When creating a new product manually, you can specify its most basic details using the form fields of the product details page. Initially, the page is titled "New Product".
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💡 The set of fields on this page depends on the X-Cart version, edition, and the add-ons enabled.
If you do not see a certain field described below in your online store's Admin area, the likely reason is that the add-on that enables this field is not installed or activated in your store.
You can specify the following groups of product details:
Once the product is saved using the Add product button, the details entered on the "New Product" page become the content of the Info tab of the extended version of the product's details.
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In automated product creation workflows, you do not have to deal with the "New Product" page at all. Essential product details—normally entered manually on the “New Product” page—are populated automatically. Depending on the setup, this information can be sourced through one of the following methods:
Auto Integrations: Product data is imported directly from integrated third-party suppliers or distributors.
CSV File Imports: Product information is loaded from structured CSV files prepared for bulk product creation.
Product Cloning: Key attributes are copied from existing products in the catalog when creating a duplicate.
Once a product has been created using one of the automated methods (such as auto integrations, CSV import, or cloning), its information is managed through the extended version of the product details page. This extended view provides access to all fields and settings available for manual editing, allowing you to review or supplement the data imported automatically.
Listed below are the settings that you can find on the "New Product" page and on the Info tab of the extended version of the product details page.
General Info
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Product name
Product name
The name by which you and your customers will identify this product.
SKU
SKU
The product SKU (A code that will serve as a unique identifier for this product). If the field is left blank upon manual product creation, an SKU will automatically be generated when the product details are saved.
UPC / GTIN-12
UPC / GTIN-12
Available through the Barcode and Manufacturer Part Number fields add-on. Read more about it here.
EAN / GTIN-13
EAN / GTIN-13
Available through the Barcode and Manufacturer Part Number fields add-on. Read more about it here.
ISBN
ISBN
Available through the Barcode and Manufacturer Part Number fields add-on. Read more about it here.
MPN
MPN
Available through the Barcode and Manufacturer Part Number fields add-on. Read more about it here.
Images
Images
Serves to add images for the product.
NOTE: X-Cart does not impose strict limitations regarding the size of product images. In addition, it can automatically resize and crop images for the best appearance on various store pages.
For example, X-Cart will use the original image uploaded here to create different-sized images for the product details page, the product list page in the list view, and the product list page in the grid view. You can set the dimensions to which the original image will be resized and cropped on the Images Settings page of your store's Admin area (Design > Images Settings). These dimensions may differ depending on the skin used by your store and can be changed manually if required.
See Managing Images for more details.
Category
Category
Specifies the category (or categories) to which the product belongs.
Tags
Tags
Serves to assign tags to the product. Tags can be configured via the Product Tags page (Catalog > Classes & Attributes > Product Tabs). More info about product tags is available here.
Available for sale
Available for sale
Defines whether the product is shown on the storefront or not.
Membership to assign to product purchaser
Membership to assign to product purchaser
Selects the membership that will be automatically assigned to the customer upon purchasing this product. More information about selling memberships as products is available here.
Membership duration
Membership duration
Specifies the paid membership duration. Read more about paid memberships here.
Shipping
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Listed below are the settings that you can find in this section – click to expand for more information.
Requires shipping
Requires shipping
Specifies whether the product requires shipping. This setting affects the calculation of order shipping costs. (If the product does not require shipping, the shipping cost will not be calculated).
Shipping profile
Shipping profile
Specifies the shipping profile to be used for this product.
Weight
Weight
Specifies the product weight. If the product requires shipping, this setting may affect the calculation of the order shipping cost.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Specifies the box dimensions (Length x Width x Height).
Oversized item
Oversized item
Serves to identify products that require Less-Than-Truckload (LTL) shipping or other special freight handling. See Working with oversized (LTL) products for details.
Separate box
Separate box
Specifies whether the product needs to be shipped separately from other products. If you enable shipping this option for a product, you can also specify the maximum number of product units that fit in this box. This setting affects the calculation of the order shipping costs.
Maximum items in box
Maximum items in box
Specifies the number of items allowed for shipping in one box.
Free shipping
Free shipping
This field is enabled by the "Free Shipping and Shipping Freights" add-on. Read more info about the add-on here.
Exclude from shipping cost calculation
Exclude from shipping cost calculation
This field is enabled by the add-on Free Shipping and Shipping Freights. Read more info about the add-on here.
Freight
Freight
This field is enabled by the "Free Shipping and Shipping Freights" add-on. Read more info about the add-on here.
Marketing
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Listed below are the settings that you can find in this section – click to expand for more information.
Open Graph meta tags
Open Graph meta tags
The custom META tags for sharing the product page on Facebook. See more info about the feature here.
Meta description
Meta description
The description used in the description META tag on the product page (for SEO purposes). Read how it works here.
Meta keywords
Meta keywords
The keywords used in the keywords META tag on the product page (for SEO purposes). Read how it works here.
Product page title
Product page title
The title used in the title bar of this product details page (for SEO purposes). Read how it works here.
Clean URL
Clean URL
The product page's clean URL (human-readable SEO-friendly URL, typically based on the product name). The URL can be configured manually (by editing the field contents directly) or generated automatically (by enabling the "Autogenerate Clean URL" option below before saving the product). If the Clean URLs feature is disabled, you will need to activate it for the SEO-friendly page URLs to become available to store visitors. For more info, see Setting up SEO-friendly URLs.
Add to Facebook product feed
Add to Facebook product feed
Specifies whether the product must be included into Facebook feed.
Add to Google product feed
Add to Google product feed
Specifies whether the product must be included into Google feed.
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