Follow these steps to create new product in saladplate platform
Step 1. Go to the Saladplate login page.
https://www.saladplate.com/customer/account/login/
Step 2. Enter your login credentials to access your supplier account.
Step 3. Click the “Supplier Portal” after signed in.
Step 3. Select “Products” from the left hand side panel.
Step 4. Select “Add new product”
Step 5. Select the Attribute Set & Product Type with “Simple”
What is Attribute Set?
Saladplate marketplace uses attributes to manage the information associated with products. An attribute is a property of a product, for example, the product color, the size, or the description. Some attributes are built into the system by default, and others has been created to address specific needs for different categories.
Each product has a unique DNA, thus you need different dedicated attribute sets specific to each product family.
For example, if you select “default” attribute set and “Beverage: attribute set, you could find the below table that shown you the additional fields for the category “Beverage”
Attribute Set: Default Selected |
Attribute Set: Beverage Selected |
01. Cost(USD): 02. Color: 03. Size 04. Country of Origin: 05. MOW: 06. DIsplay Product Prices: 07. Shipment 08. Quote Status
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01. Cost(USD): 02. Color: 03. Size 04. Country of Origin: 05. MOW: 06. Display Product Prices: 07. Shipment 08. Quote Status 09. Flavor 10. Packaging Materials 11. Weight(kg) 12. Package Size 13. Brand |
For more details on each attribute set, please visit this article
Step 6. Click Continue to the next step.
Step 7. Select the "Product Category" of your product - do not select "Default Category"
*multiple selection is allowed
Step 8. Complete the Basic Information
Product Name: |
Enter your product name |
Description: |
Enter the detail description of your product |
Short Description: |
Enter the short description of your product |
SKU: |
Enter the SKU (stock-keeping unit) |
Price (USD): |
Enter the Price (In USD only, for other currency, please mark it within the description field) |
Special Price (USD): |
Enter the special Price |
Special Price From: |
Enter the special Price Start date |
Special Price To: |
Enter the special Price End date |
Stock: |
Enter the stock of your products, please be reminded that if you place 0 under this field, the system will display your product as "out of stock", and user will not be able to search it within Saladplate. We highly recommend you to input at least 1 in this stock field. |
Stock Availability: |
Select enter “In Stock / Out of Stock” |
Visibility: |
Set the are of the visibility to the customer
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Tax Class: |
Enter the Tax Class |
Weight (kgs): |
Enter the Weight of your products |
Meta Title: |
Enter your meta title – for SEO purpose. |
Meta Keywords: |
Enter your meta kewwords – for SEO purpose. |
Meta Description: |
Enter your meta description – for SEO purpose. |
Step 9: Add Video of your product
Step 10. Once you click the add video button, a lightbox will be pop up as follow
Note:
Enter the video link directly on the URL Field, the video title and description will be prepopulated on the screen as follow. You can edit the title, description and the preview image for the video.
e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2xhubSWPCg
*Reminder, only Youtube and Vimeo is supported in Saladplate product page, and the video link should be public.
Step 11: Click Save to add video
Step 12: Click the icon to upload Product image
Step 13: Select the image and click “Open”
*Remark: You will find the thunmbnail of your product image/video immediately as follow:
Please follow the below image recommendation for the product image, a detailed Saladplate image guideline is downloadable at the bottom of this page.
*Tips to remove the product or images: You can remove the image/video by simply mouse over the image and click the recycle bin button.
Step 14. Fill in the rest of the products information based on the attribute set you have selected previously.
*The following example with the selected attributed set
Setting in Backend |
Display in frontend (Product Details Page) |
Cost(USD ) (will not show in the front end) Size MOQ Color Weight (kg) Flavor Brand Country of Origin Package Size Packaging Material
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Display Product Price (Yes/No)
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Set Display Product Price = Yes Set Display Product Price = No
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Shipment |
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Quote Status
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Status: Enable, the “Request a Quote” button will be visible under your product details page and allow buyers to request a quote for your product. *Please be reminded that if you set the quote status to enable, you’re required to fill in the Minimum Quote Quantity. Status: Disable, the “Request a Quote” will not be visible under your product listing details page and buyers will not be able to request a quote for your product |
Step 15. Click “Save” / “Save & Duplicated” Button placed at the top right hand corner
Save: Only Save the current product - recommended
Save & Duplicate: Save and duplicate the product, this feature helps you to create similar products without duplicate entry of the similar fields, but some fields might be restricted - not recommended.
Please be reminded that the following default status of the duplicated products would be:
- Default Product Status = disable
- Default Stock status: not in stock
- Default Stock value = 0