The following is an excerpt from the Appendix chapter within the V5 Manual.
Each product within the Volusion Products table contains a wide variety of settings to configure and control a product and the way that it is sold or processed within Volusion V5. These settings can be viewed within the main Products table by clicking on the unique product code of each, individual product. The different fields and settings available for each product will be detailed in the tables below:
Easy Setup: Products
Product Code *
This field will contain the individual ID number that the product will be referenced by within Volusion. This field can contain letters, numbers, hyphens or periods. Note that this field cannot contain punctuation marks and must be unique for each individual product.
Product Name *
This field will contain the actual name of the product as it will be displayed within the storefront.
Product Price *
This field will contain the product's price.
Category *
This drop-down menu will allow merchants to select which category or subcategory the product will be filed under within the store.
Product Weight
Define the product's weight here. This field must have a value for shipping calculation to occur. For downloadable products, this field should be left blank.
Product Description
This field can store a basic description of the product as well as any html or image links to display within the product's description in the storefront.
Product Photo
Using the "Browse" and "Upload" buttons, a simple product photo can be added to the product for display on the product's information page within the storefront.
Search Engine Optimization
Product Name Short
This field can contain a shortened version of the
product name (shorter than the one defined in the
"ProductName" field). This name is part of a
collection of settings for each product that allows
search engines to better index products. This
name will also appear as the product name if the
product is listed in the "Top Sellers", "Super Deals" or
"New Products" sections of the storefront.
Photo_AltText
This tag will provide alternate text for product images. This text will be displayed if most browsers when a visitor to the site hovers their mouse over the product image. It is also referenced by search engines.
Meta Tag Title
This field allows merchants to set a meta tag for a product name- allowing search engines a better index the product. This product name defined here will also display in the title bar of any browser window that is viewing the product's page.
Meta Tag Description
Similar to the "Meta Tag Title" field, this field allows entry of a short description of the product which can be easily indexed by search engines.
Met Tag Keywords
This field allows entry of key words for the product (such as brand, part number, etc.) that will be indexed by search engines to allow potential customers greater possibility of finding the product through a search engine (e.g. Google, Yahoo!) by searching for the keywords entered here.
Basic Product Info
Product Code
This field contains a unique code Volusion uses to identify each product. Product codes can consist of letter, numbers, periods or hyphens. Note - merchants should not use spaces or punctuation within product codes.
Product Name
This field will contain the name of the product as it is presented to customers in the storefront.
Product Price
This is the price customers will pay for the product prior to any product options, taxes and shipping charges.
Product Weight
The field contains the weight of the product in pounds or kilograms (depending on the weight format defined during initial store setup). Note that any product without a defined weight will be automatically treated by the system as a downloadable software product.
Product Description
This field can contain text or HTML and will be used to provide a description of the product. The "Easy Editor" button is provided next to the field to allow access to an GUI-based HTML editor for creating product descriptions if needed.
ApplyToCategoryID(s)
Each product should be assigned to categories or sub-categories (discussed in the "Categories" chapter of the manual). Click on the link here to edit the categories the product is applied to. Products can be assigned to multiple categories.
Pricing Options
List Price
This field can contain a price defined by the merchant and will display it on the product page next to the actual product price. This price field is meant only as a means of comparing possible prices to the merchant's actual product price (e.g. this can be the MSRP of a product or that of a competitor). The difference between this field and the actual product price will also be displayed if the "EnableShowYouSaveAmount" variable is enabled.
Setup Cost
An additional price can be set in this field to charge customers for a product. By default, this will be listed as a "setup cost". It is often used by merchants offering products that use recurring billing.
Sale Price
This is an additional price merchants can configure. This price must be lower than the "Product Price" field, will override that price as well as activate the "You Save" header within the product, which will display the difference between the Product Price and the Sale Price.
SetupCost_Title
The label for the set up cost, if entered, can be changed by entering text in this field.
How to get Sale Price
This drop-down can hide the "Sale Price" of a product and replace it with a message for customers to take a specific action in order to receive the sale price. This can be set to, "Add to Cart" - where the customer will receive the sale price after the product is placed in the cart or "Email for Better Price" in which case the customer must email the store - which will automatically send an email containing the product link with the sale price. Note that the headers used for these two options can be changed by modifying variables in the "Products Settings" section.
