Add or edit a product
You can access product settings in the cart admin by clicking on Products in the top menu bar.
If you have not yet added any products, click the "create first product" button. Otherwise, click on the name of any product to edit its settings.
You can also add or edit all of your product data using the Import and Export features. For more information, click on the Import or Export links on the Products sub menu.
Most product settings are optional. You are only required to enter the name, description and price of each product.
Name. A short name for this product. Example: T-shirt
Description. A description of this product. Example: 100% cotton breathable cotton mesh t-shirt
Price. The price of this product. Examples: 19.95, 9500.00, 0.25
Minimum Quantity. This product's minimum quantity that can be ordered. For example, if you set minimum quantity to 2 and your customer tries to order 1, the quantity will automatically be set to 2.
Maximum Quantity. This product's maximum quantity that can be ordered. For example, if you set maximum quantity to 10 and your customer tries to order 15, the quantity will automatically be set to 10.
Note: You can enter quantities in fractional amounts (see Quantity Increment) below. This normally only applies to stores that sell raw goods.
Shipping Charge (1st item). A shipping charge that applies only to the first item. For example, if you set this to 5.50 and your customer ordered 3 of this product, they'd be charged $5.50 for shipping. Further shipping charges would depend on the value entered for "Shipping Charge (2nd+)."
Shipping Charge (2nd+). A shipping charge that applies to each item ordered after the first. For example, if you entered 5.50 for "Shipping Charge (1st item)", 0.50 for "Shipping Charge (2nd+)" and a customer ordered 3 of this product, they would be charged $6.50 for shipping.
Product Weight. The weight of this product. Only enter a product weight if you are using UPS, USPS or FedEx Online Shipping or have created a Custom Shipping method based on order weight.
Quantity Increment. Use this setting to limit product quantities to specific increments. For example, if you set to 1.5, only quantities that are a multiple of 1.5 can be ordered (e.g., 1.5, 3, 4.5).
Inventory Amount. The current number of items available in inventory for this product. When a customer purchases this item, the shopping cart will reduce the inventory amount.
Low Inventory Warning Amount. If inventory for this product reaches this amount or less, our can send you a "low inventory" warning notice by email. Be sure you have a "low inventory" autoresponder configured if you're using this feature.
File Name. Select a a file name if this product is a digital good (a file your customers can buy and download). You will need to upload the file to our servers before you can select it. This can be done by clicking the upload icon or uploading files in the Digital Goods area.
Note: Storage of your files is free but data transfer rates apply and will be charged to your account monthly. Visit our pricing page for current rates.
File URL. As an alternative to using File Name to sell digital goods, you can also store the files on your own server and provide the URL that links to your file. Data transfer rates do not apply when storing files on your own server and using the File URL option.
Thumbnail File. A URL that points to a small image of your product. This will display in the cart contents box. Example: https://www.example.com/images/watch.jpg
Volume Discounts. Quantity ranges and discounts. Examples:
To give customers a $1 discount if they order a quantity of 5 or more, you would enter >5=1.
To give customers a $1 discount if they order a quantity of 5 to 1000 AND apply that to discount to each item, you would enter >5-1000*=1. If your customer ordered a quantity of 6, their discount would be $6. Notice the asterisk "*" after the quantity range.
To create discounts at different levels, separate them with a comma.
Example, 2-10=1.00,11-30=1.50,31-1000=2.00
Return URL. By default, the cart will try to send your customers back to your website URL the customer was on when they clicked an "add to cart" button. However, there are case when a customer has very strict browser security settings that prevent the cart from being able to access this information. Setting a return URL ensures your customers will always be sent back to the URL you expect.
Omit all shipping related fields. Prevent the "Shipping Address" and "Shipping Options" sections from displaying when this product is added to the shopping cart. Only do this if you sell items that can and cannot be shipped and you want to mark this as an item that cannot be shipped.
Apply sales tax. Make this product eligible for sales tax. You can set up sales tax visiting Settings > Sales Tax.
Exclude from volume discounts. Check if you created volume discounts in the Settings area but do not want them to apply to this product.
Exclude from promotional discounts. Check if you created Promotional Discounts in the Settings area but do not want them to apply to this product.
Trigger receipt page link. Check if you created a Receipt Page Link in the Settings area and want this product to cause the link to appear.
Exclude from all charges (100% free). Check if you want to void all charges for this product. Shipping charges, sales tax, etc., will not apply to this product.
Exclude from custom shipping methods based on order subtotal or order quantity. Check if you created custom shipping methods based on order subtotal or order quantity and do not want to include this product when calculating shipping charges.
If you are adding a new product and want to create options for it, you can check the box next to I would like to create options for this product. You will be sent to the Product Options area after clicking on the Save button.
If you are editing a product, you can click on the Options button to enter the Product Options area.
FAQs
Do I have to enter my products in the Products area?
No. As an alternative, you can use the HTML Method. In rare cases, the HTML Method can be useful. However, we do not recommend it as the primary way of linking your web site to the shopping cart. The HTML Method does not allow you to use all features, such as inventory control and digital goods, and the HTML code needed for "add to cart" buttons is not automatically created for you. Also, we no longer develop new features for the HTML Method.