Walkthrough: setting up a product – Quick Shopping Cart

This article is part two of our Quick Shopping Cart® Walkthrough series, designed to guide you through creating an online storefront using Quick Shopping Cart. Click here to go to the beginning.

Time to Complete: Five to 10 minutes per product.

Setting up products is the single most important part of creating your online store. This guide walks you through quickly adding products to your catalog. You can also configure advanced product information to use features such as discounting your products and setting up inventory.

Adding Products

You can quickly add products to your catalog using the basic information required for you to start selling online.

To Add a Product

  1. Log in to your IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com account.
  2. Click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, click Add Product.
  5. If the Product Type message window displays, select Don’t show this message again, and then click OK.
  6. Next to Title, enter a name for your product.
  7. From the Product type drop-down menu, select one of the following:
    • Standalone — Contains basic product functionality and fits most products.
    • Downloadable — Lets you sell digital files as products.
    • Configurable — Lets you configure products with multiple variations and options. (For example, selling T-shirts in multiple colors and sizes.)
    • Bundle — Lets you bundle your product with other products in your catalog.
  8. To add images to your product, click either of the following:
    • Select an image — Lets you select images uploaded to the Media Gallery.
      • Select One-Image or Multi-Image, drag and drop images on top of the Click & drag image here thumbnails, and then click OK.
    • Upload New — Lets you upload new images from your computer.
      • Select an image file to upload, and then click Open.
  9. Next to Price ($), enter the price you want to charge customers for your product.
  10. Next to Item #/SKU, enter an item number for your product which will identify it for inventory and invoices.
  11. If you want to charge taxes on your product, select Item is taxable.
  12. Next to Full Description, enter a description for your product.
  13. If you want the description you entered to display as your product’s short description on your storefront, select Use this description as short description.
  14. Optional: If you selected Downloadable for your Product Type, do the following:
    • In the Downloadable Settings section, click Upload New, select a file to upload, and then click Open.
    • If you want to limit the number times customers can download your product and the period of time it’s available for download, select Limit download number and Limit download time.
  15. Optional: If you selected Configurable for your Product Type, do the following:
    • Click the Options tab.
    • In the Configurable Options section, from the Available Options drop-down menu, select an option, and then click Add.
    • After selecting option choices, click Generate Grid, and then click OK. For more information, see Managing Product Options in Quick Shopping Cart.
  16. Optional: If you selected Bundle for your Product Type, do the following:
    • In the Bundled Products section, click Add.
    • Select the products you want to bundle with this product, and then click OK.
  17. Click OK.

Configuring Advanced Product Information

You can configure advanced product information at any time. Advanced product information includes features such as discounting your products, setting up inventory, and setting up Google Product Search.

To Configure Advanced Product Information

  1. Log in to your IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com account.
  2. Click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Manage menu, in the Catalog section, click Products.
  5. Click one of your product names to edit, and then select any of the following tabs:
    • Images — Lets you update product images.
      • If you want to update your product images, click Media Gallery, and then do the following:
        • Select One-Image or Multi-Image, drag and drop images on top of the Click & drag image herethumbnails, and then click OK.
      • If you want to display text when customers mouse over your images, next to Image Alternate Test, enter the text you want to display.
      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Advanced Pricing — Lets you set up limited time discounts on products or discounts for customers buying in bulk.
      • If you want to set up discounts for a limited time, in the Sales Prices section, click Add, and then do the following:
        • Enter either a Sale Price or Percentage Discountamount, and then enter a Start Date and End Date.
      • If you want to set up discounts for customers buying in bulk, in the Tiered Pricing section, click Add, and the do the following:
        • Enter the Minimum Quantity amount, and then enter the discounted Price you want to charge customers.
      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Advanced Info/Display — Lets you specify the condition of your product, add a manufacturer name, and change your product display.
      • Next to Condition, select the type of condition your product is currently in.
      • If you want to add a manufacturer name to your product, next to Manufacturer, click Add, and then do the following:
        • Enter a manufacturer name, and then click OK.
        • If you want to enter an item number for the manufacturer, next to Manufacturer’s #, enter the manufacturer’s item number.
      • If you want to list your product in the Featured Items sidebar on your storefront, in the Display section, select Featured product.
      • If you want to remove your product from your storefront, in the Display section, select Hide.
      • If you want to display your product in Google Product Search, in the Display section, select Show in Google Product Search. For more information, see Setting up Google Shopping with Quick Shopping Cart.
      • If you want to enter the barcode identification numbers for any retail merchandise you sell, in the Identification numbers section, enter UPCISBN, or EAN numbers.
      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Shipping/Inventory — Lets you specify shipping preferences for your product and configure its inventory.
      • If you want to charge customers for shipping your product to them, select Charge for shipping.
      • In the Shipping Type section, select whether you want to ship your product via Package or Freight.
      • Enter the Weight (pounds)Length (inches)Width (inches), and Height (inches) for your product.
      • If you don’t want to box your product with other items, select Ships in separate box.
      • If you sell media items such as CDs, DVDs, and diskettes, select Can ship as media mail.
      • If you want to enable international shipping for your product, click Enable international shipping. For more information, see Enabling International Shipping with Quick Shopping Cart.
      • If you want to enable inventory tracking for your product, in the Inventory tracking section, select Yes, and then do the following:
        • To let customers order your product when it’s out-of-stock, select Allow backorder.
        • Next to Qty. available, enter the amount of your product you have available.
        • Next to Email if less than, enter the minimum inventory amount you want to have before you receive an email notifying it’s low.
      • If you want to add a warehouse for drop shipping, next to Warehouse, click Add. For more information, see Managing Drop Ship Warehouses.

