Introduction
Products can be added into Osokony shops by either the Osokony Admin or Seller.
Products that are added by the Osokony Admin are called Marketplace Products. The sellers can view these products but cannot make any kinds of changes.
Products added by the Seller are called Private Products. These products will be shown only to that respective seller and only they can make changes in them.
There are two different types of products available on Osokony:
a) Physical: These are the products that are tangible and can be shipped to the customers. For example clothes and electronic gadgets are physical products.
b) Digital: These are the products that are intangible but can be accessed online or as soft copies. For example, e-books and internet television channels are digital products. Such products cannot be shipped.
Instructions:
1. Login to your account to be redirected to your homepage/dashboard page.
2. Navigate your dashboard and Click "Products” under the "SHOP” menu in the left pane of your dashboard to add or manage products in your shop. Fill in the basic details about your products as guided below. Asterisk (*) next to a form control's label indicates it as "required".
3. Marketplace Products Tab
This tab displays all the catalog products available in the system along with any seller defined custom products. The list displayed on this page includes products added by the seller as well as those added by the admin. Please note that the seller will not be able to view products of other sellers. When a newly registered seller visits this page they will either see no products or the products that are added by the admin.
a) Search Marketplace Products through the following filters:
4. Custom Product Page
The "Custom Product Setup” page has five sub-tabs.
a) Initial Setup Sub-Tab:
o Basic Sub-Sub-Tab: Enter a unique brand identifier and click on the ‘Save Changes’ button.
o Language Data Sub-Sub-Tab: Select language type from the drop-down list. Then, enter the name of the brand in the "Brand Name” input field. Select the checkbox of "Update Other Languages Data” to enable automatic translation of data to other languages. Once filled, click the ‘Update’ button.
o Media: (i) Select the preferred language from the ‘Language’ drop-down bar. (ii) Select Image Ratio as a requirement for ‘Preferred Dimensions’. (iii) Upload an image to represent the brand by clicking on ‘Choose File’. After selecting the image, the seller will be displayed a pop-up bar to edit the image. Clicking on ‘Crop’ will save the image successfully. Please note: Image size should be no more than 2MB. (iv) The ‘Brand Request Successfully Sent’ message is displayed, which confirms that the seller’s request has been forwarded to the admin for approval.
b) Attribute & Specifications Sub-Tab:
This tab helps sellers add the attributes and specifications that define the product.
c) Options and Tags Sub-Tab:
The product options such as the availability of different sizes or color options for the product can be mentioned in this tab.
d) Shipping Information Sub-Tab: Please note that this tab is not available when adding ‘Digital’ products:
§ Destination Country: Select the destination country, in other words, the country in which product is to be delivered.
§ Shipping Company: Select the name of the shipping company from the drop-down list. This is admin-manageable.
§ Shipping Service Type: Select the service type defining duration of delivery from the drop-down list. This is admin-manageable.
§ Minimum Quantity: Minimum Quantity range can be configured based on a specific region.
§ Maximum Quantity: Maximum Quantity range can be configured based on a specific region.
Note: Region wise slabs can be added with Minimum Quantity and Maximum Quantity.
§ Rate[Default Currency]: Enter the price that will be charged when shipping this product (per unit).
§ Additional Per Item [Default Currency]: Enter the price that will be charged per additional quantity. If not defined, the shipping cost will not change with variation in quantity.
e) Media Sub-Tab: This tab helps sellers add images to be displayed for their products.
Once the seller has finished adding the product and arrived back at the product homepage, the product will begin to be displayed in the list. On the extreme right of the list, each product has few short-cut buttons provided for the seller to perform certain actions. The ‘Products’ list provides seller certain functionalities:
■ Seller Shipping: Since sellers can see products added by admin as well, they can enable shipping for products they want to sell, through this toggle button. The toggle button displaying ‘Green’ means that the seller has enabled shipping and ‘Grey’ means that the seller has disabled shipping for this respective product.
■ Add Inventory : This shortcut helps sellers add products to the inventory. Clicking on this icon redirects the seller to the "Inventory Setup” page shown in figure 7.2.10 (a). The seller must:
■ Title*: Update or continue with existing heading for the product.
■ URL Keyword*: Add the keyword URL in this input field.
■ "System Should Maintain Stock Levels” Check-box: Select this check-box to enable the system to automatically keep a track on the remaining stock levels.
■ "System Should Track Product Inventory” Check-box: Selecting this check-box will enable the system to generate an alert for the seller notifying them about the number of products left in the inventory. For instance, if the seller wants that an alert be generated when the inventory is left with only 2 products, the seller will select this checkbox. The system will generate an alert and notify the seller about missing stock. If the seller has not selected this option, the seller will not be notified about the missing stocks and orders for missing products will be received anyhow.
