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Special Purpose Buttons - click here for help
Miscellaneous Settings - click here for help
Inventory
Settings - click
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In this option you can set Special Purpose buttons
for email and 'Logon' on the customer's
shopping cart. You can also determine if your catalog will use a product search. There are also other Miscellaneous Settings for
receiving email order notifications, the length of time you would like an item marked as 'new' and to
require Logon when customers purchase an item. This
option also allows you to require a logon when customers check out. The last section is used to set inventory options for the catalog as
a whole.
Special Purpose Buttons Visible/Usable by Customers
Email Button:
click in
this box if you would like an email button for your customers to contact you.
The email address that you entered in the Catalog Basics option will be used
when customers want to send you an email. you may enter multiple
recipients of the email may be using a semi-colon and space to separate the
entries. This email address is
also used when a customer
replies to the order
verification email. Even if you do not want to receive an email notification per
order (do not check the box), you should enter your customer service email address so that any replies
will be sent directly to you. If this is not filled in, replies will be sent to
the default automailer@webconduit2.com.
This could delay your response to your
customer.
Product Search Button: not available with the Website or Basic Store Builder
Click this box if you would like to provide a
product search button for your customers to locate items in your catalog.
Allow Customer Logon: not available with the Website or Basic Store Builder
Click this box
if you would like the 'Logon'
button to appear on your catalog. This includes a login name
and password, allows customers to view their favorites and order history, and allows them to set and change their password.
Return to Home/Alternate Website Button: not available with the Website or Premium Store Builder they may use the Other Buttons option for this purpose.
Enter the name
you wish to appear on the button e.g. Internet Conduits Home, then enter the URL for
that website using the following format - www.myhomepage.com.
Email
Notification of Order:
click in this box if you would like to
receive an email notification of each order received. This is not recommended
if you receive a high volume of orders or if your process includes sending a
flat file to an internal fulfillment or shipping system. You may enter multiple
email addresses of people who will be receiving the email notification of order
by using a semicolon and space to separate the entries.
Send to Email:
the system
will use the email address found in Catalog Basics. If you want this
notification to go to a different address you can enter it here.
New Item Period: not available with the Website or Basic Store Builder
The system defaults
to 30 days, you may change this period to any number that you want an item
marked as new. The item will have 'New' marked in red in the product title. If
you do not want items marked as new for your catalog, enter 0 in the box. After
this period of time has expired, the 'New' tag will be mechanically deleted from
the product title.
No Checkout Without Logon: not available with the Website or Basic Store Builder
Check this box if you want to require your customers to create a customer profile or use an existing profile. If they do not logon, they will receive a message ‘You must first create a profile for yourself (if you haven’t already) and Logon before you may check out.’
Reject the Order If: not available with the Website or Basic Store Builder
Check this box if you want to set a minimum order amount for your catalog then
enter the minimum order dollar amount in the field. The order minimum will be
determined prior to calculating any customer discounts.
Inventory Settings This feature is not available with the Website or Basic Store Builder.
Click here for complete documentation on setting up inventory for your store builder.
In this section you will be able to select general inventory settings for the catalog as a whole. Inventory for the actual items will be entered, tracked and modified in the Edit/View Items Options for that product.
Email
Notification for Inventory Reorder:
check this box if you
would like to receive an email notification whenever the quantity available for
any product falls below a minimum quantity that you set for an item.
Send to Email: enter the email address where you would like to receive the notification for inventory reorder. You may enter multiple email addresses of people who will be receiving the email inventory reorder notification by using a semicolon and space to separate the entries.
One Notification Per Product for
Minimum Qty: Only send one email notification
when inventory falls below the minimum qty. This applies to all products in
your catalog. You can check this box to limit the number of notifications
you receive when an item falls below your minimum quantity. This may be
overridden in the Edit/View Items option, Inventory tab.
Inventory Display Options: in this section you will have several options for inventory display to the end customer. Any inventory message is only displayed to the customer when the Details button for that item is clicked.
Display In Stock, or Out
of Stock message
"Out of Stock" message:
(only displayed when product is out of stock and ordering is not allowed) – check this box if you want
to display the ‘In Stock’ or ‘Out of Stock’ message. In the next field you can enter
the message you wish to appear when an item is out of stock. Remember that this
is a generic message that will be displayed for every product. The ‘In Stock’
message is only displayed to the customer when the Details button is
clicked. The 'Out of Stock' message is only displayed to the customer when the Details button is
clicked and ordering is not allowed.
Display Quantity
Available:
check this box if you want the actual in stock
quantity displayed to the customer. Quantities for inventory are only displayed
when the
Details button is
clicked and you have checked Inventory Tracking for that item.
Do not display inventory
status to customers:
check this button if you do not want any
inventory status displayed to the customer but you still want to track
inventory in the admin portion of your cart. The system will default to this
option.
"Out of Stock" Options: in this section
you will determine how the catalog will handle items that are ‘Out of Stock’.
The two options are outlined below.
Display product in
catalog, but do not allow ordering:
click this box if you
want to display an item that is ‘Out of Stock’ but do not want to allow
customers to order. The ‘Out of Stock’ message will appear on the Details page. You may
choose this option when the out of stock item would delay shipping the rest of
an order or if the time period for restocking is over your internal limit for
delivery of items.
Display product in catalog
and allow ordering:
click this box if you still want to allow
ordering of ‘Out of Stock’ items. You may choose this option if the items are
readily available for shipping but are not physically on your shelf. No 'Out of
Stock' message will appear since you are allowing them to order. The system will default to this
option.