Shipping Options
Availability
This drop-down allows merchants to define a special availability heading for a product. This field will display the selected availability setting on the product's page. This heading is designed to give customers an idea as to how soon the product will ship if ordered. It does not directly relate to stock status.
Fixed Shipping Cost
This field can contain a currency value that will be added to the overall cost of shipping for a product. If the product's weight is set to zero, this field will be the only shipping cost set for the product (provided that the fixed shipping method is active). See the chapter on "Shipping" for more information.
Fixed Shipping Cost (Outside Local Region)
This field is similar to the "Fixed Shipping Cost" field however, this cost will only apply to a product if the shipping location is a country or state not defined as the "Country_IsLocalRegion" or "State_IsLocalRegion" setting within the "Countries" or "States" table in the "Admin Page" in the "Shipping Wizard" (click "Edit Countries/States in advanced mode" links to access these pages).
WarehouseIDs
In this section, apply one or more warehouses to a product in order to properly calculate shipping charges from warehouses or fulfillment centers. See the "Warehouses" chapter of the Volusion V5 Manual for more information.
Ships By Itself
Enabling this option will have Volusion calculate shipping using live rates separately from any other product on order. This is often used for products that have a unique size or shape that requires special shipping charges or must be shipped by itself.
Product Descriptions
Product Description Short
This field contains a shortened description of the product. Information entered here it typically displayed in product displays that are condensed or limited in size on the storefront (e.g. search results pages). Note that this field is required for merchants wishing to use the "Email a Friend" feature. Text or HTML entered here will also display in the main product details page, just under the product image.
Features
This field can be used to describe additional features of the product or provide added information to customers. This field can be renamed by clicking the yellow pencil icon next to the field name in the product's settings page. This text will display just below the short product description on the product's details page. By default, each line of text here will be displayed in a bullet list.
Technical Specs
This field can contain text or HTML that can be used to list additional features or technical specifications of products. Each line of text will be displayed as a separate bullet item in a list. Text or HTML here will display in the "Technical Specs" tab within the product's details page, next to the short product description and features tab. The name of this field can be edited by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the field in the product's settings page.
Extended Information
This field can contain text or HTML that can be used to list additional information on a product. Text or HTML here will display in the "Extended Information" tab within the product's details page, next to the "Technical Specs" tab. The name of this field can be edited by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the field in the product's settings page.
Product Description Above Pricing
Enter text or HTML into this field to add text, HTML or images to the area just above the price in the product's main details page.
Photo_SubText
Text or HTML entered in this field will be displayed below the product's "2T" image and just above the "Larger Photo" and "Email a Friend" links in the product's details page. This field can be used to provide additional descriptions of the product, its image or any other text.
Advanced Options
VAT_Percentage
For non-US merchants who have configured their store to use VAT (Value Added Tax), setting this field will override the standard VAT percentage with one defined here specifically for the product.
Home Page Section
Products can be made to display in certain sections of the Volusion store's home page. Products can be assigned to either the "Home_Featured" group, (products can display in the featured products section of the storefront), the "SuperDeal", "Top Seller" or "New" groups (products will display in one of the three related groups located on the home page's right hand side). The default value here is none.
FreeShippingItem
With this option enabled, the product will be eligible to have free shipping applied to it. Note - the free shipping method must be active and properly configured to work. Also note that the products marked as eligible for free shipping will only ship free if all items in the order are also eligible for free shipping. Please see the Volusion V5 Manual chapter on "Shipping" for more information.
Taxable Product
This drop-down can be set to have a product enforce or ignore tax rules configured in the store. The default setting is "Y" or "Yes".
Hide Product
Enabling this option will hide the product from any regular store visitors. Note that this product can still be accessed by its direct URL link however visitors cannot navigate to the product while it is marked as hidden.
Manufacturer
Merchants can use this field to specify the manufacturer of a product. Using the "Upload Logo" link to the left of this field, merchants can upload graphic files for their product's manufacturer logo.
Hide_When_OutOfStock
With this option checked, the product will automatically be set to "hidden" if the stock status should be set to zero. Note that the product must have its stock status must be initialized for this option to work. Also, the system will automatically hide the product.
ListPrice_Name
The "List Price" field in the product's "Pricing Options" can be renamed by entering an alternate name for the field here.