        Warehouse only displays if you select Package for your Shipping Type.

      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Options — Lets you add options to your product. (For example, you can add different size options.)
      • If you want to add options to your product, do one of the following:
        • In the Available Options section, select an existing option from the drop-down menu, and then click Add.
        • Click Add Option.

         Note: For more information about product options and configurable product options, see Managing Product Options in Quick Shopping Cart.

      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Categories — Lets you organize products on your storefront.
      • To add a new category, click New Category, or select existing categories to assign your product to. For more information, see Working with categories .
      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Attributes — Lets you add descriptive labels to your product.
      • If you want to add attributes to your product, click Add. For more information, see Working with attributes .
      • If you’re finished configuring your product, click OK.
    • Related Items — Lets you cross-sell your product with other products in your catalog.
    • Best Values — Lets you up-sell your product with other products in your catalog.
    • Search Optimization — Lets you add meta data to your product for search engine optimization.
  6. Click OK.

If you want to add or update multiple products at the same time, see Using templates to update your product catalog .

For more information about products, see Working with products .

Go back to part one: Designing Your Storefront.
Continue to part three: Configuring Order Processing.

Walkthrough: Designing Your Store – Quick Shopping Cart

After you set up Quick Shopping Cart®, you need to configure several aspects of your online store. These areas display as buttons along the top of your screen and display check marks once each area is complete.

We created three walkthroughs to guide you through creating your online store. The first walkthrough is Designing Your Store.

Time to Complete: 1 hour.

Your customers’ first impressions often come from the design of your storefront. Quick Shopping Cart can help you create a positive impact with a well-designed store. While Quick Shopping Cart offers many options for customizing your site’s appearance, these tools create the basis of your storefront:

  • The Template
  • Template Images
  • Your Storefront Information
  • The Category and Product Page Styles

In this walkthrough, we are going to set up a shirt company’s storefront. We want something bright and eye-catching to attract our customer’s attention.

Now that you designed your storefront, it needs products.

Set up my store – Quick Shopping Cart

With Quick Shopping Cart® you can easily create a successful online store. We’ll walk you through setting it up and creating your online store so you can quickly start selling your products.

To Set Up Quick Shopping Cart

  1. Log in to your IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com account.
  2. Click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Manage next to the New Account you want to set up.
  4. Next to Company name, enter the name of your store.
  5. Next to Email address, enter the email address you want to associate with your store.
  6. Select whether you want to use an available domain or subdomain from your account (for example, www.coolexample.com or shop.coolexample.com), or use a domain registered elsewhere.

     Note: When setting up Quick Shopping Cart on a domain registered elsewhere, you need to manually modify the A record to point to your store’s IP address. For more information, see Finding your IP address.

  7. Select I have read and accept the terms of the Quick Shopping Cart Service Agreement.
  8. If you want to offer PayPal® as a payment option for your customers, next to PayPal Express Checkout, enter the email address where you want to receive PayPal payment notices.
  9. Click OK.

Congratulations! Now you’re ready to create your online store.

Using Web Folders (WebDAV) to Connect to Online Storage

You can create a folder link between your desktop and Online Storage that gives you easy file and folder access to Online Storage content.

You navigate through the files using Microsoft Windows® Explorer or Mac OS X® Finder, and you can copy, move, delete, and create folders through the interface.

The process to connect to Online Storage as a WebDAV folder varies, depending on your operating system and browser.

Adding files – Online Storage

To back up or share files, upload them to Online Storage. You can upload as many files as your plan’s storage space allows, up to 2GB at a time.

  1. Log in to Online Storage.
  2. Select the destination folder from the Folder menu.
  3. Click Add File. Or, click the destination folder, and then drag and drop files from your desktop into the folder.
  4. In the Select Files to Upload window, locate the file you want, and then click Upload. Repeat this step for each file you want to upload.

