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Magento Products | Product Types | Product Creation

Magento Products

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Selecting a product type is one of the main things that one must do to create a new product, the process of creating a product is easy and can be completed by anyone. In the chapter Magento Products, the following are the major concepts discussed:
  • Magento Products Types
  • Creating a Product

Magento Products Types


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One can build different types of products that need with Magento. In any case, in default mode, Magento has a similar 6 product types however it has a few enhancements in detail. Following are the 6 types of products.
  • Simple Products
  • Grouped Products
  • Bundled Products
  • Configurable Products
  • Virtual Products
  • Downloadable Products

Simple Product -
A simple product is a physical single SKU item. This type of items has an assortment of pricing and of input controls which make it conceivable to offer varieties of the item. Simple products can be utilized as a part of relationship with grouped, package, and configurable items. The image below is the example for simple product.
Grouped Products - Grouped products is comprised of basic independent items that are exhibited as a group. One can offer varieties of a independent item, or group them via season or theme to make a set of various items. Every item can be bought independently or as a part of the group. In the shopping cart, everything is recorded independently. The image below is the example for grouped products.
Bundled Products - A bundled product let clients "bundle their own" from a collection of options. The bundle could be a gift basket, PC, or whatever else that can be customized. Everything in a bundle can be based on one of the accompanying product types: Simple Product and Virtual Product. The image below is the example for bundled Products.
Configurable Products - A configurable product is similar to single products with options in a drop-down list for every variety. Every option is really a different straightforward item with a unique SKU, which makes it possible to track stock for every item variations. One could accomplish a comparative impact by utilizing a simple product with custom choices, however without the ability to track stock for every variety. The image below is the example for Configurable Products.
Virtual Products - Virtual products are not tangible items and are regularly utilized for items, for example, memberships, services, guarantees, and subscriptions. Virtual items can be sold separately, or included as a feature of the accompanying item types: Grouped Product and Bundle Product.
Downloadable Products - A downloadable product can be anything that one can convey as a record, for example, an eBook, music, video, software application, or upgrade and also offer a collection available to be purchased, and offer every song separately and likewise utilize a downloadable item to deliver an electronic version of product catalog. Since the real download doesn't become accessible until after the buy, one can give samples for example, a selection from a book, a audio clip, or a trailer from a video that the client can try before buying the item. The files that are made to accessible for download can be either transferred to server, or from an alternate server. The image below is the example for downloadable products.

Creating a product


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In order to add a new product, login to the admin panel and go to the Products -> Catalog as shown in the image below.
Now, the page redirect and display the list of currently available products, click on Add Product button available on the top right corner in order to set up configuring a new product.
On the next page one need to fill the product options such as product name, SKU, price and also few sections related to product as discussed below.

Content - Provide the description for the product in the text area under the content section, one can give the style for the text using the text editor like colors, font styles and more as shown in the image below.
Configurations - The products configured allows customers to choose options such as mobile color so one need to create a simple product for each configuration by clicking the Create Configuration button as indicated in the image below.
Now a pop-up window appears with 4 steps for configuring the product, Selecting Attribute is the first step of configuration, select the preferred attribute and click on Next button as indicated in the image below.
In the next step one need to select the Attribute Values by clicking on the check boxes on the preferred color and click on the Next button.
In the next step, one need to select the images for the products are else skip the step and the images can added in future.
In the next step, one need to summarize the product which are to be created and click on the Next button if once completed.
Images and Videos - Add the product images and the related videos to the store, one can upload or drag the image and add the video using the buttons provided as indicated in the image below.
Search Engine Optimization - Setup the following information for product Search Engine Optimization (SEO).

Related Products, Up-Sells, and Cross-Sells - All the related product are show to the customers in addition to the looking product by clicking the Add Related Products, the up-sell products can be offered to the customers as a price or higher-quality alternative to the product using the Add Up-Sell Products button.  Using the Cross-sell Products button the impulse-buy product is appeared next to the shopping cart as cross-sells to the products already available in the cart.
Customizable Options - By providing the Customizable options, customers can choose the product variations they want while purchasing a product, one can import or add the options using the choices provided as indicated in the image below.
Adding attribute to a product - One can create or add an existing attribute to a new product by using the Add Attribute button.
By clicking on button a pop-up window appears providing the list of existing attributes and also provide few options such as a button for creating a new attribute, filter option for filtering the attributes from the list, and a button to adding the selected attribute to the product.
Now, check the front-end to check the product, search the product using the search box, one can get the product along with the colors as shown in the image below.

Summary


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  • Magento Products are the main things that one should know to create in Magento.
  • Before creating a product create an attribute for the product.
  • SEO helps search engines to easily identify the products.