This guide will cover the creation of a Drop Shipment Product within Bob2. A Drop Shipment product is resembled using this icon on the Product Edit screen and on the Product list for your reference…
Navigate to BoB2 → Products → Product List and press the “Add New” button in the top-right corner.
Required Data Entry
When pressing “Add New” you will be displayed with the Product create screen, and you will notice data related to “Product Info”, please fill out the fields below…
- Product Info tab…
Select Bob Product type ‘Simple’ from the dropdown, Enter Product Name, Stock Name, SKU, add a Vendor and Manufacturer. Enter a Net Price and a Cost and define weights.
Once entered, please press “Save and Continue Edit” and you will be presented with a full list of tabs and data to input for the Product. Please ensure you enter at least the following below…
- Product Info tab…
Select Visible Individually, Short Description, Full Description, select Published (if you want the Product to be live, uncheck if not. Note: Remember to switch it on when you need to), select Allow Customer Reviews, select a Category, define a Store (Limited to stores – Bob2 + your store)
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Price tab…
select Tax Category (usually Standard) -
Shipping Tab…
Enter weights, dimensions, select Shipping Enabled, Ensure “Drop Shipment” is checked -
Inventory Tab…
select Inventory Method (Track Inventory), check Display Availability, define the products Availability Range, Minimum Cart Qty (1), Maximum Cart Qty (more than 1 or more than Minimum Cart Qty) ensure Back Orders (Allow Qty below 0 and Notify Customer)
PLEASE NOTE!
To further amend a Cost Price, please see the “Product Costing” guide here (https://ibridge.co.uk/help/adjusting-cost/)
Assigning a Location and Updating Stock
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Assigning a Product Location and adjusting the Stock Quantity. Pressing “Add a new Attribute” will allow the user to make Product Adjustments by taking them to a different screen and menu.
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Within the Product Adjustment tab, please enter a Location, Stock Qty value and Adjustment code before pressing “Add Location”. This will add stock for that Product in the specified location…
Adding Product Images
Within the “Pictures” tab, for each image you want to add for the Product…
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upload a file (.png, .jpg)
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enter a title
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press “Add Product Picture”
After adding the images you desire, press “Edit” next to each and you can define the “Display Order”, which dictates the position that the image will be ordered in on the website. E.g. 0 will be the first image the Customer will see when viewing the Product, 1 = the second image they see.
Saving Changes
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Click “Save” or “Save and Continue Edit” at the top of the Product screen.
Product Review
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Preview product to ensure it is laid out as desired by pressing the “Preview” button.