EnableMultiChildAddToCart
With this option enabled, any product with child products will display a list of all associated child products in a table on the parent product's details page. From here, visitors can check which child products and specify the quantity of those products they wish to order. Visitors can then add all of these selected products into the shopping cart at once by clicking "Add to Cart". Note - this option will only function with products that have child products assigned to them and the display and function of this option will vary depending on the product options display assigned to the parent product.
ProductPrice_Name
The "Product Price" field in the product's "Basic Product" Info section can be renamed by entering an alternate name for the field here.
Private_Section_Customers_Only
With this option active, only customers logged into their store account that have the "Allow_Access_To_Private_Secitons" option enabled will be able to access the product.
SalePrice_Name
The "Sale Price" field in the product's "Pricing Options" can be renamed by entering an alternate name for the field here.
Hide_YouSave
With the "Your Price", "List Price" and "Our Price" fields enabled, Volusion will automatically display a "You Save" heading next to product price, containing the difference between these price values. This field allows merchants to rename the "You Save" heading.
SetupCost_Name
The "SetupCost" field in the product's "Pricing Options" can be renamed by entering an alternate name for the field here.
Allow PriceEdit
Enabling this option allows customers to edit the actual price of a product before they order it. This is used for merchants offering donations as products for customers to contribute to. Note that this field must be enabled to sell a product as a gift certificate (set the "Product Code" to "GFT" to create a gift certificate).
AddtoCartBtn Replacement Text
Entering text into this field will replace the "Add to Cart" button within the product's details page with the text specified in the field. This will also remove the ability to actually add the product to the shopping cart - preventing visitors from purchasing it.
Price_SubText
Entering text or HTML into this field will display that text or HTML next to the price fields in the product's details page.
Product Popularity
This field can hold a numerical value to specify the "popularity" of a product. Note that this product is simply entered by the merchant - it is not incremented by customer orders. The purpose of this field is to allow merchants to control how products display within a category page if a visitor should select the "Display by Most Popular" category filter option. The greater the number in this field, the more "popular" the product.
Price_SubText_Short
Text entered into this filed will appear next to prices configured in the product that do not apply to a customer's order (e.g. List Price).
Display BeginDate
Setting a date in this field will hide a product until the date specified in the field. This can be used to hide new products until an intended release date or for managing products that are only for sale for a limited time such as seasonal products.
Min Qty
This field can be set to only allow customers to purchase a product at a specific, minimum quantity.
Display EndDate
Setting a date in this field will automatically hide a product upon that particular date. This can be used by merchants to create products that are available for a limited time such as seasonal products.
Download FileName
For creating downloadable products, merchants can define the name of the actual file customers will download once they purchase the product. Using the "Upload File" located to the left of this field, the actual download can be attached to the product. Note that a downloadable product can only have 1 file attached to it at a time.
GiftWrap Cost
Entering a price into this field will configure the product to offer gift wrapping as an option for customers to purchase with the product. This value will also represent the price customers will be charged if they choose the gift wrap option for the product.
Uses Product_KeyType(s)
In this field, merchants can enter the product keys they have configured within their store that should be associated with the product if it is to include a product key. Please see the Volusion V5 Manual chapter on "Product Key Distribution" for more information.
Free Accessory(s)
For merchants configuring a product that is actually a collection or bundle of products or comes with a free item, the product codes of the included or bundled products can be entered here to automatically add all products to the shopping cart at once. Product codes entered here must be separated by commas, spaces cannot be entered. Also, to offer a free or bundled product of a specific quantity, enter (X) after the product code - where X is the quantity to add to the shopping cart. Example: ABC-123,DEF-456(2),GHI-789
Use Same Photos As ProductCode
A product code can be entered here to have one product use the same product codes of another. This field is useful for quickly setting up products that will all use the same photos.
Hide Free Accessories
Enabling this option will hide any included, free accessories associated with this product from the product's details page. Note, this does not deactivate the free accessory products but simply hides their details from the main product's page.
PhotoURL_Small
This field can be used to override the product's initial thumbnail image. Merchants hosting their product images from a 3rd party source can enter the URL that image to link the image to the product. Merchants may also use this field to specify their product images in CSV file formats when creating complex product imports for Volusion.
PhotoURL_Large
This field can be used to override the product's initial, main image. When hosting product images from a 3rd party source, enter the URL of that image to link the image to the product. Merchants may also use this field to specify their product images in CSV file formats when creating complex product imports for Volusion.
