Find products on PlusBase Catalog
With PlusBase, you can now easily find trendy products directly from our Catalog, and request PlusBase to find reasonable quotations for good-quality products. In this article, we will show you how to find products on PlusBase Catalog with just a few easy steps.
A. Find products on Catalog
B. Understand Flash sales on Catalog
From your PlusBase admin, go to Dropship products > Catalog.
All product categories will be listed on PlusBase Catalog for you to freely browse through and select those that are best appropriate for your business. Each category has subcategories to help you narrow down product listing and find the exact products that you want to sell on your store. You can hover over a category name to see its subcategories.
To view all products in a category, click on the category's name. If you just want to see products from a specific subcategory, click on the subcategory's name instead.
You can search for products by typing their names in the search bar. In addition, you can further narrow your product search by selecting a certain category.
Products on the Catalog are also organized into collections so you can quickly spot popular items. Product collections include products that we handpicked exclusively for you or the qualifying products added automatically by the system on the PlusBase platform. For example, the following 2 collections will be displayed on your Catalog based on actual selling trends:
Best Selling: The top best sellers in the last 30 days.
Trending Now: The top products with at least 50 orders in the last 7 days.
You can also search for products using Filter box.
In the Filters dialog box, you can click on filters to make it easier to find the products you want, such as:
Ship to: You can select the country to which you are planning to ship your product.
Product cost: The cost we offer for our products. You can adjust the product cost range by dragging the slider.
Profit margin: The profit margin we estimated for a product. You can adjust the profit margin range by dragging the slider.
Shipping fee: The shipping fee range. You can adjust the shipping fee range by dragging the slider. If you do not filter out the country to which you want to ship your product and only filter out the shipping fee range, we will choose the shipping fee of the United States by default.
Most views: You can select the time range (Last 24h, This week, Last 2 weeks, This month) to filter out products that have been viewed the most by other merchant during the selected time range.
Most imports: You can select the time range (Last 24h, This week, Last 2 weeks, This month) to filter out products that have been imported the most by other merchant during the selected time range.
Best sellers: You can select the time range (Last 24h, This week, Last 2 weeks, This month) to filter out products that have been sold the most on PlusBase during the selected time range.
Number of views: You can enter a value to filter out products that have the same or more views than the number you entered.
Number of imports: You can enter a value to filter out products that have the same or more imports than the number you entered.
Number of sold: You can enter a value to filter out products that have the same or more number of item sold than the number you entered.
Tags: You can filter out products using tags.
You can also sort the Catalog by:
Newest.
Most views.
Most imports.
Best sellers.
Product cost: High to low.
Product cost: Low to high.
Profit margin: High to low.
Profit margin: Low to high.
In the Catalog, you can see the following information about a product:
Product cost: Cost of product offered by PlusBase. Here, you will see the cost of the product variant with the lowest cost and the product variant with the highest cost.
Number of views: Total views of the product from all merchants.
You can save a product to view later simply by clicking the heart icon.
You can view the list of all saved products by clicking on the Save button.
Click on a product to see its detail page. Here you can see the following information about the selected product:
Product collections: The collections that this product is sorted into.
Tags: Tags related to the product's features and characteristics.
Views: The number of times that merchants view this product on PlusBase Catalog.
Imports: The number of times that this product is imported.
Items sold: The number of times that this product is sold to the customers.
Variant: The product variants.
Processing time: The estimated processing time of the product (the amount of time it takes for order to be fulfilled since order placement date).
Processing rate: The processing rate is based on the risk level of the product. This rate can vary depending on the product and the time of the order creation. Check out this article on how to calculate your order profit based on the product processing rate.
Product cost: The cost of the product.
Total cost = Product cost + Shipping cost (of the cheapest shipping line). You can click on See details to view the detailed prices of this product.
The shipping cost displayed here is the product's shipping fee to the destination country.
Profit margin: The estimated profit for the product that is automatically calculated using the following formula: Profit margin = Selling price - Product cost - Processing fee - Payment fee.
Description: Product description written by PlusBase. This will be displayed on your store when you import product from PlusBase.
Shipping information: Information related to the shipping of this product, including the countries that this product can be shipped to, shipping method, and the shipping time of each shipping method available for this product.
Flash Sales are special promotions on PlusBase Catalog that provide Sellers with highly attractive base cost discounts applied to specific products within a limited time frame. Currently, PlusBase's Flash Sales events are specially designed to target a wide range of Sellers and products. The products highlighted in Flash Sales events are usually located in some hot categories or are trending items on the Catalog. During Flash Sales events, you can find high-quality products at extremely competitive base cost and import them to your store for sale immediately.
When a Flash Sale is happening, you will see the Flash Sales collection at the top of the Catalog along with a countdown timer and sale off cost.
You can also see the Flash Sale countdown timer and discounted base cost when clicking on the product to view its details.
When a product from a Flash Sales collection is imported into the store during a Flash Sales event, the discounted cost will be applied if the product is sold throughout the Flash Sales period. Therefore, make sure to plan your campaign accordingly to maximize your profit from Flash Sales.
