FAQ & Manual

You can manage products in Administer Products -> Products. All products are listed in the top half. You can use the entry fields above the list to search for particular products. Click a product to edit the settings for the category in the bottom half of the screen.

The main settings

• You can activate and deactivate the product using Active. If a product is deactivated, it will not be displayed to users.
• At Title enter the name of the product.
• At Prod. No. you can give the product its own product number.
• In EAN you can enter the European product number of the product.
• At Man. EAN you can enter the EAN manufacturer ID.
• In Short descr. you can enter a short description of the product.
• In Search terms you can enter the terms under which the product can be found when users are searching for it.
• The Tags are generated by the users of your OXID eShop: The users can enter additional key words for products.
• At Manufacturer you can specify the manufacturer of the product. You can find out how to set up manufacturers at Setting up manufacturers.
• At Price enter the price of the product.
• Using Alt. Prices you can set up special prices for certain users. How this functions is explained in Setting up specific prices for certain users.
• At Spec. VAT you can set up a special VAT rate for the product. You can find out more about different VAT rates at VAT: Basics.
• In the large text field on the right you can enter a detailed description of the product. This is displayed to users when they view the product. Details of how to use the text editor are given in Using the text editor.

What next?

In Setting up a new product there is a step-by-step description of how to set up a new product.

There are many other settings that you can make for products. They are described in Advanced settings for products.

Product images are very important: An image often says more about the product than the best of descriptions. Under Product images: Basics you will find out how to set up product images.

If there is a product with several variants (e.g. in different colours), you can set up these variants. For this read Variants: Basics.