Your Mini eCommerce Site is designed for digital products like PDFs, workbooks, zip files, templates, and similar downloads. This article shows you exactly how to add a new product so customers can buy and download it securely.
Go to the Products Section
Log in to your admin dashboard and click Products in the left menu.
You will see a list of any products you already have.
To add a new one, click the “Add Product” button on the top right corner.
Enter Basic Product Details
You will now see the product form. Complete each field carefully:
Title: The name of your product. Example: The Confidence Reset Workbook.
Slug: This fills automatically after you enter the title - do not change it unless you want a custom URL. For example if your product is called How To Eat Healthy And Stay Fit In Your 50s - you may want the url to only be yoursite.com/how-to-eat-healthy - so you amend the URL to fit your custom preference.
Otherwise, your url will be yoursite.com/how-to-eat-healthy-and-stay-fit-in-your-50s
Another example is this page. I changed the slug so it says adding-a-product which you will see at the top but the actual title is Add Edit And Delete A Product.
Category: You can set up different categories for your products. Each product must have a category.
Product Type: Digital Download is always selected by default. If you are promoting coaching hours select that.
Number of Pages: This is optional but you can include the number of pages in your product if you want to.
Status:
Draft is the default status. Your product will not show up on your site.
Published is your next option and once selected your product will show up.
Coming Soon. Will show the product but the ability to buy the product will not be available.
Fully booked. This is for coaching hours to show you are no longer available.
Is Active: This is important and selected by default. If you unselect this your product will disappear from your site so if you are sure you have selected published and your product does not appear check if the Is Active button is selected.
Sales Copy
Description: Include your sales page information about what the product includes and who it helps. Anything included here will be shown on the sales page.
Long Description: You can add as much information as you want to ensure your customer has all the details needed. Anything added in the additional information box will only show when your potential customer clicks on the "MORE INFO" arrow on the sales page.
I usually include enough information up to the price that shows on the left and then I will add anything else in the Long Description but that is up to you. Always remember that you can always return later to make edits.
Pricing
Price: Enter the price for your product. To work with Stripe your price must be added in pence so 9.99 becomes 999 - do not add a dot. The system will not let you save it in that way. Your site will already be set up in GBP or USD so you only have to enter the price according to your currency. You don't have to worry about converting anything.
Sales Price: If you want to reduce the price of your product you can include the sales price. This will become the default price for your product and show it as a reduce price on your site.
Price Per Hour: If you have selected that your product is for coaching include your hourly price here.
Media
Preview Image: This is the main featured image that will show of your product. Upload an image that represents your product (you can use JPG or PNG) but for best results a .webp image is recommended you can search for jpg to webp or png to webp to find free sites that will let you convert your image.
WEBP images are recommended by Google. They are smaller files. They show up quicker and are just better for modern day eCommerce sites.
Files: This is your actual product. What people will download once they have paid. You can upload a PDF product but if you have more than one PDF then you should add them all in a folder and zip that folder. You can upload zip folders. Remember you have 500mb of space so the larger your files the more space they take up.
The system automatically secures and stores it so only paying customers can access it. The system automatically creates a secure download link for each customer after purchase. You do not need to email files manually.
If you have larger audio or video files these need to be added to AWS or Cloudinary for download.
Even if you have selected coaching hours you can still include a PDF here that explains what happens next. Or if you need your client to complete a form and send it to you then you can upload it here.
Preview File: If you want to provide a free preview that people can download you can add that here. Be careful not to add your actual product.
Video URL: If you have a short video preview you can include it. The best thing to do to save yourself space is to add it to YouTube and use the video link. That also gives your product exposure on YouTube. If you only want it to show up on your eCommerce site then you can always use the unlisted option.
Settings
Download Limit: The default download limit is five. That means one user can download their product up to five times. You can increase that limit if you choose.
Featured: If you have a site with 4 or more products you can choose to feature two of them and they will appear on your homepage. Simply select or unselect that button.
Purchase Count: This will let you know how many times this product has sold.
Order: Products are saved by date order with the most recent at the top but you can influence that order here. zero will always be first. Anything after zero will be in numerical order.
Product Images
If you have additional images you want to include you can add them here. An additional two or three is usually enough. For example if you have offered a bundle and want to show images of the other products.
Saving
Once you have added everything you then click on:
Save - This takes you back to the list of all your products
Save and add another - Opens a new product page so you can add another product
Save and continue editing - Will keep you on the page you are currently on so you can continue working on it
Recommendations
I recommend you save as you go using the 'Save and continue editing' button. You can add the title, category, basic info in the description box and the price then click save. These are all required in order to save a product. After that you can go back and add all your description, your long description and your images.
This is a mini site so watch the size of your images and products. If you have a site with only 1-3 products it isn't as important as if you are including 25 products but just something to keep in mind.
Edit And Delete
You can at any time click on a product and edit its details. If you change the title the slug remains the same. This ensures if you have shared the link people will still find your product. Of course if you want to update the slug you can.
You can edit all the above details easily. Just make sure you click on save so the new information is saved in your database.
There are two ways to delete a product. The best way is to click on Products and bring up your list. Click the box on the left then select delete product. This way you are certain of the product you are removing.
The RED DELETE button on the product page will remove your product. You will be asked if you are sure before it deletes. Do NOT CONFUSE THIS with deleting an image. The small box next to the image is what you click on to select an image for deletion.
