How do I add a product?
The following article explains how to add a product to a MIVA Merchant store. Products are first created and then assigned to specific categories and a product may be assigned to more than one category. It is not necessary to assign a product to a category. Products not assigned to a category will be visible if a customer uses the Product List feature in the storefront.
To add a product, please follow these steps:
- Log into the MIVA Merchant Admin section located at http://store.domainname.com/merchant2/admin.mvc. If this address does not work, you may need to use http://domainname.com/merchant2/admin.mvc. Older MIVA Merchant stores were configured with this address.
- Expand the Stores menu.
- Expand the Store name.
- Click Add next to Products from the menu.
- Enter the appropriate information:
- Product Code: enter a code for the product, upto 50 characters including letters, numbers, dashes and underscores
- Product Name: enter a name for the product, upto 100 characters including letters, numbers, spaces and symbols
- Category Code: enter the category code for the product (optional)
- Look Up: press to search for the category code
- Price: enter the amount you wish to charge customers for the product
- Cost: enter the actual amount of the product
- Weight: enter the weight of the product to be used for shipping purposes
- Description: enter a description of the product as either plain text or using HTML code
- Taxable: check this box if the product is subject to tax
- Active: uncheck this to make the category inactive, removing it from the category tree
- Click Add to create a single category, click Add + to add this category and begin adding a second category.
When creating a product you have the following additional options (each is optional):
- Images: enter a thumbnail image and fill-sized image
- Header & Footer: enter a header and/or footer to be used for the product (HTML code may be used)
To remove a product, please follow these steps:
- Log into the MIVA Merchant Admin section located at http://store.domainname.com/merchant2/admin.mvc. If this address does not work, you may need to use http://domainname.com/merchant2/admin.mvc. Older MIVA Merchant stores were configured with this address.
- Expand the Stores menu.
- Expand the Store name.
- Click Products from the menu.
- Check the product you wish to remove.
- Click Update.