Additional Product Keywords(s)
This field can be used to apply additional keywords to a product. These keywords can be used by customers to search for the product from the store front.
IsChildOfProductCode
In this field, enter product codes to assign child products to a parent product. This process is similar to enabling the "Inventory Control Grid" option however does not necessarily involve full use of "Smartmatch" options within the Volusion system.
Affiliate Commissionable Value
This field can contain a value that will be applied to any affiliate-related sales. This figure is used to calculate percentage of a sale for the product that should go to any registered affiliate. Please see the Volusion V5 Manual chapter on "ROI Tracking" for more information.
OrderFinished Note
This field can contain text or HTML to be displayed to customers after they have completed an order for their product.
Custom MetaTags Override
Entering values into this field will override any and all SEO settings for the product's page. Note that this field is intended for use only by advanced users who have knowledge of SEO settings and practices. It is note recommended for regular use.
Product Options
OptionID(s)
After clicking on the "Click to Edit" link in this dialog box, merchants can add options to a product from the list of available product options that have been programmed into Volusion. Clicking on the "Switch to Advanced View" link will reveal an additional field to assign product options simply by entering the option IDs, separated by commas (e.g. 1,22,25,8).
Use Same Options AS ProductCode
Merchants can enter a product code in this field to automatically apply that product's assigned options to this product. This field can be used to quickly apply product options from one product to one or more other products.
Enable Options Inventory Control
Checking this option will activate the "Smartmatch Inventory Control Grid" for the product once changes are saved. If Volusion's "Product Settings" are configured to automatically create child products for the "Smartmatch System", any assigned product options will be used to automatically create child products for the parent product. Please see the Volusion V5 Manual chapter on "Products - Smartmatch" for more information.
SelectedOptionID(s)
If options are applied to a product, this field can be edited to define which product options are chosen from the options menus by default. Enter the individual product option IDs - separated by commas if necessary - to define which options will be automatically selected for all visitors for the product.
Edit Options Currently Applied
This link will redirect to a table listing all options currently applied to the product. Those specific product options can be edited from the table by clicking on the individual product option IDs.
3rd Party Specific Fields
Shopping.com Category
This drop-down field will allow merchants to assign a category to a product for use if merchants intend to export their products from Volusion and import them into Shopping.com's e-commerce service. Note that the categories listed here are not Volusion store categories but ones specific to Shopping.com's service.
Yahoo! Shopping Category
For merchants using the Yahoo! e-commerce merchant feed, this field can be used to define categories for the product to be reported in the Yahoo! Merchant feed.
Yahoo! Shopping Medium
This field allows merchants to enter values to define a medium type for their product if they intend to export the product for inclusion in the Yahoo! Shopping system. This field is not used by Volusion other than for Yahoo! Shopping export purposes.
Estimated Shipping - Ground
This field can be used to define a shipping charge for use with 3rd party e-commerce system. It is not calculated in the overall shipping charges for Volusion and is available for export purposes only.
Estimated Shipping - 2nd Day
This field can be used to define a shipping charge for use with 3rd party e-commerce system. It is not calculated in the overall shipping charges for Volusion and is available for export purposes only.
Estimated Shipping - Overnight
This field can be used to define a shipping charge for use with 3rd party e-commerce system. It is not calculated in the overall shipping charges for Volusion and is available for export purposes only.
Product Condition
Merchants can enter a value for product condition (e.g. "Mint", "New in box", "Used") if they intend on integrating their products with 3rd party services such as auction sites like Ebay. This field has no function within Volusion and is only available for export purposes.
Google Product Type
This field is used by Google's Googlebase and Froogle services. Merchants can enter the specific Googlebase or Froogle product categories for their products here. Please refer to Google's online documentation for Googlebase/Froogle for information on properly category names.
Quickbooks_Item_Accnt
This field relates to Quickbooks integration for Volusion (see the V5 Manual chapter on Quickbooks for more information). By default, all products will be reported under the item account defined in the Quickbooks mapping page for Volusion V5. If a merchant using the Volusion Quickbooks integration wishes to have a specific product report to a different item account than the one defined in their Quickbooks mapping, they can enter that specific income account's name here.
