Product Guide
This guide will help you get started with managing products in the store.
Variants and Options
An option is a property of a product that can have different values. For example, a product can have a size option with the values small, medium and large.
A variant is a combination of options. For example, a product can have a variant with the size small and the color red.
Each variant can have a different price and stock level.
Add a New Product
- Go to the products section of the admin portal.
- Click on the
New Productbutton in the top right corner. - Set a title and subtitle for the product.
- You don't have to set the handle, this will be automatically generated. If you do, make sure you don't use spaces or special characters.
- Fill in the description with more details of the product.
- Open the variants section
- Add a new option (e.g. size)
- Add variations of the option (e.g. small, medium, large)
- (Optional) add another option (e.g. color)
- Click on "Add a variant" and select the options for the variant.
- Scroll down to "Stock & Inventory" and set the "Quantity in stock".
- Scroll down and enable the "Allow backorders" if the product should be avaialable despite being out of stock.
- Save and close.
- (Optional) add other variants
- Go down to the Media section and add images for the product. A thumbnail will be automatically generated from the first image. If you want another image for the thumbnail, set it in this section above.
- Click on "Save as draft" in the top.
- Go down to the Variants section again and click on the three dots, and then "Edit Prices"
- Set the prices for each variant. It shows to the far right.
- Click on "Save and close"
- When ready, publish the product by going back to the products page (where all products are shown) and clicking on the three dots on the product. Then click on "Publish".
- Verify that the product is published by going to the store and searching for the product.