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Product details (X-Cart 5.5.1.x)

Learn about the basic set of product details

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Written by Anna Verbichenko
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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".

"New Product" page

💡 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.

Info tab of product details

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

Click to expand for more information.

Product name

The name by which you and your customers will identify this product.


SKU

The product SKU (A code that will serve as a unique identifier for this product). If you leave this field blank, an SKU will automatically be generated when you save the product.


Barcode (ISBN, UPC, GTIN, etc.)

Available through the Barcode and Manufacturer Part Number fields add-on. Read more about it here.


Manufacturer Part #

Available through the Barcode and Manufacturer Part Number fields add-on. Read more about it here.


Images

Use this field 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

Use this field to specify the category (or categories) to which this product belongs.


Brand

Use this field to specify the product's brand. Read about brands here.


Description

Use this field to specify your product's description. Read about product descriptions here.


Full description

Use this field to specify your product's full description. Read about product descriptions here.


Tags

Use this field to assign tags defined via the Product Tags page (Catalog > Classes & Attributes > Product Tabs) to the current product. Read about product tags here.


Available for sale

This toggle defines whether the product is displayed on the storefront.


Product stickers

Use this field to select stickers for the product to display on the storefront. Read more about product stickers here.


Membership to assign to product purchaser

Available through the Paid memberships add-on. Use this field to specify a paid membership that your customer will be granted upon buying this product. Read more about paid memberships here.


Membership duration

Available through the Paid memberships add-on. Select the paid membership duration in this field. Read more about paid memberships here.


Prices & Inventory

Prices & Inventory section

Listed below are the settings that you can find in this section – click to expand for more information.

Memberships

Select the membership levels to which this product should be available. Non-members and users of other membership levels will not see the product on the storefront. For more info on memberships in X-Cart, see User Membership Levels.


Coupons

Select coupon(s) that apply to the product. See guides on coupon creation here.


Tax class

Define the tax class to which the product belongs (i.e., what taxes should apply to the product). For more info on tax classes, see Setting up tax classes.


Price

Define the product base price.


Sale

Use this field to put the product on sale. After enabling the "Sale" option, you will be able to specify either a sale price for the product (expressed in the store currency) or a discount (expressed as a percentage of the product base price). Read more about sale options here.

NOTE: Can't be used with global discounts. Enabling this option for a product cancels any possible discounts set previously.


Apply product-specific discount to wholesale price

This toggle allows to include the wholesale prices into a sale offer set above.

NOTE: The offer will only be valid for wholesale prices if the discount amount is set as a percentage.


Market price

Use this field to set a product market price showing the difference between the product price offered in your store and the average price of this product on the market. See more info about the market price here.


Core charge

This field can be used to set core charge (an extra fee customer pays when buying auto parts that can be reused or recycled). It is available through the use if X-Cart's Core Charge add-on.


Cost price

Use this field to set the product's cost price, if applicable.


Global discounts

This field allows the application of a sale offer to a product (e.g., to add a new product to a group of products put on sale or to delete a product from such a group)


NOTE: Can't be used with individual sale offers. See the Sale field described above.


Arrival date

This field allows you to specify when the product will be available in your store. On its own, the information entered in this field serves purely informational purposes, but X-Cart add-ons may employ it.


NOTE: For example, if used with the Product Advisor add-on, you can mark specific products in your catalog as "Coming soon" and publish their expected arrival date on the storefront. The status of such products will automatically switch to "New arrival" on the date they become available.


Track quantity

The toggle allows you to switch on/off automated inventory tracking for this product. If the product quantity is unlimited and does not need tracking, the "Track quantity" toggle can be disabled.


Quantity in stock

Use this field to set the inventory level (the number of product units in stock). The value specified in this field is used for the Inventory tracking feature.


Available for backorder

Use this field to specify that the current product can be purchased even when it is out of stock. After enabling the "Available for backorder" option, you will also set a backorder label for the product and limit the backorder quantity (see below). Read more about this feature here.


Backorder label

This field is only available if the "Available for backorder" toggle is enabled. It allows you to add a message regarding the backordering of the current product, which your store visitors will see attached to this product in product lists and on the product page when the product is out of stock. You can insert the number of units available for backordering into this message using the "%number%" placeholder; for example: "You can backorder up to %number% items."


Limit the backorder quantity

This field is only available if the "Available for backorder" toggle is enabled. It allows you to specify that only a limited number of products can be purchased on backorder and set the maximum limit via the "Max. backorder quantity" field (appears when the "Limit the backorder quantity" toggle is enabled).

After saving the product details on this page, you will be able to access an extended version of the product's details. The extended version has two sections with information related to the product's prices and inventory management:

  • the "Prices & Inventory" section within the Info tab;

  • a dedicated "Inventory" tab.


Shipping

Shipping section

Listed below are the settings that you can find in this section – click to expand for more information.

Requires shipping

Specify whether this 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).


Weight

Product weight. If the product requires shipping, this setting may affect the calculation of the order shipping cost.


Dimensions

Set the box dimensions (Length x Width x Height).


Separate box

Specify 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

Specify the number of items allowed for shipping in one box.


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

This field is enabled by the add-on Free Shipping and Shipping Freights. Read more info about the add-on here.


Freight

This field is enabled by the "Free Shipping and Shipping Freights" add-on. Read more info about the add-on here.


Marketing

Marketing section

Listed below are the settings that you can find in this section – click to expand for more information.

Open Graph meta tags

The custom META tags for sharing the product page on Facebook. See more info about the feature here.


Meta description

The description used in the description META tag on the product page (for SEO purposes). Read how it works here.


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

The title used in the title bar of this product details page (for SEO purposes). Read how it works here.


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

This toggle allows the inclusion of the product into a feed sent to Facebook.


Add to Google product feed

This toggle allows the inclusion of the product into a feed sent to Google.


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