Quickbooks_Item_AssetAccnt
This field relates to Quickbooks integration for Volusion (see the V5 Manual chapter on Quickbooks for more information). By default, all products will be reported as assets under the item asset account defined in the Quickbooks mapping page for Volusion V5. If a merchant using the Volusion Quickbooks integration wishes to have a specific product report to a different asset account than the one defined in their Quickbooks mapping, they can enter that specific asset account's name here.
Quickbooks_Item_COGSAccnt
This field relates to Quickbooks integration for Volusion (see the V5 Manual chapter on Quickbooks for more information). By default, all products sold will be reported under the COGS (Cost Of Goods Sold) account defined in the Quickbooks mapping page for Volusion V5. If a merchant using the Volusion Quickbooks integration wishes to have a specific product report to a different COGS account than the one defined in their Quickbooks mapping, they can enter that specific COGS account's name here.
Custom Fields
CustomField1
Merchants can edit this field to provide additional text or HTML descriptions for products. The field name and the text or HTML will be displayed within the product's details page below the product price. The titles of each of these fields can be renamed by clicking on the yellow pencil icon next to the Custom Fields heading within the product's settings page. Merchants and edit up to 5 different custom fields.
CustomField2
CustomField3
CustomField4
CustomField5
Recurring Pricing
Recurring Pricing Text
This field can contain text to describe to customers how the recurring pricing will work (e.g. "$9.99 for the first month, $11.99 each additional month).
Recurring Pricing
This is the actual price that will be charged to the customer repeatedly for every recurring payment period.
Recurring Start Price
This field can contain a recurring price to charge customers for an initial, specified period of time (e.g. $9.99 for the first month).
Recurring How Often
This value will be the period in months the customer will be billed at. (e.g. enter 6 to bill the customer every 6 months or enter 12 to bill them annually).
Recurring Start Duration
If using the Recurring Start Price variable, this field will contain the length of time (in months) the system will wait between billing the customer with the "Recurring Start Price" and switching to the regular "Recurring Price". For example, with a "Recurring Price" of 5, a "Recurring Start Price" of 1 and a "Recurring Start Duration" of 6, the system will bill the customer $1 for the first 6 months and then will bill the customer $5 after the first 6 months.
Recurring Duration
This field contains the number of months the recurring billing process will last for.
Special Pricing Levels
DiscountedPrice_Level1
Merchants can define up to five different product prices in the "DiscounterdPrice_Level" fields. These discounted prices will be given to specific customers as opposed to the regular "Product Price". Once a price level is set, a customer account that has been given access to that price level will receive the price entered here instead of the regular price when visiting the product page, after logging into their customer account. These fields can be used to give tiered pricing discounts to special customers, wholesale customers or as promotions to advertisers or affiliates.
DiscountedPrice_Level2
DiscountedPrice_Level3
DiscountedPrice_Level4
DiscountedPrice_Level5
DiscountedSetupCost_Level1
Similar to the "DiscountedPrice_Level" settings, these fields allow merchants to configure up to 5 different setup cost levels that can be given to customers who have been granted access to one of the 5 different discount pricing levels within their customer account. Prices here only affect the setup price for products with recurring payment options.
DiscountedSetupCost_Level2
DiscountedSetupCost_Level3
DiscountedSetupCost_Level4
DiscountedSetupCost_Level5
RecurringPrice_Level1
Similar to the "DiscountedSetupCost_Level" settings, these 5 price discount fields affect the recurring price customers would pay for products set up with recurring payment options.
RecurringPrice_Level2
RecurringPrice_Level3
RecurringPrice_Level4
RecurringPrice_Level5
Vendor Information
Stock Status
This field can manually increment or decrement the stock value of a product. Entering a positive number and saving changes will increment the stock value by that number. Entering a negative number will decrement the stock by that value. The quantity of the product in stock will be displayed to the right of this field (negative stock values refer to items that are on back-order). There is also a Hist link that will redirect to the product's stock history where they can view all events within Volusion that have affected the product's stock.
UPC_code
For merchants using the "Point Of Sale" features of Volusion, this field can be used to enter numerical UPC codes to assign UPC vales to products. This is used in order for bar-code scanners connected to a workstation to scan a product and link it to the product in Volusion. To create UPC codes for products, click the "Generate Barcode" link next to the field. This will display a pop-up window where a numeric code for the product can be entered. Select 1 of the 2 barcode types Volusion can generate and click the Generate button to create the barcode. The barcode and its associated numerical code will then be displayed in the popup window.