■ Quantity At Which Stock Level Alerts Are Sent: Enter the minimum number at which the system must generate an alert notifying the seller about the products left in inventory. NB: This input box will only be active if the seller has enabled the "System Should Track Product Inventory” check-box.
■ Minimum Purchase Quantity*: Enter the quantity below which the customer cannot place an order for the product.
■ Publish: This drop-down list has two options: Yes and No. The seller must select ‘Yes’ if they want to display this inventory under the list of products and on the homepage. The seller must select ‘No’ if they want to hide this inventory from the list of products and the homepage.
■ Date Available From*: The seller must select the date from which the current inventory can be available. By default it is selected for the due date. However, if the seller chooses a date in the future, the product will only be visible on the homepage from that date onwards.
■ Product Condition*: The seller can mention if the product is ‘New’, ‘Used’ or ‘Refurbished’ by selecting any one of these options from the drop-down list. By selecting ‘New’ the seller confirms that the product will directly go from the manufacturer to the customer and has its complete warranty. By selecting ‘Used’ the seller confirms that the product was used for a certain time period and then sold by another customer. By selecting ‘Refurbished’ the seller confirms that the product was returned by a customer shortly after the sale due to certain reasons (mostly due to the presence of any kinds of defects) and is now available for sale with a new warranty and better quality.
■ "Use Shop Return and Cancellation Policy” Checkbox: Selecting this checkbox will enable the system to use the same return and cancellation policies for this product as entered by the seller in the "Manage Shop” module. If the seller doesn’t select this checkbox, they can mention new return and cancellation periods for this product in the input boxes appearing below.
■ Product Order Return Period (days): Enter the time period (in days) within which the buyer can place an order return request.
■ Product Order Cancellation Period (days): Enter the time period (in days) within which the buyer can place an order cancellation request.
■ Available for Cash on Delivery (COD): Select ‘Yes’ to make the product available for COD. The seller must select ‘No’ to disable COD for this product.
Scrolling below, a list of variants/options generated for each product will be displayed that can be added by the seller in their inventory. Each variant/option can be managed separately by the seller.
■ Cost Price: Enter the cost paid to buy or the manufacturing cost of the respective variant.
§ Selling Price: Enter the cost at which the respective product variant is to be sold.
§ Available Quantity: Enter the number of articles/products available for each variant/option.
§ SKU: It stands for Stock-Keeping Unit (SKU). Enter the SKU for the respective product variant. SKU is a unique code provided to each product available. The vendors can easily track the movement of inventory using this code. The admin can set this field as mandatory. If so, the seller must enter the SKU to proceed further.
§ ‘Copy to Clipboard’ Icon : If the seller wants to copy the filled entries and paste in the below rows, they can click on this icon which will copy the entries. To paste them in the below row, the seller must click in any of the input-boxes of the respective row and press ctrl + V (shortcut to paste).
§ Additional Comments for the Buyer: The seller can add any additional information that can help customers know more about the products.
§ Translate to Other Languages: The seller must select this checkbox if they want for the system to automatically convert their data into other languages.
NB: If there is no ‘Add Inventory’ icon displayed besides any product in the list, this means that all the possible inventories have been already added by the seller.
● Edit : Clicking on this icon will redirect the seller back to the ‘Custom Product Setup’ page. Sellers can make necessary changes and click on ‘Save and Next’ buttons provided at the end to save changes.
● Product Images : This shortcut icon helps sellers to add any additional images to be displayed besides their products and inventories on the home
page. When seller clicks on this icon, a pop-up menu bar will appear as shown in figure 7.2.11 that provides following options:
Sellers can add multiple shipping options and select one of them later when processing orders for this product.
§ Country the product is being shipped from: Enter the country from which product will be shipped.
§ Free Shipping Check-box: Select this check-box if no additional shipping charges are to be added to customers when placing orders for respective products.
§ Add Shipping Company Details : To add a new shipping method:
§ Destination Country: Enter the country to which product is to be shipped.
§ Shipping Company:Select shipping company name from drop-down list. This is admin-manageable.
§ Shipping Service Type: Select the service type defining duration of delivery from the drop-down list. This is admin-manageable.
§ Minimum Quantity: Quantity starting range can be defined in this field.
§ Maximum Quantity: Quantity ending range can be defined in this field.
§ Rate [Default Currency]:Enter the price that will be charged when shipping this product (per unit).
§ Additional Per Item [Default Currency]: Enter the price that will be charged per additional quantity. If not defined, the shipping cost will not change with variation in quantity.
§ Sellers must click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to complete adding shipping details. .