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Products make up the content of your shopping cart.

We're going to start by adding a shirt. After we add the first, we can repeat the process for the rest of our stock.

1. Log in to your Account Manager.
2. Click Quick Shopping Cart.
3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Launch next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
4. From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, select Add Products.
5. Define the product information (outlined below).
6. Click OK.

Product Type
The Product Type defines how Quick Shopping Cart will inventory the product.

• Standalone — Standalone Products go into the customer's shopping cart as a single product. We'll select this option for our shirts.
• Configurable Variations — Products that have a unique SKU for each option. For example, a red shirt might be R100 and a blue shirt might be B100.
• Bundle — When a customer adds the item to their shopping cart, we add bundled products to the shopping cart at no additional cost. However, we use the additional products' dimensions to calculate shipping.
  
• Downloadable — A downloadable product disables shipping charges, letting you set an expiration date and number of available downloads before you discontinue it.

Part Number (SKU)
A SKU uniquely identifies a product for inventory and invoicing. It's easiest to create a pattern here: 11111 for your first product, 11112 for your second, etc.

Inventoried
Quick Shopping Cart can manage your inventory and automatically delete sold out items unless you allow backorders.

• Allow Backorder — This option lets customers order out-of-stock products and displays them as Back Ordered.
  
• Quantity In Stock — When a customer purchases an item, quick Shopping Cart reduces your inventory by this quantity.
• Email Me When Stock Is — When your stock reaches the specified threshold, Quick Shopping Cart emails you.

Charge for Shipping
For any shipping options to work, you must charge for shipping. Charging for shipping lets you integrate a product's dimensions to dynamically calculate its shipping costs.

• Shipping Type — Select Package or Freight, and specify Weight, Length, Width, and Height measurements for an accurate real-time shipping fee quote. Freight requires that the product weighs more than 100 lbs.
• Ships in Own Package — Shipping a product in its own package disables it from being grouped with other items, regardless of available box sizes when calculating shipping. (Freight items automatically ship on their own)
• Can Ship as Media Mail — Products eligible for Media Mail are books, film, manuscripts, sound recordings, video tapes, and computer readable media (such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes).
• Freight Options — If you select Freight, select the Packaging type, Freight Class, and whether the product is Hazmat.
• International Shipping — If you enable International Shipping, you can select which countries a product can ship to. For more information regarding international shipping, see Enabling International Shipping with Quick Shopping Cart.

Title
A product's title is its storefront display name.

We want to create a product for bright Hawaiian shirt, so we'll title it "Wacky Hawaiian Shirt."

Short Description
The short description gives brief information about a product.

Here we need to enter a quick catchphrase: "A bright Hawaiian shirt to make every day sunny!"

Full Description
The full description gives detailed information about a product.

A customer that's gone this far is looking for more detail about the shirt, so we'll tell him that "Our high-quality 100% rayon Hawaiian shirts are styled after the latest fashions found on the Big Island!"

TIP: You can embed images and media in both Short Description and Long Description. If you are working in the HTML Editor, see Embedding Images and Media Using the HTML Editor in Quick Shopping Cart for information.

Manufacturer
Selecting the manufacturer allows your customers to find their favorite brands when they search your store. If the manufacturer is not yet listed, click Add Manufacturer, type in the name, and then click Save.

We get our stock from two companies, SmartShirtCo and LovelyShirts. We'll add them both here. Next we'll select the manufacturer of the shirt we're adding, LovelyShirts. When customers perform an Advanced Search, they see the manufacturers as search criteria.

Manufacturer's Product Number
Displaying the manufacturer's product number gives your customer more information about the item. A customer might use the manufacturer's product number for reference, in case they want to purchase a product from you that's similar to something they already own. Customers also might use this information to compare your prices with those of other merchants.

Warehouse
Assigning a warehouse to your products lets you drop ship those products to your customers. Drop shipped orders originate from the warehouse you select, letting you offer products without having to keep them in your inventory. For more information about drop shipping, see Managing Drop Ship Warehouses in Quick Shopping Cart.

Taxable
For more information about charging tax, see Configuring Tax Options in Quick Shopping Cart.

Featured
Featured items display in a prominent window on your store's sidebar.

Discontinued
Discontinuing a product prevents it from displaying on your site but the product's information is still available to you in Quick Shopping Cart's Catalog.

