# Adding and editing products

Catalog

Products are managed under **Catalog → Products**. From the list you search and filter the catalog, open a product to edit it, add a new one, copy an existing one, and delete what you no longer sell. This article covers the list and the **General** tab of the product editor, which holds the name, descriptions, brand, visibility and publishing of a product. The other tabs have articles of their own, linked at the end.

### The product list

The list shows a thumbnail, the product name with its SKU underneath, price, stock quantity, product type, brand, main category and a **Published** badge. Click a row to open the product. Type in the search box and press **Search** to find products by name.

![The Products list in the admin panel with pictures, names, SKUs, prices, stock, type, brand, category and published status](https://grandnode.com/Plugins/Theme.GrandNodeCom/Content/kb/catalog/product-list.webp)

Catalog → Products: one row per product, with its SKU under the name.

Click **Filters** to narrow the list further:

| Filter | What it does |
|---|---|
| Product type | Only products of one type (grouped, reservation, bundled, auction). |
| Published | All, only published or only unpublished products. |
| Warehouse | Products stocked in a given warehouse. |
| Category, Include subcategories | Products mapped to a category; with **Include subcategories** switched on, products of its child categories are included too. |
| Brand, Collection | Products of one brand or one collection. |
| Store, Vendor | Products available in one store or managed by one vendor. |
| Edit product with a specified SKU | Type an exact SKU and click **Go** to jump straight into that product's editor. |

![The product list with the Filters panel open showing product type, published, warehouse, category, brand, collection, store, vendor and SKU fields](https://grandnode.com/Plugins/Theme.GrandNodeCom/Content/kb/catalog/product-list-filters.webp)

The Filters panel. Edit product with a specified SKU opens the product directly.

Tick the checkboxes in the first column to act on several products: **Delete (selected)** appears above the grid, and **Export → Export to Excel (selected)** exports only the ticked rows. Excel import and export are described in [Import, export and bulk edit](https://grandnode.com/catalog-import-export-bulk-edit).

### How to add a product

1. Go to **Catalog → Products** and click **Add new**.
2. On the **General** tab choose the **Product type**. For an ordinary product that is shipped and stocked, keep **Simple**; the other types are explained in [Product types](https://grandnode.com/catalog-product-types).
3. Enter the **Product name**, a **Short description** (shown in lists and at the top of the product page) and a **Full description** (the rich text body of the product page).
4. Pick the **Brand**, add **Product tags**, and fill in **SKU** (your stock keeping unit, needed for Excel import), and if you have them the **Manufacturer part number** and **GTIN**.
5. Switch on **Published** when the product is ready to be seen.
6. Click **Save and Continue Edit**. The remaining tabs - pictures, mappings, attributes, linked products and so on - need a saved product, and several of them (reviews, documents, user fields, purchased with orders) only appear once the product exists.
7. Set the price on the **Prices** tab, map the product to categories on the **Mappings** tab, and upload pictures on the **Pictures** tab. Save again.
8. Click **Show in the shop page** to open the product on the storefront in a new tab.

![The product editor for Fieldstone Oxford Shirt with the General tab open: product type, product layout, visible individually, name, short and full description](https://grandnode.com/Plugins/Theme.GrandNodeCom/Content/kb/catalog/product-edit-general.webp)

The product editor. Tabs run down the left; the General tab is open.

### Fields on the General tab

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| Product type | Simple, Grouped (product with variants), Reservation, Bundled product or Auction. Changing it shows and hides the tabs that apply to that type. |
| Product layout | The Razor layout used to render the product page. Layouts are defined under **Configuration → Layouts → Product layouts**; a standard install has one for simple and one for grouped products. |
| Visible individually | When on, the product has its own page and appears in lists and search. Switch it off for products that should be reachable only as a variant of a grouped product. |
| Flag | A short custom label (for example "Limited") shown on catalog tiles and on the product page. |
| Admin comment | An internal note, never shown to customers. |
| Vendor | The vendor that manages the product in the vendor panel. |
| Show on home page, Mark as a bestseller | Feature the product in the home page product blocks. A display order field appears when either is on. |
| Allow to review this product | Lets customers write reviews on the product page - see [Product tags and reviews](https://grandnode.com/catalog-tags-reviews). |
| Limited to customer groups, Limited to stores | Restrict who can see and buy the product. Empty means everyone, in every store. |
| Available from, Available to | A time window in which the product can be bought. |
| Mark as new | Shows a "new" badge, optionally between a start and end date. |

### Copying and deleting a product

The **⋮** button next to **Save** holds **Copy product** and **Delete**. Copy product asks for a new name, whether the copy should be published, and whether to copy the images. Everything else - prices, attributes, mappings, specification attributes - is copied, so this is the quickest way to create a family of similar products. The copy opens as a new product; give it its own SKU and SEO name.

### The other tabs

- **Prices** and **Inventory** - [Prices, discounts and inventory](https://grandnode.com/catalog-prices-inventory).
- **Additional info** - display order per category, brand and collection page, gift voucher, digital product, recurring product and required products settings.
- **SEO**, **Pictures**, **Mappings** and **Linked products** - [Pictures, SEO, mappings and linked products](https://grandnode.com/catalog-pictures-seo-mappings).
- **Specification attributes** and **Product attributes** - [Specification attributes](https://grandnode.com/catalog-attributes#specifications) and [Product attributes and combinations](https://grandnode.com/catalog-attributes).
- **Purchased with orders** - the orders that contain this product, with links to them.
- **Product Reviews** - the reviews of this product.
- **Documents** and **User fields** - linked documents and free key-value data for integrations.

### Tips and common mistakes

- Remember to save. Switching tabs does not save; **Save and Continue Edit** keeps you on the same tab.
- In the **Product type** filter of the list, **All** and **Simple** currently share the same value, so the filter opens with Simple shown and choosing Simple lists products of every type. Pick another type to filter.
- Keep SKUs unique. Excel import matches existing products by SKU, and **Edit product with a specified SKU** relies on it.

### Related

- [Catalog overview](https://grandnode.com/catalog-overview)
- [Product types](https://grandnode.com/catalog-product-types)
- [Import, export and bulk edit](https://grandnode.com/catalog-import-export-bulk-edit)

- [Web page](https://grandnode.com/catalog-products)