order to identify it. You can use either an EAN-13 or a JAN number.

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Once all the label fields have been filled, do not forget to save your changes.

On the customer's side

Once a product has customizable properties set, its front-end product page has a new blockb, below the description: "Product customization".

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If you haven't attached any file yet, you can upload a new file directly on this page:

  1. Click on "Attach a file"
  2. Click on "Browse" to select a file on your computer to upload. As soon as you choose the file, PrestaShop uploads it, then displays it in the list
  3. Fill out the title of your attachment (it doesn't have to be the same as the original file name).
  4. Give it a description. This will help you distinguish between your uploaded files with certainty and will give additional information to your customers.
  5. Click on "Add".
  6. The attachment appears in the "Attached files" list, already selected to indicate it will be attached to the product.
  7. Save your product.

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Indicating the product's supplier is not really important to your customers (very much less so than its brand in any case), but 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" section of the "Options" tab.

 

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You cannot use this feature if you do not already have at least one supplier registered in your shop. Suppliers are created from the "Brands & Suppliers" page, under the "Catalog" menu.

The complete supplier registration process is explained in details in a dedicated chapter of this guide.

Associating the current product with one or more suppliers is really easy: simply check the box corresponding to the supplier, and save your changes.

 

Supplier reference(s)

The supplier's section also features a table that enables you to set the precise reference and unit price/currency for each product combination, per supplier. If the product has more than one supplier, the table will display each supplier one after the other.

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There are many more product-related options in the "Product settings" page from the "Shop parameters" menu:

  • Number of days for which the product is considered 'new'.
  • Default product order.
  • Enable advanced-stock management.
  • etc.

You should really check that these global settings are set as you wish.

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Tip
title12 essential tips to create an efficient product page

 Watch our short video with 12 tips on how to create a great product page:

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