# Add products Products, categories, collections, attributes, options, bundles, files and pictures: everything a product can carry. For: Everyone adding products ## The products area Products, under Shop in the website menu, is where everything you sell or list lives. Its tabs are Products, Stock (once the shop is on), Categories, Attributes and files, Collections and Storefront. Add product opens the product editor. Give it a name, a short summary for cards and search results, a description and its key features, then save with Save or Ctrl+S. The Shown switch at the top decides whether visitors can find it. A product group holds other products, such as a range; a product inside a group can have a page of its own, or appear only as a row in its group's table. Walkthrough: The product editor (The product editor) 1. **The products area**: Products, Stock, Categories, Attributes and files, Collections and Storefront, all in one place. 2. **The basics**: A name, a one-line summary for cards and search, a description and key features. 3. **Pictures**: The first is the main one. Uploads are filed in Media under Products, in a folder for this product. 4. **Shown or hidden**: Hidden products stay out of sight while you keep working on them. 5. **Save, then publish**: Save, or Ctrl+S. New and changed products go live with Publish products. 1. Open Products and choose Add product. 2. Fill in the name, summary and description. 3. Add pictures, a price and anything else it needs. 4. Save, then publish the products when you are ready. Note: A website that lists products without selling them works the same way. See Catalogue only for what changes without the shop. ## Categories and collections Categories group your products so visitors can browse them, three levels deep at most: Gifts, then Gifts for the home, then Candles. Each category has its own page with a picture, an introduction, a description and its own search engine wording. A product can sit in several categories; its primary one leads its breadcrumb. Collections are labels such as New, Bestseller or Gift. They show as badges on product cards, and a collection can have a page of its own with a heading, an introduction, a picture and search engine wording. The Collections tab can also switch on an offers page: a page of everything on offer. Collections are live as soon as they are saved. Walkthrough: Categories and collections (Categories, collections and attributes) 1. **Three levels deep**: Gifts, then Gifts for the home, then Candles. Drag to change the order within a level. 2. **Adding a subcategory**: Offered until a branch is three levels deep. 3. **Collections**: Labels such as New or Gift, shown as badges. A collection can have a page of its own. 4. **An offers page**: One page of everything on offer, kept up to date by itself. ## Attributes, presets and specification groups Attributes are the details you record for each product, such as material, size, weight or origin. They fill the specification on product pages, can become filters on listing pages and can show as key facts on product cards. A specification group gathers attributes into sections on the product page, such as Dimensions. Start from a preset adds a ready set of attributes and file types for a kind of shop. You see exactly what will be added first, and nothing you already have is changed. A switched-off attribute keeps its values on products but is no longer shown or offered. Walkthrough: Attributes and files (Categories, collections and attributes) 1. **What you record**: Material, size, weight: the specification, filters and key facts all come from here. 2. **Specification groups**: Gather attributes into sections on the product page, such as Dimensions. 3. **Start from a preset**: A ready set for a kind of shop. You see what will be added first, and nothing you have is changed. 4. **File types**: Each decides whether visitors can download a file or ask for it. ## Options, variants and bundles A product can have up to three options, such as Size, Colour and Material, shown as buttons, a drop-down list or colour swatches. Every combination of their values is a variant with its own price, stock, code and picture, up to 100 per product. A variant left without a price uses the product's, and a combination you do not sell can be taken out. A bundle is a product made of other products sold together at the bundle's price: up to 20 products, from 1 to 99 of each. It is in stock while every part is, and each sale takes stock from the parts. The Bundle card shows what the parts cost bought separately and the saving. Walkthrough: Options and bundles (The product editor) 1. **Options make variants**: Up to three options. Every combination is a variant with its own price, stock, code and picture. 2. **Bundles**: Other products sold together at this price. Stock comes from the parts. ## Pictures, files and downloads The first picture is the main one, shown on cards and in search results; drag to change the order and describe each picture for screen readers. New uploads are filed in Media under Products, in a folder named after the product, and renaming the product renames its folder. Files are documents such as instructions, care guides or certificates. Set up a file type under Attributes and files first: each type decides whether visitors can download the file or must ask for it. A downloadable file gets a public link once published; a file marked on request is never served, and visitors send an enquiry instead. Files save as soon as they are added, once the product itself has been saved. ## Featured, related, search and delivery The cards down the side of the editor finish a product off. Featured puts it in product blocks set to featured and in the basket's suggestions. You may also like holds hand-picked products shown first under this one; products from the same category fill any space left. Search engine listing sets the page title, description and address, with extra search words that the website's own search finds but never shows, such as a supplier's code. Delivery decides which delivery methods can send this product, and VAT and discounts sets its VAT rate and whether discount codes can apply to it. Walkthrough: The cards down the side (The product editor) 1. **Categories**: A product can sit in several. The primary one leads its breadcrumb. 2. **Tags**: Collections such as New or Gift, shown as badges on its card. 3. **Featured**: Picked up by product blocks set to featured, and by the basket's suggestions. 4. **Delivery**: Any method, or only the ones ticked, up to five. 5. **You may also like**: Hand-picked products shown first; the same category fills the rest. - [ ] A main picture with a description - [ ] A price, or no price on purpose - [ ] At least one category - [ ] A summary for cards and search results ## How deep can categories go? Three levels, for example Gifts, then Gifts for the home, then Candles. A category cannot be moved anywhere that would make it deeper. ## What is the difference between a category and a collection? Categories are the shelves visitors browse, with a breadcrumb. Collections are labels such as New or Gift that show as badges, and can have a page of their own. ## Where do product pictures go in Media? In a folder for the product under Products. A product not saved yet files its uploads in Products itself. ## Do new products go live straight away? New and changed products wait until you publish them with Publish products, which leaves the pages alone. Prices, stock, offers, options and collections are live as soon as they are saved. ## Related guides - [Stock](/help/shop/stock) - [Prices, offers and VAT](/help/shop/prices-offers-and-vat) - [Publish products](/help/shop/publish-products) - [Images and media](/help/brand-and-design/images-and-media) --- CubeSites is a trading name of Cube Systems Limited, part of Crushed Ice Group. Registered in England and Wales, company number 17220899. Registered office: Unit 11, Olney Business Park, Osier Way, Olney, Buckinghamshire, MK46 5FP. ICO registration number ZC216972. 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