You can still get the base cost discount during the Flash Sales period if you imported a product from a Flash Sales collection before the event started.
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In this article
A. Find products on Catalog
B. Understand Flash sales on Catalog
A. Find products on Catalog
From your PlusBase admin, go to Dropship products > Catalog.
All product categories will be listed on PlusBase Catalog for you to freely browse through and select those that are best appropriate for your business. Each category has subcategories to help you narrow down product listing and find the exact products that you want to sell on your store. You can hover over a category name to see its subcategories.
To view all products in a category, click on the category's name. If you just want to see products from a specific subcategory, click on the subcategory's name instead.
You can search for products by typing their names in the search bar. In addition, you can further narrow your product search by selecting a certain category.
Products on the Catalog are also organized into collections so you can quickly spot popular items. Product collections include products that we handpicked exclusively for you or the qualifying products added automatically by the system on the PlusBase platform. For example, the following 2 collections will be displayed on your Catalog based on actual selling trends:
Best Selling: The top best sellers in the last 30 days.
Trending Now: The top products with at least 50 orders in the last 7 days.
You can also search for products using Filter box.
In the Filters dialog box, you can click on filters to make it easier to find the products you want, such as:
Ship to: You can select the country to which you are planning to ship your product.
Product cost: The cost we offer for our products. You can adjust the product cost range by dragging the slider.
Profit margin: The profit margin we estimated for a product. You can adjust the profit margin range by dragging the slider.
Shipping fee: The shipping fee range. You can adjust the shipping fee range by dragging the slider. If you do not filter out the country to which you want to ship your product and only filter out the shipping fee range, we will choose the shipping fee of the United States by default.
Most views: You can select the time range (Last 24h, This week, Last 2 weeks, This month) to filter out products that have been viewed the most by other merchant during the selected time range.
Most imports: You can select the time range (Last 24h, This week, Last 2 weeks, This month) to filter out products that have been imported the most by other merchant during the selected time range.
Best sellers: You can select the time range (Last 24h, This week, Last 2 weeks, This month) to filter out products that have been sold the most on PlusBase during the selected time range.
Number of views: You can enter a value to filter out products that have the same or more views than the number you entered.
Number of imports: You can enter a value to filter out products that have the same or more imports than the number you entered.
Number of sold: You can enter a value to filter out products that have the same or more number of item sold than the number you entered.
Tags: You can filter out products using tags.
You can also sort the Catalog by:
Newest.
Most views.
Most imports.
Best sellers.
Product cost: High to low.
Product cost: Low to high.
Profit margin: High to low.
Profit margin: Low to high.
In the Catalog, you can see the following information about a product:
Product cost: Cost of product offered by PlusBase. Here, you will see the cost of the product variant with the lowest cost and the product variant with the highest cost.
Number of views: Total views of the product from all merchants.
You can save a product to view later simply by clicking the heart icon.
You can view the list of all saved products by clicking on the Save button.
Click on a product to see its detail page. Here you can see the following information about the selected product:
Product collections: The collections that this product is sorted into.
Tags: Tags related to the product's features and characteristics.
Views: The number of times that merchants view this product on PlusBase Catalog.
Imports: The number of times that this product is imported.
Items sold: The number of times that this product is sold to the customers.
Variant: The product variants.
Processing time: The estimated processing time of the product (the amount of time it takes for order to be fulfilled since order placement date).
Processing rate: The processing rate is based on the risk level of the product. This rate can vary depending on the product and the time of the order creation. Check out this article on how to calculate your order profit based on the product processing rate.
Product cost: The cost of the product.
Total cost = Product cost + Shipping cost (of the cheapest shipping line). You can click on See details to view the detailed prices of this product.
The shipping cost displayed here is the product's shipping fee to the destination country.
Profit margin: The estimated profit for the product that is automatically calculated using the following formula: Profit margin = Selling price - Product cost - Processing fee - Payment fee.
Description: Product description written by PlusBase. This will be displayed on your store when you import product from PlusBase.
Shipping information: Information related to the shipping of this product, including the countries that this product can be shipped to, shipping method, and the shipping time of each shipping method available for this product.
B. Understand Flash sales on Catalog
Flash Sales are special promotions on PlusBase Catalog that provide Sellers with highly attractive base cost discounts applied to specific products within a limited time frame. Currently, PlusBase's Flash Sales events are specially designed to target a wide range of Sellers and products. The products highlighted in Flash Sales events are usually located in some hot categories or are trending items on the Catalog. During Flash Sales events, you can find high-quality products at extremely competitive base cost and import them to your store for sale immediately.
When a Flash Sale is happening, you will see the Flash Sales collection at the top of the Catalog along with a countdown timer and sale off cost.
You can also see the Flash Sale countdown timer and discounted base cost when clicking on the product to view its details.
When a product from a Flash Sales collection is imported into the store during a Flash Sales event, the discounted cost will be applied if the product is sold throughout the Flash Sales period. Therefore, make sure to plan your campaign accordingly to maximize your profit from Flash Sales.
You can still get the base cost discount during the Flash Sales period if you imported a product from a Flash Sales collection before the event started.
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Updated on: 19/06/2023
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