Overview of Products
Overview of Products
Products and information related to them will directly affect customers' decisions on whether or not to buy the products. You can add, remove, change products and related information on your website to help clearly and effectively convey product information as well as optimize search engine results. Knowing how to manage product related problems will save you time in managing products and other related information on the store. That will additionally improve the efficiency of online business manFew readersOverview of Inventory
Find out how to manage your inventory on ShopBase.Few readersOverview of Collection
A product collection is a group of similar products created in your online store. Creating collections makes it easier for customers to find products while shopping for similar products. In this article, we will give you an overview of how to effectively create and edit your product collection. In this section Create an automated collection Create a manual collection (https://help.shopbase.com/en/article/Few readersOverview of Product Feeds
Product feeds contain all of your product details and must be submitted to online sales platforms such as Google Shopping and Facebook in order to convey all information about your store's product listing. On ShopBase, product feed can be managed in two ways. Advanced product feed using content API: Your product data is automatically synchronized to the sales channel's account connected to your ShopBase store. At the moment, Google Merchant Center is the only channel supported by this metFew readersOverview of Bulk updates
Bulk update are modifications that apply to multiple or all products in your store. This feature helps you to manage, modify information related to products on a large scale more efficiently, instead of editing each individual product. You can create a bulk update that applies to a range of product-related information and product prices. In this section: Create a bulk update Actions supported by Bulk updates (hFew readersOverview of ShopBase personalization
Personalizing your product allows buyers to customize their purchases according to their preferences, which helps you increase customer satisfaction and conversion rate. In this section, we will give you an introduction to ShopBase personalization and all custom options you can create for ShopBase products in your ShopBase admin site. In this section A. What is ShopBase personalization? B. How to create custom options for ShopBase products? A. What is ShopBase personalization?Few readersOverview of products on PlusBase
With PlusBase, you can easily create both dropshipping and print-on-demand products in a single store to add more choices for your customers. This is an excellent way to scale your business, add more value to your brand, and at the same time generate greater sales to your store. In this section, you will find all handy information to create dropshipping, print-on-demand products, and how to effectively manage them on your PlusBase store. In this article Dropshipping productsFew readers
Products
Understand the quota of daily product creation on ShopBase
To ensure the traffic of your ShopBase store, especially during holiday and sales season, quotas will be set for variants, images, and daily product import on a store. The details are as follows: In this article A. Variant quota B. Image quota C. Quota of daily product import/creation D. Collection quota A. Variant quota Each product can have maximum 500 variants.PopularAdd a new product
This is a detailed guide for ShopBase users to add product details to promote sales on their online store.Some readersImport products to ShopBase by CSV file
With ShopBase, you can use CSV file to import and export product information, customer information, orders, discount information, and so on. Please refer to this article if you need to learn more about CSV files and how to create one. In this article, we will show you how to import products to ShopBase through a CSV file. In this article A. Import products to ShopBase by CSV fiPopularView product inventory
In this article, we will show you how to view your product Inventory in order to manage your store and products more efficiently. In this article A. View product inventory on Inventory admin B. View product inventory on product detail page A. View product inventory on Inventory admin From your ShopBase admin, go to Products Inventory. (https://storage.crisp.chatFew readersAdd or remove product tags
This is an easy guide for add or remove product tags on ShopBase to start selling onlineFew readersRemove product from a manual collection
A manual collection is a set of products you create and select each item to include in that collection entirely by hand. ShopBase allows you to remove products you have manually put into your collection with just a few simple steps. In this article, we will show you how to remove products from a manual collection. In this article A. Remove product from a manual collection on collection edit page B. Remove productFew readersHide out-of-stock products from collections
You can only hide out of stock products from a collection when you enable the feature that allows ShopBase to track product inventory. In this article, we will show you how to set up the system to automatically hide out of stock products from your store collection. Step by step Tutorial From your Shopbase admin site, go to Products Collections. Choose an automatic collection for which you want to set up to automatically hide the out of stock products from the collection. (hFew readersAdd product images
This is an easy guide for managing product images on ShopBase to start selling onlineFew readersEdit a product
Bulk editing products saves you time and makes your workflow more effcient.Few readersDuplicate a product
On ShopBase, you can duplicate a product to help save time when creating new products. This article will instruct you how to so in just a few easy steps. Step by step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin, go to Products All Products and click on the product that you want to duplicate. 2. In the product detail page, click on Duplicate. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/dfFew readersDelete a product
Deleting a product from ShopBase means that your product will not appear in the store and your product information cannot be saved in the ShopBase system. You will not be able to recover once a product is deleted. In this article, we will show you how to remove the product in just a few simple steps. In this section A. Delete a product B. Delete multiple products A. Delete a product From your ShopBase admin, go to *Few readersChange product availability
