As soon as some categories
have been created, you can begin adding products. In
BuySellDirect.net, three methods of adding products are supported:
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manual creation (New products
are created one by one by manually entering product information into
the forms of the 'Products
Management->Add product' section of
your store back-end), |
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cloning (New products are created by making copies of already
existing products), |
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import from a
spreadsheet (Specially formatted product information is imported
into the database using BuySellDirect.net's import/export
functionality). |
Creating
products (manually)
Products in BuySellDirect.net are
created within categories. However, you should be aware that information
associated with a product may include such details as,
membership (information about the
product's availability to different categories of customers) and
taxes (types of taxes that need to be
applied to the product).
To create a product:
Click the link
Add new product
in the Products menu.
In the 'Products
Management->Add product' section, you
should see a dialog box titled 'Product
details'.
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Define the details of the new
product by completing the fields of the ‘Product
details’ dialog box (See:
Defining product details). Be sure to click the
Save button at the bottom of the ‘Product
details’ dialog box to save the changes. |
Tip:
If the set of fields provided by the 'Product
details’ dialog box does not exactly
meet the needs of your business, consider using BuySellDirect.net's
module 'Extra Fields' to
create custom fields for it. You can also sell downloadable products
(software etc.).
Basically, this is all: after you click
on Save, the product details are entered
into your store database and the product is considered successfully
created. After an automatic page refresh, you should see an information
box with a confirmation message.
Now, if you wish, you can define
international descriptions and other additional features for the product
(See: Defining additional
product features).
Defining
product details
Your
Product descriptions, images and your thumbnail images WILL NOT HAVE any
privet information such as your
name, your company name, address, phone, fax, website address (URL),
email, etc. Our service is FREE to sellers, however, if you
like to add your privet information (such as your name,
address, phone, fax, email, website address, video of your
product etc.) to your product descriptions and/or to your images
you must pay a
small FEE
(click here). If you do not pay such a
small fee and added to your product and/or your product images
any of the above information, BuySellDirect.net will
terminate your account and
add your to our blacklist, you will never be able to join as a
seller again.
The ‘Product
details’ dialog box provides four sections: 'Product
thumbnail', 'Product owner', 'Classification'
and 'Details'. The instructions below
explain how to complete each of these sections. After you provide all
the necessary product details in all the sections, be sure to click the
Save button at the bottom of the ‘Product
details’ dialog box to save the changes.
Product
thumbnail
This section allows you to select two
images which will represent the product on your storefront: a
thumbnail image and a
product image. A thumbnail image is an
image displayed next to the product title and short description in the
Products list. A product image is an
image displayed next to the product title and detailed description on
the 'Product details' page.
If you have only one photo, click
change image and add it to your Thumbnail, it will show in the Thumbnail
and also in the Product image (recommended size (50x50-150x150),
To select an image that will be used as
the product’s thumbnail image:
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In the 'Thumbnail'
section of the ‘Product details’
dialog box, click the Change image
button (below the default 'No Image
Available' image). A window titled 'Image
selection' will appear. |
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Specify the location of the image
file you are planning to use as the product's thumbnail (use an
appropriate Browse button if the file
is located on the server or on your local computer, or enter an
image URL if the file is located on the Internet). BuySellDirect.net
does not set physical limitations as to the size of product
thumbnails which can be used; however, we recommend you keep your
thumbnails relatively small. Recommended thumbnail image size is
from 50x50 px to 150x150 px. |
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Click on
Apply. The desired image should appear in the ‘Product
details’ dialog box instead of the 'No
Image Available' image. |
If you do not select a thumbnail image
for the product being created, the default 'No
Image Available' image will be displayed in the place of the
product's thumbnail.
Note:
Default 'No Image Available'
images can be defined via Administration
menu->Images Location.
To select an image that will be used as
the product’s product image:
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In the 'Product
image' section of the ‘Product
details’ dialog box, click the Change
image button (below the default 'No
Image Available' image). A window titled 'Image
selection' will appear. |
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Specify the location of the image
file you are planning to use as the product's product image
(use an appropriate Browse button if
the file is located on the server or on your local computer, or
enter an image URL if the file is located on the Internet).
BuySellDirect.net does not set physical limitations as to the size
of product images which can be used; however, please be aware that
if your product images are considerably wide, you may want to
redesign the page layout for 'Product
details' pages. |
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Click on
Apply. The desired image should appear in the ‘Product
details’ dialog box instead of the 'No
Image Available' image. |
If you do not select a product image for
the product being created, the thumbnail image defined for the product
will be displayed in the place of the product's product image.
