Creating physical products

A physical product is an item you ship to a customer. Open Products > Create product, select Physical product, and click Continue. Use the Help banner on the creation page to open this guide.

The examples use an unsaved Ceramic planter in Bloom & Co. Prices are USD and the shipping example uses pounds and inches. No product, stock, or package setting was saved for this guide.

Add product details and choose Draft

1. Enter a clear Title, such as Ceramic planter.
2. Write a Description explaining the item, materials, sizes, and what customers receive.
3. Set Status to Draft while preparing the product. The new form initially selects Published.

Use Media to upload product images or choose Select existing. Review the cover image and media order. Use accurate images of what customers will receive before publishing.

Set the price

Enter Price in the store's currency. Enter Sale price only when you want a lower sale amount; it must be less than Price.

This unsaved example uses a $32 price and a $28 sale price. Review the final customer-facing price before publishing.

Enter SKU and location inventory

1. Enter a useful SKU and a barcode if applicable.
2. Review the inventory rows for your active locations.
3. Enter the intended Available quantity at each location. Do not use an example quantity as your real opening balance.
4. Decide whether Continue selling when out of stock is appropriate for your fulfillment policy.

The quantity of 12 exists only in this new-product form. Existing catalog stock was not changed. For Available, On hand, Committed, and Unavailable quantities, see Managing inventory. See Inventory reservations for reserved stock.

Review shipping information

In Shipping, select an existing package or choose Custom dimensions. For custom dimensions, enter the weight, length, width, and height, and choose the correct units.

The example is 1 lb and 12 × 8 × 4 in. Use accurate measurements for your actual item and packaging. Choosing custom dimensions in this form does not edit the store's saved package definitions.

Configure options and organization

Use Variation > Add variant if customers choose options such as color or size. The current editor supports up to three option definitions. Review each generated variant's own price, inventory, and shipping configuration; the single-product blocks change when options are enabled.

Review Sales Channels, vendor, collections, and tags. Online Store is included in the current product form; additional channels depend on your connected services. A successful product save does not by itself confirm a successful marketplace sync.

Review Search engine listing preview and any custom fields. Use collections to group related products.

Save and verify

1. Check details, images, currency, inventory locations, shipping units, and variants.
2. Keep Draft for review, or choose the intended publication status when ready. Hidden products can still be accessible by direct link.
3. Click Add, resolve any errors, and reopen the created product. Existing products use Save.
4. Check the storefront page and a representative checkout, including the chosen variant, price, stock behavior, and available shipping methods.

No product creation, checkout, fulfillment, or channel synchronization was performed for these screenshots.

Troubleshooting