You can make your product visible to customers/search engines to find/hide it on your online store by changing the product availability. It is necessary in many situations such as when the product in your store has run out of stock, or depending on the store business strategies. The following article will guide you on how to change the availability of a product to customers or to search engines. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin, go to Products All products. ChooseFew readersCustomize product tracking IDs
If you have a store on ShopBase or other platforms (such as Shopify), the advertising account you run for that store assigns tracking code to each product or variant, which is optimized over time. When you want to migrate to a new ShopBase store, product/variant information will be updated again, and the tracking code of each product or variant will be renewed. This can affect the store's ability to optimize ads and revenue. Therefore, stores should use old tracking codes for products and varianFew readersAdd product variants
This is an easy guide for manage variantson on ShopBase to start selling onlineSome readersAdd custom watermark to my product images
Watermark is displayed as a piece of text, image, logo, slogan or phone number, but it is often blurred and unclear. Inserting watermark on product images on your page is a good way to mark and secure ownership for your store. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin site, go to Online Store Watermark. 2. Tick Enable Watermark box for watermark to be automatically added to prodFew readersAdd alt text to product images
Alt text is applied to an image to provide text information on that image for search engines to understand the content of the picture. If an image cannot be loaded for any reason, alt text will be displayed. It is also used by assistive technology to describe images to clients with visual impairments. Adding Alt text to your images will boost your page's search engine rankings. In this article, we will show you how to add or edit the Alt text for product images. Step by Step TutorialFew readersSet up variant images for your product
Now on ShopBase, you can set up variant images so that customers can only see photos that correspond to the variant they choose in addition to allowing your customers to select a variant by clicking on a variant image. In this article A. Set up variant images B. Set up images for multiple variants C. How variant images are displayed on your store A. SFew readersEdit variants for existing products
Variants are different versions of a product, for example a black M-sized T-shirt and a red S-sized t-shirt are two variations of a plain t-shirt product. The other two definitions related to product variation are Options and Option values. In the example above, size and color are the two options for a plain t-shirt; S and M are the two values for the size option of a plain t-shirt. This article will guide you on how to edit product variants on your online store. In thFew readersAdd video to product page
In addition to product image, you can now add video to a product page to help your customers better visualize what the product looks like. This encourages the customers to take action on the product page, such as adding product to cart. In this article, we will show you how to add video to a product page. In this article A. Add video to product page B. Product thumbnail rule (3-b-produFew readersEdit a product's options
Product variations or Variants are different versions of a product, for example a M-sized black T-shirt and a S-sized red T-shirt are two variations of a T-shirt product. The other two definitions related to product variation are Options and Option values. In the example above, size and color are the two options for a plain T-shirt; S and M are the two values for the size option of a plain T-shirt. This article will guide you on how to add, remove, or edit options and values Few readersSearch and filter products on ShopBase admin
In this article, we will show you how to search and filter products on the ShopBase admin page to save you time in finding and managing products in your store. In this article A. Search and filter products B. Save product filter A. Search and filter products From your ShopBase admin, go to Products All products. 2. You caFew readersChange the display order of variant options
Product variations or Variants are different versions of a product, for example a black M-sized T-shirt and a red S-sized t-shirt are two variations of a t-shirt product. The other two definitions related to product variation are Options and Option values. In the example above, size and color are the two options for a plain t-shirt; S and M are the two values for the size option of a plain t-shirt. When customers are viewing the product, they will see options and optional valuesFew readersExport products from ShopBase
ShopBase sellers can export their product information to a CSV file for a variety of purposes, including: Backup product list Transfer existing products to another ShopBase store Batch edit products with CSV file This article will guide you to export product information to a CSV file. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin site, go to Products All products. 2. You can selectFew readersDisable the "Add to cart" button
When some of your products are no longer available but you still want to keep them on your storefront and disable the Add-to-Cart button at the same time, follow this step-by-step guide for more information. In this article A. Disable in Product Page B. Disable using Bulk Update A. Disable in Product PageFew readersSet up shipping fee for PlusBase products
Setting up shipping fee for products in your store is an important part of getting your business up and running. As of August 29, 2022, PlusBase is expanding our shipping methods to help you quickly update shipping fees for products in your store and maximize your store profit. Shipping fee can now be set up separately and you can apply multiple shipping rates to a great range of shipping lines PlusBase is offering. In this article A. Frequently asked questions (3-a-frequently-asked-qPopularEdit products in bulk using CSV file on PlusBase
To quickly and effectively update your PlusBase products, you can export them into a CSV file, make any necessary change, then re-import the file into our system. In this article, we will walk you through all required fields in a valid product CSV file and how it works on PlusBase. In this article A. Import products by CSV file B. Get ProductFew readersAdd product combos on PlusBase