Note:
Default 'No Image Available'
images can be defined via Administration
menu->Images Location.
Unlimited number of detailed product
images
BuySellDirect.net allows you to add
detailed images
for your products. The number of detailed images that can be added for a
product is unlimited. It is possible to add detailed images to products
one by one, or to import images for all your products at once.
Product owner (seller)
The contents of this section is defined
automatically in BuySellDirect.net it contain information about the
product owner (the Seller who created the product. Such information will
appear in the product description it is only for BuySellDirect.net
administrator only.
Classification
This section allows you to define a
category (or several categories) in which the product should be located
and to set the product's availability status.
To define the product's location:
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Specify the product’s main category
by selecting a category from the 'Main
category' field. |
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(Optional)
If, in addition to the main category, you need the product to be
displayed in some other category or categories, specify these
categories by selecting them from the ‘Additional
categories’ list (To select a single category, click on its
name with your mouse; to select multiple categories, mouse-click on
their names holding down the Ctrl key). |
Note:
If you do not see a desired product category in the category fields of
the ‘Product details’
dialog box, it means that it has not been defined by your store
administrator or your product is not allowed to be sold in
BuySellDirect.net.
To set the product's availability
status, select Available for sale,
Hidden but
available or Disabled from the ‘Availability’
box.
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Available
for sale means that customers will
be able to find the product by browsing the catalog or by using
product search. Make sure that the product is
available for sale before you making it available for sale. |
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Hidden, but
available for sale means that the
product will not be included into the product catalog. No person
will be able to find it unless he or she knows an exact URL address
of the product details page of this product. |
This feature allows you to limit access of
customers to certain products without having to set up membership
levels. After you finish defining the details of a ‘hidden’ product and
click the
Save
button, the URL address of the product's Product details page will appear
below the 'Availability'
box. You can use this URL to give your privileged customers direct
access to the product.
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Disabled
means that the product will not be displayed to customers (This status
may be useful if, for some reason, you do not want to sell the
product for a while). |
Details
This section allows you to provide
essential product details. As this section is pretty big, we'll divide
it into several portions for convenience.
Portion 1:
The fields of this portion allow you to
set the following details:
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'SKU'
(Stock Keeping Unit) - a unique identification code for your
product. For your convenience, BuySellDirect.net generates a unique
SKU for each new product you add, so it is quite safe to leave the
value of the ‘SKU’ field as is. However, if you wish to use your own
system of product identification, simply remove the value generated
by BuySellDirect.net and type in your own identification code for
this product). SKU must not be longer than 32 characters. |
Note:
A product SKU must be unique per Seller, which means that no two
products within the product set of one Seller may have the same SKU,
while nothing is wrong when the same product SKU is used by two
different Sellers.
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‘Product
name’ - a title by which you and your customers will be able
to identify the product. |
Note:
make sure you do not use the '<' and '>' symbols in the text fields in
this form. Any characters to the right of '<' and the '>' character will
not be displayed.
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'Search
keywords' - words or phrases not contained in the product's
title or descriptions by which you and your customers will be able
to find the product. |
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'Short
description' - a short description of the product (will be
visible to customers when they view the product in the ‘Products
list’). When displayed
on a Products list page, the short description of the product is cut
down to the 300th character. you can use Default editor or WYSIWYG
editor. If you use HTML in the short description, make sure the
portion of the description displayed in the Products list does not
contain any unclosed or incomplete HTML tags, as this may corrupt
the site design.
Warning:
The posting of any product for sale can have the country where the
product made and the location of such product (city and country
only). Example: (made in China, product located at Hong Kong China).
You will not give any other contact information to the buyer so that
the buyer can contact you direct and stop using BuySellDirect.net.
BuySellDirect.net will suspend your account if you give any other
information to the buyer such as your company name, address, phone,
fax, email, website etc. |
For
Detailed description do the following:
1. Click on WYSIWYG editor above.
2. Copy and past the following
into the WYSIWYG editor.
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Item condition: New or Old
Delivery Time : (30 days after receiving payment)
Shipping Method : (Air Cargo, Sea Freight, FedEx, DHL, UPS, US post
etc)
Returns: 7 day money back, buyer pays return shipping
Payment Method : (PayPal, Money Order, International Money Order,
Bank to Bank Wire Transfer, Western Union, T/T, L/C, Personal or Business
Check, moneybookers.com or As described in product details)
Detailed description :
3. Fill the above as much as possible with your Detailed
description carefully. |
3. Fill the above as much as
possible with your Detailed description carefully
4. To add a video to your
detailed description do the following:
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go to
http://www.youtube.com
and upload your video.
