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Inventory E commerce Description Tab

Action: RETLINV

Inventory can be uploaded to an e-commerce site for web sales. See E-Commerce Overview and Using E-Commerce for more details.

Fields

Sold Via...Controls if this style is uploaded to E-Commerce.

  • Blank or nothing selected: Style is sold from the ProfitSystem, and will not be uploaded to BigCommerce.
  • In store only: Style is sold from the ProfitSystem, and will not be uploaded to BigCommerce.
  • Web only: Style will be uploaded to BigCommerce, and a warning will be shown on the Ticket form if the product is sold directly in the ProfitSystem.
  • In store+web: Style is sold from the ProfitSystem, and will also be uploaded to BigCommerce.
  • Catalog only: Style is sold from the ProfitSystem, and will be uploaded to BigCommerce with a flag set that does not allow it to be sold on BigCommerce. The size and color charts are not uploaded for the style
  • Catalog charts: Style will be uploaded to BigCommerce with a flag set that does not allow it to be sold on BigCommerce. The size and color charts are uploaded for the style, and will show as options on BigCommerce

Allow stock sales (no special orders)...Web sales can either be special order or stock sales. For special order sales, the size, color, and color 2 charts are used to create the options available to the customer on the e-commerce site. For stock sales, no options are available, and the actual size and color are included in the product description. Additionally, the current QOH is uploaded with the product so if the item sells, it is no longer available. Checking this option indicates that this is a stock sale item. Otherwise, it's special order.

Send to e-commerce (set automatically by system)...This checkbox indicates that the style should be uploaded in the next batch. This is automatically set if the style is edited. Alternately, the Upload Style Now button can be used to upload the styles one at time.

Upload and Retain Online Images...Uploads the style immediately but does not replace the existing images at BigCommerce.

Upload and Replace Images...Uploads the style immediately and replaces the existing images at BigCommerce with the images from the ProfitSystem.

Template file...Specifies an HTML template file that will be used for this style on the e-commerce site. The template file must already exist on BigCommerce.

E-comm URL...This is the full URL to the product after upload. This is created automatically after the product is uploaded.

Price...If this price is zero, then the retail 1 price for the style is used. Otherwise,this price is used for BigCommerce. If this is -1, then the price shows as 'In store' on BigCommerce.

Style to send...Either 1. Use Vendor Style OR 2. Use Store Style. If Vendor Style, then the SKU and Name for the product is the vendor name followed by the vendor style. If set to Use Store Store, the SKU is the vendor name followed by vendor style, and the Name for the product is the vendor name followed by store style. Using vendor styles makes it easier for searches by vendor style to work.

Page title...This is the BigCommerce HTML page title. It's also used for searching, so a descriptive title can help with searches.

Meta keywords...Used for web page meta keywords, which are indexed by search engines.

Search keywords...Used be search engines. If left blank, then the SKU is used.

Meta description..This is the search engine optimization description of this style on e-commerce. This is stored on the meta-description tag for the web page, as well as the image description tag for all images on this style.

E-commerce description..This is the long-form description of this style on e-commerce. The merge code SizeColors can be inserted and will be replaced with all the sizes and colors from the size chart and color charts for this style for non-stock sales, and all the sizes in the size chart for stock sales.

The merge code SizeColors should be included somewhere in the description. This code will be replaced with the sizes and colors that the item is available in. For a stock sale item, it will be replaced with 'Available in size x, color y' for each size/color with at least one QOH. For example, if the style has quantity in size 8 and white, and size 6 and ivory, the merge code will be replaced with: 'Available in size 8, color white, size 6, color ivory' For a non-stock sale item, the code is replaced with all the sizes and colors in the size and color charts for the style. So, merge code will be replaced with something like: 'Sizes available: [00], 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30 Colors available: African Vi, American B, Amethyst, Apple Slic, Arctic, Aubergine, Buttercup, etc'

The vendor style and store style number are added automatically to the description on upload. This facilitates searching on ecommerce. If the description contains a | and svg xmlns (which is a special code for dynamic colorization), then the store styl e and vendor style are inserted before it.

Categories.. This allows the store operator to create broad categories on Big Commerce to group products (such as Neckline, Length) with sub-categories for each category and place inventory in those categories and subcategories. These categories are then automatically displayed here. Each category and sub-category has a checkbox. Categories and subcategories checked will be selected on the product when it's uploaded to Big Commerce. This option is only visible if 2. Assign BigCommerce categories to inventory is selected for Categories on the BigCommerce export form.

Inventory can be uploaded to an e-commerce site for web sales. See E-Commerce Overview and Using E-Commerce for more details.