Begin by clicking the 'new product' icon to start adding a new product.

Adding products may seem like a daunting task but remember, most of the information listed below are just options. Options that are absolutely required are highlighted in orange.

Product additions consist of these sections:

Product Status	Select if your product is in or out-of-stock.
Date Available	You can just leave this item blank to default to today's date, or enter a future date for items that you are expecting to sell soon.
Product Manufacturer	You can usually leave this item as 'none' unless you are selling products that people would also like to view by manufacturer. For example, if you are selling car audio equipment you might want to allow your brand-loyal customers to search by the product manufacturer (ie: Sony, Panasonic, etc.). If you feel this would benefit your users you can define product manufacturers by clicking on 'Catalog' in the menu bar and choosing 'Manufacturers'. Once they are defined, you can define your product's manufacturer by clicking on the appropriate manufacturer from the drop-down menu.
Product Name	A descriptive but concise name for your product. Try and use the most descriptive name possible so user's can find your item when typing in keywords found in the product name.
Product is free?	You can offer a product as free by selecting yes for this option. This may come in handy when offer a promotional item as free to promote traffic to your website. See our tutorial: Generating traffic to your store through promotions for more information on this.
Product is call for price?	Select yes on this option if you want the customer to call to obtain the product price. This can be useful for big ticket items, or items where you would like to be involved in your customer's purchasing decision.
Product priced by attributes?	You can leave this as no unless you have attributes for this particular item. We will discuss this below in the attributes section.
Tax Class	This sets the tax class for your product. Since tax classes are predefined and usually necessary for your items, choose 'Taxable Goods' from this drop-down box.
Product Price (net)	Enter the actual price you will be charging for this particular product here.
Product Price (gross)	This is the price with taxes added in and is automatically calculated based on the net product price. You can just skip over this in your product entry process. Taxes will be assessed when your customer begins the checkout process and will not be collected if they are not located in your home state or a state you have a physical presence in.
Product is virtual?	Virtual items are products that do not require any shipping information to deliver the product (ie:software downloads or memberships) Most stores sell physical products so the default selection of 'No, shipping address required' can be left selected.
Always free shipping?	Can be set to yes to provide free shipping for this item. This may come in handy as a promotional offer to promote traffic to your website. See our tutorial: Generating traffic to your store through promotions for more information on this.
Product quantity box shows?	This will determine if the product's quantity box will be displayed to your customer. This is basically a personal preference so select accordingly.
Product Qty Minimum	This is the minimum quantity of the product a customer must buy. Useful when offering items at wholesale and a minimum quantity purchase is required. Usually this can be left at 1 for normal purchases.
Product Qty Maximum	This is the maximum quantity of the product a customer must buy (ie: limit 5 per customer). Useful when offering promotional items and a maximum purchase limit is set. Usually this can be left at 0 (unlimited) for normal purchases.
Product Qty Units	Usually this can be left at 1 for normal purchases.
Product Qty Min/Units Mix	This can be left as 'yes'.
Product Description	Enter detailed product information here. Since customers cannot actually hold and examine your store's products it is important that you provide your customers with detailed product specifications and description of your store's items. Also the more descriptive a description, the more the search engine's will have to key in on. See our tutorial: Optimizing your product listings for search engines.
Product Quantity	This is the quantity of product you have on hand to sell. Our store handles your inventory through this feature. You can track which items are selling well, how many items you have left in stock and when to reorder products with this value. Drop shippers: Since you do not actually have an on-hand inventory we recommend setting this item at something high (ie: 100 units) and update as necessary.
Product Model	The model number of your product. We recommend using the manufacturer's model number as this will help your customer's verify they are ordering the proper model easily and also allow you to easily reorder your items (since you and your supplier's model numbers will be the same).
Product Image	This is the picture that will be displayed for your item. Just click the browse button and locate the picture file on your hard-drive. This image will automatically upload when you submit this product.
Product URL	No entry needed here.
Product Weight	The items shipped weight. It is important that you enter your product's weight because it will be used to calculate UPS shipping prices.
Sort Order	You can set this value to change the default sorting order of your products. Products with higher sort orders will be shown before those with a lower sort order value. For example: Products with a sort order of 2 will be shown ahead of those with a sort order of 1. You can leave this blank to use default alphabetical sorting.
Upload to directory	This is the folder on your webserver your image will be uploaded to. By default this is 'Main Directory', there is usually no need to change this unless you would like to.
Overwrite existing image?	If you are modifying your products image make sure this is set to yes to overwrite the product's old image.

Just fill out the appropriate fields when adding your products and click 'preview'. Your product's picture will be automatically uploaded and you will view a preview of your item. Choose 'insert' to add this product to your store.

It's a pretty simple process but the above general description might be a little daunting so click here for a step by step example of adding a product to your store.

See all our tutorials at the Online Store Tutorial Homepage at http://storefaq.pangeawebhosting.com.