Before you start adding product information to your on-line catalog, it is a good idea to get the product information ready. Here is a list of the things that you can add to your product catalog, along with some comments related to their formats.

o Product name, SKU, and a description. The description field supports HTML tags, so you can use the product description that you have already used in another Web page, by copying and pasting the HTML code. If you don't have a formatted product description, just use plain text, as you will be able to format it using the Administrative module (e.g. bold, italics, bullets, etc.)

o Pricing information. You can set 3 prices for each product: List price, retail price and wholesale price. The only one required by your store is "retail price", which may or may not coincide with the list price. If not, the store will show “you save $XXX” message.

o Product images. You can have 2 images for each product.

- Thumbnail. This is the small image that typically appears on all pages that display more than one product (e.g. search pages, etc.). The supported formats are JPEG and GIF, which are the standard graphic formats acceptable for the Internet.

- General Image. This is the image that is displayed on the product details page.  The supported formats are JPEG and GIF.

o Product Categories. Are your products organized in categories? If not, you may want to consider organizing them in categories before you start adding them to the catalog. Note that your store supports multiple subcategories. In other words, you could have "Toys / Babies / Bath Toys" where "Bath Toys" is a subcategory of "Babies", which is a subcategory of "Toys". You can also define an image for each category to make listings more attractive. You can also include an image for each root category, so you will get a good looking categories page.

o Product Options. Do your products come in different sizes, colors, etc.? Have those details available as well. In your store, they are called Product Options.

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