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# coreFORCE - Products - Adding and Editing Products


The Products Maintenance is where the bulk of our item information will be housed, and as such this will be quite the lengthy article!


1. Click on Products > Products
![Step 1 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_1.png)


2. Click on our selected product
![Step 2 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_2.png)


3. Click on Product Maintenance…

This layout will be universal amongst all of our products

![Step 3 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_3.png)


### Details Menu


4. Detailed Description

Detailed Description is pertaining to any information on the item to be sold, this information will be viewable to the customer upon looking at a product's details

![Step 4 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_4.png)


5. Link Name

The link name is automatically generated based on the item's title

![Step 5 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_5.png)


6. Product Manufacturer

The Product Manufacturer field is what ties this specific item to a manufacturer's set of rules, be it dropshipping regulations or MAP Policies

![Step 6 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_6.png)


7. Cart Minimum

Cart Minimum automatically adds this amount of the item into the cart, if the customer tries to go below your minimum the item will be removed from the cart.

![Step 7 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_7.png)


8. Cart Maximum

Cart Maximum is exactly how it sounds, the value set here will limit sales in the cart to the specified quantity. For example, setting 5 for an ammunition item will limit sales to 5 boxes of ammunition.

![Step 8 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_8.png)


9. Model

Model is the item's either model number or special model name

![Step 9 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_9.png)


10. UPC

UPC Is the product code that is exclusive to a specific item

![Step 10 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_10.png)


11. Width

Width pertains to the item's width in inches

![Step 11 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_11.png)


12. Length

Length pertains to the item's length in inches

![Step 12 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_12.png)


13. Height

Height pertains to the item's height in inches

![Step 13 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_13.png)


14. Weight

Weight pertains to the items weight in pounds

![Step 14 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_14.png)


15. Check Ignore MAP

Ignore MAP is a tool we can utilize if an item is able to sell below MAP pricing

![Step 15 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_15.png)


16. Check Virtual Product

Virtual Product pertains to items that typically don't have physical inventory, like E-gift cards or vouchers

![Step 16 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_16.png)


17. Check Not Taxable

Not Taxable lets coreFORCE sell this product without collecting the applicable sales tax

![Step 17 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_17.png)


18. Check Non Inventory Item

This toggle ignores any entries in the inventory screen and allows sales even if quantity is 0

![Step 18 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_18.png)


19. Check Inactive

Inactive removes the product from both Admin view and customer view on the front end

![Step 19 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_19.png)


### Pricing Tab


20. Navigate to Pricing
![Step 20 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_20.png)


21. Pricing

Pricing is where all of our price values are housed

![Step 21 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_21.png)


22. Select your chosen pricing structure

Why would this be applicable?  
  
In the instance your web store has multiple potentially applicable pricing structures you can choose which set of rules to apply

![Step 22 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_22.png)


23. List Price

List Price is what customers will see as a strikethrough cost on the product tile if your selling price calculates below this list price

![Step 23 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_23.png)


24. Base Cost

Base Cost is a cost typically imported from distributors that will be used in your pricing structure calculations

![Step 24 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_24.png)


25. MAP

MAP Is imported via distributors or from coreSTORE and is crucial in ensuring all of the MAP policies function correctly

![Step 25 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_25.png)


26. Minimum Price

Minimum Price is the absolute minimum an item will sell for, this will override any calculations that fall below the set value

![Step 26 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_26.png)


27. Click on coreSTORE Prices

coreSTORE Prices gets imported from your coreSTORE Selling Price. This will force the product to sell at that exact price as long as your store keeps inventory in stock

![Step 27 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_27.png)


### Categories Tab


28. Click on Categories
![Step 28 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_28.png)


29. Adding a Tag

We're able to add tags to any items on coreFORCE to either display in designated locations on the homepage or for backend filtering

![Step 29 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_29.png)


30. Select your desired tag
![Step 30 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_30.png)


31. Categories Summary

The Categories Summary is a quick readout of the taxonomy tree for the currently selected categories in an item

![Step 31 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_31.png)


32. Categories Choices

Categories can either be found by typing in information to filter or by dragging the desired choice from the left to the right

![Step 32 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_32.png)


33. Facets

Facets get automatically imported from our distributor feeds and help narrow search results and offer as much data as possible to the customer

![Step 33 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_33.png)


### Images Tab


34. Click on Images
![Step 34 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_34.png)


35. Click on Primary Image

A primary image alternative from our Coreware Catalog can be uploaded for any item

![Step 35 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_35.png)


36. Remove Image

Remove Image is available to use if you would like to return to the Coreware catalog image or fully wipe an image and upload a new one

![Step 36 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_36.png)


37. Coreware Catalog Disclaimer

The green text line indicates the product is automatically pulling all available image data from our centralized catalog and an image does ***Not*** need to be uploaded

![Step 37 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_37.png)


38. Alternate Images

Alternate Images can be established to have more image possibilities once an item is clicked into by a customer

![Step 38 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_38.png)


### Shipping Tab


39. Click on Shipping
![Step 39 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_39.png)


40. Shipping

The Shipping Tab displays any and all dropship locations from distributors and a toggle for an item wide block if a manufacturer contacts your dealer that this item cannot be dropshipped.

![Step 40 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_40.png)


### State Restrictions Tab


41. Click on State Restrictions
![Step 41 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_41.png)


42. State Restrictions

State Restrictions will be automatically filled via the product imports from your chosen distributors. This primarily pertains to the states that have stricter gun restrictions such as Massachusetts/ California and if a customer from a restricted state attempts to purchase the item they will be stopped at checkout

![Step 42 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_42.png)


### Inventory Tab


43. Click on Inventory
![Step 43 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_43.png)


44. Click on Inventory
![Step 44 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_44.png)


45. Inventory

The Inventory lines display information such as Distributor Availability, Distributor Pricing per Item and the ability to manually set inventory if one end of the feed, be it Coreware or the Distributor's end get's hung up as a temporary measure to allocate inventory and this value ***will*** get overridden on the next import

![Step 45 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_45.png)


46. Distributor Product Codes

Distributor Product Codes are the identifying code in the distributor's product feed and will ensure the correct product is being tied to the inventory values displayed.

![Step 46 screenshot](https://coreware-screenshots.s3.amazonaws.com/coreFORCE_-_Products_Adding_and_Editing_Products_46.png)