Stock Low Qty Alarm
If this field is configured with a numeric value, the system will automatically list the product within the "Low Inventory" table when the product's stock value is equal to or less than the value entered here. This is used to allow merchants a convenient way to track products that may soon be out of stock.
Stock Re-Order Qty
For products that are configured with vendor rules and to be listed in "Queued for PO" when at low stock status, the value set in this field will be the quantity the system will automatically attempt to order when a purchase order is created for it.
DoNotAllowBackOrders
For products that are allowed to be back-ordered, stock status can reach negative values if the product is ordered after its stock value has reached zero. With this option checked, the product will not allow additional orders for it to be made once the stock value has reached zero. Please see the Volusion V5 Manual chapter on "Orders" for more information on the backorder process.
AutoDropShip
For merchants using 3rd party fulfillment centers or selling products to customers directly from vendors, this field should be activated. When active, when the product is ordered, it will automatically have a purchase order generated for it based on the vendor rules applied to the product.
Inventory: Verify_QtyOnHand
This field can be used to place an additional note regarding stock status for a product. Merchants can enter the exact quantity on hand of a specific product if there they need to track a discrepancy in product stock. Note that this field does not affect the "Stock Status" field.
Inventory: LastVerified
This field can contain a date, specified by the merchant to note the last date the inventory for a product was verified on.
Vendor_PartNo
A part number for the product can be entered here to define the vendor's part number or product code for the product when it is entered into a purchase order. Note that this field does not relate to the "Product Code" field in Volusion but is simply an option to allow Volusion-generated POs to display information for a product's vendor's reference. This field will be overwritten by the Vendor PartNo from any "Vendor Rule" applied to the product.
Vendor_Price
This filed can contain the price of the product from its vendor. This field is essentially the cost merchants will pay vendors to order the product and will be used by the Volusion system to calculate COGS and profit margins. This field is overwritten by the Price field in any "Vendor Rule" applied to the product.
Book_ISBN
For merchants selling books and other publications, this field can contain the ISBN number of the product. This field will be reported within POs for the product.
AddToPO_Now
With this field enabled, any product that has the "Stock Low Qty Alarm" and "Stock Re-Order Qty" fields enabled and has a stock value that is equal to or less than the low stock alarm value will be automatically listed in the "Queued for PO" table within the "Products" section of the Volusion "Admin Page". The Queued for PO table can then be used to quickly generate purchase orders to replenish product stock.
LastPO_Qty
When a PO is created for the product, this field will report the quantity of the product ordered on the PO.
LastPO_Date
When a PO is created for the product, this field will report the date the PO was sent to the vendor.
Share_StockStatus_With
Merchants can enter a product code in this field to have the product's stock status shared with another product. Using this field, merchants can link product stock from one product to other products. This is often used when merchants are offering a free accessory with purchase of one product so that the stock of one product never exceeds the stock of the free accessory.
ProductID
This is a sequentially-assigned ID number given to each product. This value is used by Volusion to help track products within the database. It is unrelated to the "Product Code" field's value and will not be used by merchants in any real way.
Product Settings
EnableAccessoriesQuickAdd
This option will enable checkboxes next to any accessories that are configured for any production within the store. Within the main product page, customers can check each box for the accessory(s) they wish to purchase along with the main product and add all items to the cart with one click. Note that this option does not work with accessories that have been assigned product options.
EnableBullets_On_Features_TechSpecs
When this option is enabled, each line of text entered into each product's ProductFeatures field will be displayed within a bulleted list.
EnableCategoryTree_DetailsPage
This option enables the "breadcrumb trail" on a product's details page. This is a list of all categories and sub-categories the product is a member of. These categories/sub-categories are listed as links that will take customers to the individual category pages if clicked on.
EnableCustomerReviews
This option enabled the ability for customers to post reviews of each product within the store. These reviews will be stored in the customers' accounts and will be displayed on the products' details page.
EnableDisplayAvailability
With this option checked, the "Availability" field for each product will be displayed within the products' details page.
EnableDisplayDscountBtn
Enabling this option will display a "Discount" button within each product's page. Clicking on this button will display a pop-up window containing any quantity discounts available for the product.
EnableDisplayDiscountedPricingLevels
For use with discount pricing levels set up by the merchant, enabling this option will display the discounted pricing levels for each product on the product page - regardless if the customer is eligible for discounted pricing or not.
