Description
Goods in Stock is the shop’s own product database updated from your administrative area. Products can further be seen in the particular categories, put into the shopping cart, ordered, and etc. Whereas products from Taobao are transferred directly from product aggregator site, “Goods in Stock” are stored on OpenTrade Commerce services. You can either add an item to the catalog yourself or use information from Taobao.
The “Goods “Goods in Stock” module is a paid add-on to the Box. See a detailed description of how the said module can benefit your business here: Goods in Stock (module description).
Initial setup (how to get started)
The steps below will show you how you can make the module fully functional:
- Customize a view of “Goods in Stock” on your website.
- Create and populate the “Goods in Stock” catalog.
No matter which step will be the first one, but it is recommended that you first create a catalog and products and then make it accessible to buyers.
Goods in Stock catalog
The Goods in Stock catalog consists of categories that can include subcategories. Categories and subcategories contain items.
To create a structure of a catalog you need to go to the “Catalog” section and select the “Goods in Stock” tab.
Categories
There are two types of categories: root categories and subcategories.
Add a root category
To add a root category you should click the dashed blue underlined text “Add root category”.
Type a name of a category in the form that opens.
Click the “Save” button to add a category to the “Goods in Stock” catalog.
The root category has been added to the “Goods in Stock” catalog.
In such a manner you can add the unlimited number of root categories: categorize all products from stock.
Add a subcategory
One can add a subcategory to a root category. For this purpose place the mouse cursor over a category to which you can add a subcategory. When the mouse pointer hovers over a category specific buttons will appear (you’ll see below what these buttons are and what they are for).
Click the plus sign button:
Enter the name of a subcategory in the form that appears.
Click the “Save” button.
The subcategory has been added.
In such a way a complete catalog is being created.
Rename
To change the name of a category place the mouse cursor over a category and click the pencil button.
In the form that appears you can change the name of a category.
Click the “Save” button.
The name of the category has been changed.
Delete
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