     Note: If you installed Workspace Desktop, you can upload entire folders. Select the folder you want to upload, and then click Open. For more information, see

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  5. Click Start Upload.

Accessing Your Online Storage Account

You can access Online Storage in a number of ways.

To Access Online Storage From Your Web Browser

  1. Go to onlinefilefolder.com.
  2. Enter your Username and Password, and then click Login.

Other Ways to Access Online Storage

Setting Up Online Storage

After purchasing Online Storage, you set up your account and specify preferences, such as whether you want to associate your Online Storage with your email account. Once the setup is complete, it may take up to 30 minutes for your Online Storage account to become active.

When you’ve finished setting up your account, you can start using your Online Storage. For information about logging in to your Online Storage account, see Accessing Your Online Storage Account.

To Set Up Online Storage

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. Click Online Storage.
  3. Next to the account you want to use, click Manage.
  4. Select your new Online Storage account, and then click Create.
  5. Complete the following fields, and then click OK:
    • Email Address — Select the email address you want to associate with your Online Storage account. This is your user name.
    • Password and Confirm Password — Enter the password you want to use.
    • Select Plan — Select the Online Storage plan you want to use.

Different bounce types – Email Marketing

A Bounce means an email was not successfully delivered to the contact. The specific reasons behind the undeliverable address depend on the bounce type: Hard, Soft, General, or Still Trying. We’ll explain each type here:

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Hard Bounce:

These are email addresses that are totally unknown, obsolete, or incorrect. These will never be delivered to the recipient. These contacts are immediately suppressed, when they encounter a hard bounce. Most often these are old and expired addresses (If you spot obvious typos like example@example.con (instead of .com), you can unsuppress the contact and update the email.)

Soft Bounce:

These are email accounts that often have full mailboxes, their domain is temporarily down, or they’re currently not able to receive email. Email Marketing will send up to 4 future mailings to these mailboxes, and if those bounce, the contacts are suppressed from your active subscribers.

General Bounce:

The most common form of General Bounce happens when a firewall exists on the server of the recipient and prevents them from receiving email from outside their network. This is common in the case of corporations that do not receive email from unknown sources. Email Marketing retries all General Bounces until it’s certain they won’t get through, at which time the contact is suppressed from your active subscribers.

Still Trying:

These indicate that a particular message could not yet be delivered, but that the server is still trying. This bounce type is usually resolved when retrying.

Troubleshooting Contact Imports – Email Marketing

First of all, if you’re having trouble importing contacts into your subscribers area, don’t panic! We promise, everything will be ok. There are a few common reasons that your upload isn’t going as planned, and we’ll walk through them, here.

  1. Your file really needs to be in one of the following file formats for best outcomes:
    • .csv
    • .txt
    • .xls or .xlsx
    • .vcf (vCard)

    If your file is anything else, please re-save the file as one of those, and try it again. Saving your spreadsheet as a CSV is the best way to troubleshoot file format issues.

  2. Make sure you have headers in your file. The first row of your spreadsheet, or the first line of your text MUST be a header row. For example, your very first row or line should look something like this:Example layout for spreadsheet to import contacts.

    or this:

    Email, Name, Company
    gem@godaddy.com, Paul Feldspath, Email Marketing

    or like this:

    Email,First Name,Last Name,Company
    gem@godaddy.com,Paul,Feldspath,IFindHost – CheapDomainRegistration.com
  3. When using CSV or TXT files, the spacing of the headers must match the spacing of the data. If you used a single tab space between your data, there should be a single tab space between your headers. Likewise, if you have no space between your header items, then there should be no space between your data items.
  4. Make sure your headers are appropriately named. You have a lot of flexibility in the actual title you put in the header row, since Email Marketing is good at interpreting your intentions. But if you’re having trouble with an import, change your column headers to match any of the following exactly, and try it again:
    • email
    • name
    • firstname
    • lastname
  5. Your headers should all be a single word, if you’re having any trouble importing your contacts. Use an underscore between words, if you have to, but avoid spaces in your headers.
  6. Don’t use odd characters in your headers. No slashes, or dashes, or hashes, etc.
  7. Look for odd characters in the emails, or any email addresses that are not formatted correctly, like this: —@—.—
    Any email not formatted with an @ and a period will not import into your subscribers.
  8. Scan your file for any hard returns, or blank rows. Those can create problems and partial imports, if present.
  9. Lastly, make sure your file is fully uploaded! You can check the progress of your imports, using the Import history button in your subscribers area. Scroll down the page to the bottom of your lists, on the left. You’ll see the Import History button there, underneath all your subscriber lists. When the file has finished uploading successfully, it will show a green dot and Succeeded. If the dot is grey, and it says Processing, just give it a little bit of time to finish.