Product Creation

You can create products in bulk, one at a time, or by using a guided Wizard.

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Master, Member, Stock: Our Product Data Model

Venditan Commerce uses a tiered data model to organise and structure your product data.

The three tiers are called Master, Member and Stock.

Tier	Summary	Example
Master	The Master product.	The t-shirt that you are selling.
Member	Variants of the Master product.	The colours that the t-shirt is available in.
Stock	Individual Items that have stock held against them.	The sizes that your t-shirt is available in, across the range of colours available.

This gives you the flexibility to create different Product Types.

Further reading: 5 advantages of our platform's Product Data Model

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Create new Product Sets using a Guided Wizard

Venditan Commerce contains a guided Product Set Creation Wizard. It simplifies the creation of products with multiple variations.

The wizard guides the user through logical steps, using pre-saved product information, like Sizing Scales and Product Attributes, to capture data and prepare the new product for review.

Here is an example of a Guided Wizard flow for a new clothing item.

1

Add Core Product Information

Input basic product data, like the Product Title, Brand, Sales Audience, Category, Season, Sizing Scale and Shipping Weight.

2

Choose the right Sales Channels

Select Sales Channels for product availability. This can be scheduled for a future date and time.

3

Select and map Colours

Select Colours and confirm their Mapped Colours.

4

Confirm Size and Colour combinations

Confirm the Sizes included within the Product Set by selecting from a matrix of Colours and Sizes. This is generated by selecting a Sizing Scale.

5

Connect the product to Suppliers

Create Supplier Links to connect stock items to the Suppliers you purchase from.

Supplier Links are a fundamental component of Venditan Commerce's Purchase Order Management functionality.

6

Input or auto-generate Barcodes

Manually enter Barcodes for each variation, or let Venditan Commerce automatically generate them by leaving this field blank.

7

Price your product

Enter Prices and RRP at a Master, Member or Stock level depending upon the level of control required for the Product Set.

If you sell internationally, you can input specific prices for the different currencies you're trading in.

Learn more: Product Pricing

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Add Tax information

If required, confirm the product’s Country of Origin and Commodity Code.

Tax will automatically be applied to your products based on your Tax Rules.

9

Add product content and media

Add the product’s Long Description and Media, and select from a pre-saved Size Guide.

The list of available Size Guides narrows based on your choices in the previous steps.

10

Select your Product Attributes

Select the relevant Product Attributes from a pre-saved list stored in Venditan Commerce. Or, create the attributes that you need.

11

Review and create the product

Review a complete summary of the product information that has been collected.

Create the product, reset it or navigate back to a previous step without losing progress.

Once created, our default Qualifies for Web logic is used to validate the product’s sales-readiness.

This stops unsuitable products from being pushed to your Sales Channels, e.g. If the product is missing a Product Image.

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Bulk Import: Create new products using a CSV

Create new products at scale by importing the data into Venditan Commerce in CSV format.

You can download a sample CSV containing relevant fields for your product information. Complete the CSV and drag and drop it into Venditan Commerce for importation.

The import process will validate the data; successful imports will be added to your inventory, while rejected imports will trigger a summary explaining the failure.

The following static values can be imported:

• Product Type

• Product Title

• Short and Long Product Description

• URL

• Image URL

• Cost of Goods Sold

• Price

• RRP Price

• Unit Pricing Measure

• Unit Pricing Base Measure

• Sale Price including Effective From/To

• Stock

• Brand

• GTIN

• MPN

• Condition

• Age Group

• Colour

• Gender

• Material

• Size

• Size Type

• Size System

• Department

• Season

• Composition

• Care Instructions

• Google Product Category

• Google Custom Labels

• Country of Origin

• Commodity Code

• Height, Length and Width

• Meta Title and Meta Description

The Bulk Import Tool can also be used to update existing products.

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Create a Bill of Materials (BOM)

Individual Bill of Materials (BOM) can be created within Venditan Commerce or bulk using the Bulk Import Tool.

When creating a single BOM, the standard process is as follows.

1

Add Core Product Information

Input basic product data, such as the Product Title, Brand, Department, Barcode, Weight and Description.

2

Build the BOM

Select the Components (Standalone Items) and quantities that make up the BOM.

3

Pricing

Input pricing information for the BOM, including Standard Retail and RRP.

4

Sales Channels

Confirm Sales Channel availability for the BOM.

5

Product Content

Add additional content and media to merchandise the BOM separately from its components.

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Create a Product Bundle

Single Product Bundles can be created from within Venditan Commerce, or in bulk using the Bulk Import Tool.

When creating a single Product Bundle, the standard process is as follows.

1

Add Core Product Information

Input basic product data, such as the Product Title, Brand, Department, Barcode, Shipping Weight and Description.

2

Build the Bundle

Select the Member-level products that make up the bundle, and the Default variation displayed on your website when the customer first loads the page.

Like BOMs, Product Bundles are fully content-manageable, with their own SKU, Product Title, Price, Availability, Descriptions and Media.