Basic Configuration - Catalog Section
Catalog Section
1. Storefront
Products per Page on Grid Allowed Values | Depending on the design that you select for your marketplace you can choose multiples of the columns (e.g. if 4, then use 14,24,32 etc) if 5, use 10, 25,50 etc) | IMPORTANT |
Product Listing Sort By | Defines the default sort of all products in the catalogue | Default is "Position" which relates to the order in which the product was published. This can be changed by Unselecting "Use System Value" and choosing a different Sort Type. |
Allow All Products Per Page | Displays All products in catalogue on one page | Please leave this to "No" . Setting this to Yes may cause significant performance degradation on the site. |
2. Product Alerts
These configurations allow you to set whether your customers can receive alerts when there are price or stock changes on the platform.
Allow Alert When Price Changes | Set to Yes to allow customers to be notified if there is a price change | Default is "No" |
Allow Alert When Product Comes Back in Stock | Set to Yes to allow customers to be notified if an "out of stock" product is back in stock | Default is "No" |
3. Product Image Placeholders
IMPORTANT - Please ensure that these images are changed when setting up your marketplace to ensure that if a product image is not showing that a branded placeholder image will be displayed.
Recommendation: Use an 800x800px square placeholder image such as the one below and upload it to the following
Base
Small
Swatch
Thumbnail
Right Click on the image below and click "Save Image As" to download a copy.
The rest of the other configurations can remain as is.
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