All Product Groups
Product Groups are simply collections of Products. Products are grouped into Product Groups for display purposes only.
Products can be are organized in one or more Product Groups. Product Groups are then referenced by Commerce Pages to display Products on your website:
- By associating a Product Group with a Catalog Page, you provide a
Visitor with access navigate an entire hierarchy of Product Groups and
their Products. If you then connect a Catalog Page to a Catalog Detail
Page, you provide a
Visitor with not only access to navigate an entire hierarchy of Product
Groups and
their Products, but also the ability to add any of the Products viewed
into their Cart and place an Order securely.
- By associating a Product Group with an Order Form Page, you
provide a Visitor with access to see the Product, as well as the
ability to Add the Product to their Cart, checkout, and purchase the
Product through your website.
- By associating a Product Group with a Shopping Cart or Express
Order Page (Quick Add Product Group feature) you can display additional
"up-sell" Products to a Customer before they checkout.
If you place any Products into Product Groups that are not referenced
by a Commerce Page, then the Products will not be visible to your
Visitors and considered unpublished.
WARNING: Catalog Pages are dynamic in nature, meaning that a
single Catalog Page (and optional Catalog Detail Page) are capable of
displaying your entire hierarchy of Product Groups and
Products. You need to be sure when you move Products and Product
Groups around in your Product Group hierarchies, that you are careful
not to expose wholesale or unpublished Products to your other Customers
accidentally.
Creating Product Groups
Click "Create Product Group" to create a new Product Group.
Moving Product Groups
Click on the Product Group Name to edit the Product Group and change it's Parent Product Group.
Updating Product Groups
Click on the Product Group Name to add or remove Products and Product Groups from the Product Group.
Deleting Product Groups
Click on the Product Group Name to edit the Product Group, then click "Delete" to delete the Product Group.
NOTE: Deleting a Product Group does not delete any children Product
Groups, Products, or Commerce Pages. However, any Commerce
Pages that reference the deleted Product Group will no longer display
any Products and so they will need to be updated or removed as well.