EnableDisplayKits_ProductDetailsPage
For products that are configured to have kits, enabling this option will display a list of all items that are included free with each product on the product's details page.
EnableDisplayProductCode
Enabling this option will display the product code of each product on its details page.
EnableDisplaySetupFee
For recurring products that have been assigned a setup fee, enabling this option will display that fee on the product's details page.
EnableDisplayStockStatus
This option will display either an "In Stock" or "Out of Stock" message next to a product depending on the current stock value of the product.
EnableEmailAFriend
This option will enable an "Email a Friend" button to display next to a product listing within the storefront. Clicking on this link will allow the customer to send an email to an address they specify, containing that product's information.
EnableHideProduct
With this variable enabled, all products with their individual "Hidden" settings enabled will be hidden from customers browsing the storefront.
EnableLiveStockStatus
This option must have the "EnableDisplayStockStatus" field enabled to work. It replaces the "In Stock" or "Out of Stock" messages with the exact stock value of each product.
EnablePhotosPopup
With this option enabled, the Larger Image photo link for products enabled with large photos will display the large photo within a pop-up window, as opposed to directing customers to a new page that will contain the large photo. Note that this option will only affect products that have the "Larger Photo" enabled.
EnableProductAccessories
This option allows merchants to assign one or more products to be accessories of another product. This essentially enables the "ProductAccessories" field within each product.
EnableProductFeatureList_DualColumns
With this option enabled, product features for each product will be displayed in 2 columns instead of the default 1.
EnableProductQuantityBox
This option displays the quantity box within the product page. This allows customers to specify a quantity of a product to order before adding the product to the shopping cart. Note, this is not recommended for use with certain product options that allow the merchant to pre-configure quantities that customers will order.
EnableRecentHistory
With this option enabled, the storefront will display a list items each customer has recently browsed within the store. This will be displayed near the bottom of each product's details page.
EnableRelatedProducts
This option will display a list of related products within each product's details page. Related products are randomly selected by the Volusion system from the same product category/sub-category of the product they are being displayed with.
EnableShowYouSaveAmount
Enabling his options will display text below the product price and list price listing within each product's page. This field will list the difference that customers will save based on the product's price versus the list price.
EnableSimilarCategoriesList
This option will display additional breadcrumb trail listings of different product categories just above the "My Recent History" portion of each product's details page. This will display additional breadcrumb trails based on if the product itself is a member of multiple categories.
EnableTemporaryProducts
This option should be enabled to activate each product's "Display_BeginDate" and "Display_¬EndDate" settings. This is used to configure items to only display within the storefront for a limited period of time - often used for seasonal items.
EnableUpdatePriceBtn
Enabling this option will display an "Update Price" button within each product page that will allow customers to manually update the price of an item that is configured with options that have a price difference. This way, merchants can know the exact cost of a product, with options configured, before adding to their shopping cart.
EnableWishList
This option enables the Wish List feature of the Volusion store front. Customers with a registered, store account can add products to their wish list for later purchases. Customers can access their wish lists from their customer account page by clicking on the "My Wish Lists" link.
KittItems_Title
For use with products that have free accessories configured with them: Merchants can define the exact text to display above products that are included as free accessories (e.g. "These items are included with this purchase").
ProductAcessories_Title
This field allows merchants to define the title for the table that will contain the list of accessories associated with a product (e.g. "Accessories included with this product... ").
This drop-down option can configure product accessories associated with a product to display in 1 of 2 ways on a product's details page. The "Right of Product Description" option will display the list of accessories in a vertical column to the right of a product's information. The "Below Product Description" option will display the accessories in a horizontal row below the product's information.
ProductPhotos_AlternateViews_Title
This option allows merchants to rename the "Alternate Views" heading within the photos display section of each product.
RelatedProducts_Title
This option allows users to rename the "Related Products" section of the store front (if enabled).
SmartMatch_AutoCreateChildInventory
With this option enabled, the system will automatically create and assign product codes for all necessary child products when the "Inventory Control Grid" is activated within a product.
Summary
Again, each entry in the Volusion V5 Products table has a wide variety of settings merchants can use to offer equally numerous types of products and services to online customers. This appendix explains each setting in depth. Please refer to the Volusion V5 Manual chapter on Products for more information on this portion of the Volusion system.