Increasing AOV is an important part of running a successful online business, but it isn't always easy to figure out how to do so. One of the best ways to boost revenue in your store is by utilizing upselling and cross-selling techniques such as product bundles and kits. Another effective cross-selling technique is using PlusBase combo products. In this article, we will show you how to create product combos on PlusBase with your custom quantity, offer them at a discount and watch the sales go up!Few readersSubscription Model for Physical Products on ShopBase
The subscription model provides services that allow your customers to pay regularly (monthly, quarterly, yearly) to receive products delivered to their home regularly. The benefits of the subscription model include: Easy revenue prediction Lower marketing costs Increased customer loyalty Easy up-selling and cross-selling Subscription model on ShopBase store This guide will walk you through settingFew readers
Inventory
Set up inventory tracking
If you want to view or adjust inventory levels of products in your store, you first need to enable ShopBase to track and update inventory for product / product variants. In this article, we'll walk you through how you can set up ShopBase to track your product inventory in just a few steps. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin, go to Products All products. 2. Click the name of the prFew readersAdjust inventory levels
In this article, we'll instruct you how to adjust your product/product variants inventory on the ShopBase admin page. Step by step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin, go to Products Inventory. 2. In Update quantity section, you can change the inventory of a product by: Adjust the count: click Add and enter a number. You can use a negative number to subtract from the inventory.Few readers
Collection
Create an automated collection
This is an easy guide for managing automated collections on ShopBase to start selling onlineSome readersConditions for automated collections
A quick recap of conditions for automated collectionsFew readersCreate a manual collection
This is an easy guide for managing manual collections on ShopBase to start selling onlineSome readersEdit a Collection
After creating a collection, you may want to edit the information related to it again. In this article, we'll show you how to edit info for collections that you have created. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin site, go to Products Collections. 2. Choose the collection you want to edit information of. You can edit the information in the collection details page. You can find morFew readersDelete a collection
In this article, we will guide you through deleting a collection or multiple collections at the same time on the store. Deleting a collection will not affect products in that collection. In this article A. Delete a collection B. Delete multiple collections A. Delete a collection From your ShopBase admin site, go to Products Collections. Click on the name of the collection that you want to delete. (httpFew readersSet up product thumbnail for your collection
On ShopBase, you can configure conditions to display which image of the product will be shown as its thumbnail on the Collection page. This article will show you how to do so in a few easy steps. In this article A. Set up product thumbnail B. Product thumbnail display rules A. Set up product thumbnail From your ShopBase admin site, go to Products Collections and select your desired collection.Few readersHow to efficiently organize collection in ShopBase
A flexible feature is available that allows for the customization of how collections are arranged and displayed in a specific order, based on different sorting criteria. Organizing collections will be helpful for:Few readers
Product feeds
Understand product feeds
A guideline of how to create product feeds with ShopBase.PopularTransfer to new product feeds
On January 7, 2022, ShopBase released a new version of Product feeds that allows you to manage feeds separately for each sales channel like Google, Facebook, Klaviyo, etc. Please refer to this article to know more about ShopBase Product feed. In this article, we will provide the instructions on how to transfer to new product feeds yet still keep your data stable on Google Merchant Center, Facebook Catalogue, and KlaviyFew readersCreate product feeds
Product feeds contain all of your product details and must be submitted to online sales platforms such as Google Shopping and Facebook in order to convey all information about your store's product listing. ShopBase provides a tool that allows you to create and edit product feeds in a few simple steps. This saves time, especially if you need to create multiple feeds for different products. In this article, we'll show you how to create product feeds on the ShopBase admin page. Step by SteSome readersEdit product feeds
In this article, we'll instruct you on how to edit product feed created in the ShopBase admin page. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin site, go to Products >Product feeds. Click on the product feed name you want to edit. In the feed settings page, you can edit the information fields you want, please refer this article on product feed to understand about product feed fields (https://storagFew readersAdd and override default feed values
You can add or override product information in your product feed by adding a tag for the product on the ShopBase admin page. In this article, we will show you how to add or override product values in feed. Step by Step Tutorial From Shopbase Admin, go to Products All products and select the product you want to add or override feed value. (https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/df8398a9e0cFew readersUnderstand Default Color and Default Size for Product feeds
To utilize product data of items in the Apparel and Accessories category, Google Merchant Center requires complete Color and Size information of your products. With ShopBase, products without Color/Size details can be automatically added when you create a Google product feed. In this section, we will help you understand the default color and default size for a Google product feed. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin site, go to Products Product feedFew readers
Bulk updates
Create a bulk update
Bulk update are modified updates that apply to multiple or all products in your store. This feature helps reduce your workload by editing multiple products at the same time. In this article, we will show you how to create a bulk update for your products. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin, go to Products Bulk Updates. Click Create an Update. 2. Filter products thatSome readersActions supported by Bulk Updates
Available changes that can be made with Bulk UpdatesSome readersHow to quickly add many products?