Add to Google Product Search
Quick Shopping Cart can tie in to Google Product Search, which is an extension of Google that searches for products. Listing products in Google Product Search is toggled here. For more information, see Setting up Google Product Search with Quick Shopping Cart.

Condition
The product's condition displays on the Google Product Search.

Price

• Your Cost — Your cost to purchase or manufacturer the product.
• List Price — The fee you want to charge for the product.
• Tiered Pricing — Lets you discount bulk orders (Deluxe and Premium accounts only).

Category
Categories help organize products — there’s more information about them here.

NOTE: You can add categories here but they're such an important part of your Quick Shopping Cart, this guide gives categories their own sections.

Images
Images show your customers what they're buying. For more information about managing images, see Using the Media Gallery in Quick Shopping Cart.

Search Engine Optimization
If you want your products to be visible on search engines, this area is important to complete.

• Meta Tag Title — The meta tag title should include keywords that help people locate your store.
• Meta Tag Description — Description meta tags should be a sentence describing or summarizing the product or category.
• Mega Tag Keywords — Keyword meta tags should list the words or phrases that describe the product or category of products your are selling. Separate keywords with commas.

Attributes
Attributes provide concise descriptions of your products, like the material and style of shirts. Customers are able to search for products based on attributes.

You can add attributes directly from this menu by clicking Add Attribute. In the menu that opens, type the name of the attribute, select its sort order, select whether or not it's searchable, and click Save.

Our shirt company has rayon, cotton, button up, and T-shirts, so we create Material and Style attributes. After we apply the attribute to the product, we'll define the attribute. Our "Wacky Hawaiian Shirt's" Material is "Rayon" and its Style is "Button Up."

Options
Options offer variations of the same product, like the size and color of shirts. You can specify a surcharge for an option. For example, an extra extra large shirt costs the customer $1 in addition to the list price.

You can add options directly from this menu by clicking Add Option. From the menu that opens, name the option, select Drop Down to define a list of choices, or select Text Field for a user-entry text box and click Submit. You then select the option from the drop-down menu and click Apply. From the menu below, select the choices that apply to the product and make any desired price adjustments. To learn more about options, see Working with Options in Quick Shopping Cart.

All of our shirts come in sizes small to extra-large. Our T-shirts come in a lot of different colors. Quick Shopping Cart has both of those options available already, so we don't need any custom options.

Up-Sells and Cross-Sells
Associations suggest other products to customers based on whether they are selected as Up-Sells or Cross-Sells. Or you can change the association's label from the Product Association Preferences in the Store Preferences menu in the Set Up section.

After your products are in Quick Shopping Cart, you can organize them in to Categories to help your customers navigate.

Our shirt store doesn't sell just Hawaiian shirts. We sell graphic T-shirts as well. Categories allow us to organize the store so customers can easily navigate among different types and styles of products.

1. Log in to your Account Manager.
2. Click Quick Shopping Cart.
3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Launch next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
4. From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, select Add Category.
5. Define Category Information (outlined below).
6. Click OK.

Name
This is the display name for the category on the Home page.

Since we already have a Hawaiian shirt, we'll make a "Hawaiian Shirt" category.

Parent Category
Child categories are nested beneath their parent category.

We can place the "Fun Hawaiian Shirts" and "Business Casual Hawaiian Shirts" in the "Hawaiian Shirts" Category.

Short Description
Since a category only houses products and other categories, this is where you give information about it.

To describe all of our Hawaiian shirts, we can say, "Breezy shirts great for relaxing around the pool or office."

TIP: Images and media can be embedded in Short Description. If you are working in the HTML Editor, see Embedding Images and Media Using the HTML Editor in Quick Shopping Cart for information.

Sort Order
Organizing the displayed structure of categories on the storefront is done using sort order.

Active
Deactivating a category deletes it from your storefront but leaves it accessible in your catalog.

Images
Images show your customers what they're buying. For more information about managing images, see Using the Media Gallery in Quick Shopping Cart.

Products in Category
By adding products in to a category, you can organize the way products display in your storefront.

You manage your catalog in Quick Shopping Cart is managed in products and categories but here is a description of other selections.

Default Product Images sets placeholder images for both products and categories. For more information, see Working with Default Images in Quick Shopping Cart.

Import/Export Products works with Microsoft Excel® to easily import and export your products.

Inventory/Low Inventory helps you manage any items Quick Shopping Cart is inventorying.

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