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add the following code at the
bottom of your html code
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<p align="center">
<a target="_blank" href="your youtube.com link example
http://www.youtube.com/v/KdgDKEjbDIc&hl=en&fs=1&">
<b>Click here to see a video of my product</b></a>
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fill the
above information. The more information you provide to your customer
the better chance you will sell your product.
Detailed
description' - a detailed description of the product (will be
visible to customers when they view the product's ‘Product
details’ page - accessible by clicking the ‘See
details’ link below the thumbnail image of the product).
Detailed description of the product
such as Price, FOB or CIF with or without shipping, specifications,
payment method, packing, shipping details, return policy, etc.
Note: You can use html or text
format, If HTML-tags in the product description text will be
detected this text will be stored in the database as is, otherwise -
as plain text with all the new line breaks replaced with tags or you
can use WYSIWYG editor.
Warning:
The Detailed description can have any words that descript the
product such as the country where the product made and the location
of such product (city and country only). Example: (made in China,
product located at Hong Kong China).
You will not give any other contact information
to the buyer so that the buyer can contact you direct and stop using
BuySellDirect.net. BuySellDirect.net will suspend your account if
you give any other information to the buyer such as your company
name, address, phone, fax, email, website etc. |
Note:
‘Short description’
and ‘Detailed description’
fields support HTML formatting.
Portion 2 Prices:
* (if you do not give the
price without shipping Or not providing the correct Quantity in stock
(items) we will DELETE
this product)
The fields of this portion allow you to
set the following details:
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‘Price’
- a price that will be used as the basic price without shipping for
this product or the FOB (free on board price). The price should be
specified in your store's primary currency (US$). |
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‘List
price’ - a price that will be used as the product's list
price. List price is a promotion price which may be displayed on
your storefront next to the actual price of the product. List price
represents an average price of the product on the market, and the
difference between the two prices is supposed to convince a
prospective customer that ordering the product from your store is
more economical. |
If the price specified in the 'List
price' field is higher than the basic
price of the product, a note: 'Market
price: X' will be displayed next to the
real price of the product on your storefront. There will also be a note
showing how many percent less a customer will have to pay if he or she
buys the product at your store, for example 'Our
price: Y, save 10%'.
If you do not want to use list prices, simply
leave the value of the ‘List price’
field set to 0.00.
Customer-defined prices (free prices)
BuySellDirect.net allows you to have free prices for selected products.
The term "free price" means that the price of a product is defined by
the customer who purchases this product. When a product is sold at a
free price, an empty input field is provided on its product details page
in the Customer zone instead of the price defined by you. A customer can
use this field to enter any price that he or she thinks appropriate
(make a bid). The product is added to the customer's shopping cart with
the price specified by the customer. The order is placed as usual. You
will reviews the order, and if you finds the price offered by the
customer adequate, you can processes the order. All you need to do to
allow your customers to purchase a certain product at a free price (make
a bid to buy your product) is set the product's price to 0 (zero).
Portion 3 Quantity:
The fields of this portion allow you to
set the following details:
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‘Quantity
in stock (items)’ - a number of product items available for
sale . As your customers order the product, BuySellDirect.net’s
inventory tracking system will track the number of product items
remaining in stock and automatically. As soon as the all the
products in your quantity is sold the product will automatically un
available for sale. In this way we update the value in this field
automatically. This system will ensure that your customers will not
be able to order more product items than what you have. |
Note: As
soon as the last item of a product is purchased (in fact, as soon as the
order is placed with the status 'Queued'),
the product’s quantity in stock becomes 0 (zero), and from that moment
on the product is not available for ordering.
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‘Low limit
in stock’ - a number of product items remaining in stock that
should be regarded as insufficient. As soon as the product’s
quantity in stock reaches this limit, BuySellDirect.net’s inventory
tracking system will start sending email notifications to your store
orders department signalling that your stock needs to be
replenished. A notification will be sent every time someone orders
the product. |
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'Min order
quantity' - a minimum number of items of the product that a
customer will be allowed to order at a time. The value specified in
this field will be entered as the smallest value in the quantity
select box of the product on the storefront; a note
'you must order at least N items'
will be added below the product description. |
Portion 4:
The 'Weight'
field in is portion allows you to specify the weight of one product
item. The weight should be specified in the units of weight supported by
your store.