If you add many products to your store, you use the following methods: Import from CSV files Use the bulk duplicate feature of Print Hub app or other fulfillment apps. Use ShopBase Product API Use our import from URLs from "Migrate To ShopBase" app 1. Import from CSV files Manually create a product that following your format Export that product to a CSV file Open the CSV file on Microsoft Excel, Libre Office, and duplicate rows and format your products from your compuFew readers
ShopBase personalization
Create a custom option for a product
By creating custom options for products, your customers can customize some of the characteristics of the product according to their preferences before placing an order. With ShopBase, you can easily create personalized products by adding custom options to a new or created product in store as instructed in this article. Also, if you want to create custom options for multiple products, you should use a CSV file as instructed in this article (https://help.shopbase.com/en/article/create-cuPopularCreate custom options for products by a CSV file
When you create custom options for a product, it means that you allow the buyer to customize some of the product's features before placing an order. This article guides you to create custom options for your product using a CSV file. This tutorial is especially useful when you want to create the same type of custom option option for many products similar to an existing product's custom option by exporting the products to a CSV file containing the custom option code. Edit and copy these codes to oFew readersCustom option settings
This article is to help you optimize your custom options when creating personalized products. In this article A. Settings for each option type B. Types of custom options C. Conditional logic (for droplist, radio buttons, picture choice) A. General settings forFew readersClone products and campaigns between your stores
With ShopBase, PrintBase, and PlusBase's built-in features, you can easily clone your products/campaigns between stores. Please see the detailed instructions below for more information on how to use this feature effectively. In this article A. Maximum product quantity for daily cloning B. Product types for cloning C. How to clone your products/campaigns between your store (3-c-how-to-clone-your-producSome readersSet up preview for ShopBase products
For products with personalization, preview feature will help customers visualize their product with personalized elements. This will encourage customers to buy more products, which will increase your store's conversion rates. In this article, we'll walk you through setting up preview feature for your ShopBase personalized products. |Few readersCreate print file for your ShopBase products
For ShopBase orders with personalized items, you will need to create a print file containing the artwork of personalized products and custom option values. This print file can be sent together with order information to suppliers. In this article, we will guide you on how to create a print file of personalized products with ShopBase.Few readersUpdate your picture choice images to clipart images in ShopBase
You can now convert your picture choice images into clipart images and sort them into multiple folders and groups for simple management. This will help you streamline the personalization process for ShopBase products and reduce the requirement to re-upload the same set of images for many products. In this article, we will show you how to update your picture choice images to clipart images in a few simple steps. Step by Step Tutorial From your ShopBase admin, go to Products All proFew readersApply special effects on text layers for ShopBase’s personalized products
You can now create text layers with special effects such as stroke and curve directly on the ShopBase's preview image and print file editor. These layers will be available for live preview on the store's product page and print file. With this update, you can create more diverse and unique designs for your personalized prFew readersCreate layer group and use it in ShopBase’s personalized products
When creating or updating preview image and print file for ShopBase's personalized products, you can combine layers into different groups so that: Layers should be neatly organized and easily manageable. You can create products with multiple design versions for your customers to choose from (For example, personalizeFew readers