How to Add a New Product

Your product catalog is the core of your store. Follow the steps below to learn how to add products to your store.

1. Open the Site Admin > Store Manager > Products section.
2. Click on the New Product button in the upper right corner.
   

   

3. Add the Details – Product Name and Description.
   

   

4. Scroll down and click on the “+ Add” sign to add your Product images.
   

   

   NOTE: Learn how to add product images by reading our article How to Add Images to a Product in SiteGround Ecommerce.

5. Scrolling down further, you can specify the type of product you are selling — Physical, Downloadable, or Service (N0n-Digital).
   

   

6. If your product doesn’t have any variable attributes, select No variations next to the type of product.
   

   

   NOTE: Product variations refer to different versions of a product that vary by specific attributes such as size, color, or style. In case your product does have variations – choose Yes from the respective dropdown menu and follow the steps in our guide on How to Create Different Product Variations.

7. Once you’ve added the attributes for your product, scroll down to set Pricing & Inventory.
   

   

   
   

   NOTE: For more information on managing your product’s stock availability, read our article on How to manage product stock quantities in SiteGround Ecommerce.

8. Open the Categorization tab, where you can
   

   

   NOTE: In the Ads Classification dropdown menu, you can select the group your product falls into from standard classes for taxes, indexing and ads.

9. Click Save in the upper right corner to save the product in your store.
   

   

10. A pop-up will appear where you can choose whether to Save and Publish the product on your store or keep it as a draft.
    

    

    NOTE: You can Save as draft your product if you are not ready to make it live just yet and publish it later on. In case, you have added all the necessary information and you are ready to release your product & make it publicly visible – choose Save and Publish.

And there you have it! Your first product is live and ready to sell with SiteGround Ecommerce.

The next steps you could take:

• Create and Use Categories
• Customize Product’s SEO Setting
• Customize Product’s Social Sharing Settings