Portion 5:
This This section allows you to sell
your product DIRECT to consumers (buyers).
If you want the product to be available
for sale to all visitors including non-members (new visitors to the
website) and buyers who are not logged in,
select All (recommended) from the 'Membership'
select box. If you want the product to be available only to registered
buyers, select Buyer (not recommended) the
product will only be seen buy the register buyers when they log into
their buying account.
Portion 6:
This portion allow you to provide the
following details:
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The 'Tax
exempt' field allows you to specify whether any taxes should
be applied to the product or not. (Select
Yes
if you want this product to be tax exempt). If
you are selling your product to the international customers
then set Tax Exempt to Yes |
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Taxes are calculated based on the
Subtotal of your order and calculated for the billing
address of the order. If you are charging taxes to your local
customers select the Sales_Tax (click on Sales_Tax) and it will be
automatically displayed to any customer live in (his billing
address) in your local area. and when the customer make his order you
can contact him and collect your prices + tax. . |
Portion 7:
This portion allows you to provide the
following details:
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The 'Free
shipping' field allows you to specify whether shipping for
this product should be free or not. (Select
No
if you want to charge purchasers of this product for shipping). |
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The 'Shipping
freight' field allows you to specify a sum of money that a
purchaser of the product will be supposed to pay for any expenses
incurred by your store in connection with having the product
insured/packaged/delivered to a location where it will be picked up
by a shipping service/loaded/etc. When defined, shipping freight is
included in the product's shipping cost, so the customers do not see
it as a separate sum. |
Note:
The field 'Shipping freight'
is ignored (shipping freight is not charged) if the option 'Free
shipping' is set to
Yes.
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The 'Apply
global discounts' check box allows you to specify whether
global discounts should be applied to the product or not (Select the
check box to apply discounts). |
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The 'Payment
Method' field allows will be As described in product
details. You must tell the customers what kind of payment method you
will use in your product detailed description. for Example if you
using PayPal then mention in your products payment method that it
will be PayPal etc. When the get the order you will contact the
customer and give him your payPal email address so that the customer
can use his Paypal account and send you money to your email address
etc. |
You may use one of
the following methods to charge your customers:
Defining additional product features
Click on "Modify Product" and search for
the product you like to add additional product feature to it. you will
see the following links .
Managing
international product descriptions
If your store supports more than one
languages, you need to provide names and descriptions for your products
in all the languages supported by your store. A combination of a name, a
set of search keywords, a short and a detailed description for any
product in any language other than default is traditionally referred to
as the product's international description.
You can create as many international
product descriptions as you like.
To add an
international (another language) description for a product:
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Click Modify Product. |
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Search for the product you like to
add a second language to it. |
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click on the product name.
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click on the link international
description. |
You should see a dialog box titled 'International
descriptions'.
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Use the 'Language'
drop-down box at the top of the 'International
descriptions' dialog box to select the language you want to
use for the description. The buttons Apply and Delete at the bottom
of the 'International descriptions'
dialog box should become active. (if you can not see the Language
drop-down box then such language is not added yet to
BuySellDirect.net) |
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Use the 'Title'
field to provide a name for the product in the selected language. |
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Enter product keywords in the
selected language into the 'Search
keywords' field. |
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Provide a short and a detailed
description for the product in the selected language ('Short
description' and 'Detailed
description' fields). |
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Click the
Apply button at the bottom of the 'International
descriptions' dialog box. The international description
should be added. You should see an information box with a
confirmation message. |
To edit an international product
description:
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Open the 'International
descriptions' dialog box with the product's international
descriptions. |
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2. |
Use the 'Language'
drop-down box at the top of the 'International
descriptions' dialog box to select the language of the
international description you wish to edit. This should open the
description in the 'International
descriptions' dialog box. |
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3. |
Edit the product
title/keywords/descriptions. |
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4. |
Click the
Apply button at the bottom of the 'International
descriptions' dialog box. The international description
should be updated. You should see an information box with a
confirmation message. |
To delete an international product
description:
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1. |
Open the 'International
descriptions' dialog box with the product's international
descriptions. |
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2. |
Use the 'Language'
drop-down box at the top of the 'International
descriptions' dialog box to select the language of the
international description you wish to delete. This should open the
description in the 'International
descriptions' dialog box. |
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3. |
Click the
Delete button at the bottom of the 'International
descriptions' dialog box. The international description
should be deleted. You should see an information box with a
confirmation message. |
Managing other
product features
For detailed information on setting up
any other additional product features, refer to the descriptions of the
respective modules:
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