Products & Variants

a pim system serves as the central repository for all product related data, allowing you to manage, enrich, and distribute information seamlessly by mastering the creation and management of products and variants in this guide, we'll walk you through the step by step process of leveraging your pim system to create and manage products and their variants efficiently to learn more about products & variants, go to key concepts docid\ ekaoyvehv6fzy3ega zmc step 1 accessing products upon logging in, navigate to the side menu of the nochannel commerce portal, go to pim, and click on products & variants initiate the product creation process by clicking create product in the top right corner step 2 create new product in the product creation process, provide the following details display name enter a display name that distinctly identifies the product and will be displayed on your site as a product product template choose the appropriate product template for your product from the available dropdown options this template provides the basic gray structure for your product product id enter a unique product id that would help identify the product users can input a product id for their product; however, if the product id already exists, an error will occur if no product id is provided, the system will assign a randomly generated product id step 3 finalizing product creation after completing the form, you are presented with two choices create draft click the create draft button to save your product as a draft, keeping it unpublished on the portal this allows you to revisit and edit the product details at your convenience before making it live for user visibility create & open click on the create & open button, and you will be directed to the product details page this is the preferred choice when you intend to make the product live and immediately utilize it on your site and the nochannel commerce portal step 4 configuring product details on the product details page, configure the product by providing essential information in the product info tab under associate to website, link your website with the pim system using the dropdown menu in the core information, provide the following details sku enter the unique code for the product's storekeeping unit product name enter the name of your product this is the primary identifier that customers will see when browsing your inventory description enter a brief description of your product in two to three lines include features and specifications, and any other unique selling points for your potential customers tax code enter the applicable tax code for the product to ensure accurate tax calculations brand/vendor specify the brand or vendor associated with the product product tags add relevant product tags to enhance searchability and improve seo (search engine optimization) tags are keywords or phrases that describe your product and help customers find it more easily when searching on your website or through search engines customizing template with the product if you wish to customize the product template details, check the right hand navigation of the product details page click on the hyperlink to the attached template the link will promptly redirect you to the product template details page, where you can conveniently edit the template information per your requirements add activation and deactivation dates schedule product navigate to the schedule product section in the right hand navigation menu here, you can specify the activation date and deactivation date for your product activation date this is the date when your product becomes available for customers to purchase or access on the website once the activation date is reached, the product will be made visible and accessible to users, allowing them to place orders or interact with it as intended deactivation date conversely, the deactivation date is the date when your product will no longer be available for purchase or access after this date, the product will be automatically removed or hidden from the website, preventing further orders or interactions implement seo practices under seo, you are required to add the following details slug enter the unique part of the url that identifies the product page against the user's search query page title specify the seo page title to optimize the product's appearance in search results the page title should be descriptive and include important keywords related to your product, increasing its visibility and click through rate in search engine results pages meta description write a brief description of the page's content to influence click through rates from search engine users meta keywords input relevant seo meta keywords to enhance search engine visibility these keywords should accurately reflect the content and purpose of your product, helping search engines match your product with relevant search queries add related products under related products , include related products by clicking on add item this will open a catalog list dialog here, choose the appropriate products and add them on your site, these will come up as suggestions/related products in conjunction with the created product add product variants to add product variants, go to the variants tab click on add variant and in the create variant pop up, under the variant information tab, enter the details described above you can also set the state of your created variant normal the product is fully visible and available for purchase view only the product is visible but cannot be purchased hidden the product is not visible on the online portals for more information on states, go to the states docid\ k048xo 0yr aiahk1eqwt guide upload product images to upload product images, go to the images tab enter the image url in the add images field or click the "+" icon to add a picture once the image is added enter the image description and alternate text the into the images you can upload multiple pictures to show various angles or features step 5 publish product once all of the product details have been added, navigate to the top of the page where you will find these options validate click validate after finalizing all your changes to officially publish your created product template on the nochannel commerce portal this action makes your product accessible and visible on the platform save draft click on save draft to save all your changes and retain your template as an unpublished version this provides flexibility to revisit and edit the product details before making it live note when updating an existing product or variant, the system automatically generates a draft with the status "edits in published " this status indicates that a draft version exists, but your live product remains unchanged until you choose to publish saving as a draft lets you refine and review your updates without affecting the current published product once ready, you can publish the draft to apply your changes duplicate sku creation for archived skus pim allows users to create a duplicate sku if the original sku has been archived once a duplicated sku has been published and is live, the original archived sku cannot be recovered