In Shopit, you can choose from 3 ways to enter your products:

1. Manual add (there are 2 examples you can edit)
   
2. Import a csv using our template
   
3. Import from another platform e.g. Shopify
   

It is important to remember that whilst Shopit has a default product record structure (Product Title, Description, Cost Price etc), you can also add custom fields to make it match your incoming data.

Here we will show you how to Manually add a Product:

1. Go to Products and click 'Create Product'. 
   
2. A modal popup will appear asking for the product name. 
   
3. You also need to choose whether the product is a Single, or a Variation (Parent/Child), or a Kit (made up of other products). To learn more, visit Product Types
   

1. Once the product page is created, you need to go through each box to complete. Because Shopit is a multi-site ecommerce platform, you will see there is 'Global Information' and 'Sales Channel Specific information'
   

1. Weight: in grams. This can become important for shipping service calculations.
   
2. Brand: Manufacturer or retailer brand name
   
3. SKU: The unique product code reference e.g. ITEM12345
   
4. Global Trade Item Numbers: Options to enter the EAN number, MPN number, ISBN number, UPC number, ASIN number (Amazon) or create your own. These can be very important for using marketplaces
   
5. Media and Files: Upload your product images, videos and related documents (maximum fie sizes apply). You can also drag and drop the order of the documents using the  icon.
   
6. Product Filters: Enables site visitors to filter any category page by product features - for example filtering a range of shirts by colour, size, price range. These Product Filters are created globally under Settings - Products, then applied here against each item. For more information, see Creating Product Filters
   
7. Restrictions: If only certain customers can buy certain items, the Restrictions feature is used. 
   

1. Visibility: The default status of the product for this particular sales channel (Active and Purchaseable, Active and Unpurchaseable, Disabled and Hidden, Permanently Unavailable and Hidden)
   
2. When Sold Out (for Variations, this is available at Edit Variation level): When the stock count hits 0, the default visibility of the product can change (see list above). See more on Product Visibility Statuses
   
3. Product Variations (if applicable): For items with variations (e.g. S/M/L/XL), the availability and pricing is managed here. You can create multiple records, customise the price and In Stock/Out of Stock availability. See Managing Product Variations to see how to add and edit the variations.
   
4. Alternate Product Title: Give the product a custom name - useful for a multi site strategy where you want different SEO titles. As default, the item would take the Global Product Title (top of the screen). 
   
5. Product Description: Give the product a custom description per sales channel - useful for a multi site strategy where you want different product descriptions across different sales channels.
   

1. Categories: Choose the Primary and Additional categories for this product to show up in. Learn more about Categories.
   
2. Tags: A product tagging system that can be used in additional web development such as related products, sales collections, size chart snippets and more.
   
3. Search Engine Optimisation: A group of information that overrides the system defaults for improved SEO for each sales channel.
   
4. Activity (not editable): An audit trail of activity by action and username.
   

Completed Information

1. see this item available on the front end sales channel (both product and category must be enabled)
   
2. be able to export in Settings - Export Products

NOTE: you can add Custom Product Fields in Settings - Products if you want additional columns/information for particular sales channels