Overview

The Merchandise Features is a means for businesses to start making sales through their apps. Your clients can sell their own items using a marketplace. This article presents information about the Merchandise Feature and describes how you can add it to your app and configure its web MarketPlace Content.

Introduction

You can use the Merchandise Feature to boost your web sales. You can use the Custom option to create your own in-app marketplace to accept orders or choose to integrate Volusion, Magento, or Shopify if you already have an existing marketplace. Each configuration can be customized, depending on your product offerings.

The Merchandise feature is recommended for the following industries:

Bands/Musicians
Clothing Stores
Retail
Churches
Non-profit

The Merchandise feature is really easy to use and simple. Just fill up your marketplace and let your users click away.

You can check a quick overview of the feature in the video below:

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Description

Add the Merchandise Feature

Navigate to the Create -> Build tab in BiznessApp.
Click on the +Add button of the Features section.
Search and choose the Merchandise feature from the menu. Then, click on Select.
Type the name for your Merchandise feature and click on ADD. Your newly added feature should now appear on the left-side menu.

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Configure the Marketplace Content

You can rename the feature, adjust the settings, and fill up your marketplace with items through the Content section.

Navigate to Create -> Build and choose the Merchandise Feature you've created.
From Screen Info:
- Change the Screen or Feature Name, or you can leave it as it is. This will be the section's name that appears in the app's feature menu (e.g., Clothing instead of Shop or Merchandise).
- Feature Icon - This is the icon that will appear in the app's feature menu.
Under Settings, enable the required functions as shown in the image below:
- Go Back Prompt: This feature allows the user to see the "Are you sure?" prompt whenever they click the back arrow. They can choose to Go Back or Stay Here. This prevents them from losing the items that they have added to their shopping cart.
- Shipping Instruction: Users can add their special delivery instructions to their order when this is enabled.
If you are integrating with Volusion, Magento, or Shopify, skip this step and proceed to Step #5. Otherwise, under Shopping Cart, select Custom to create a new marketplace.
Complete the other Merchandise sections.
Note: Are you selling your product locally for customers to pick up? Do you wish to email your clients for selling a digital product? We do offer these new delivery types in addition to the existing shipping ability.

Select the purchase options that you wish to offer. You can customize their names.
- Payment: Select your preferred payment options.
  - Currency: Select the appropriate currency from the dropdown menu.
  - Payment Gateway: Select the preferred payment gateway to receive the payments from mobile orders.
  - Allow Pay with Cash: Toggle this on to enable cash payments. Users will need to pay cash upon delivery if this option is selected.
    
    Tip: For your new shop's testing purposes, you can use the "Allow Pay with Cash" option temporarily so you do not have to pay upfront. You can remove the transaction from Dashboard > Manage > Transactions once you are done.
  - Tax Details: If applicable, add a tax rate or flat value for orders by clicking on Add New Tax Amount
    - Tax Name: Give the tax any name.
    - Tax Method: Select by Rate or by Flat from the dropdown menu.
    - Rate (%) or Flat Value: Input the rate or flat value.
- Delivery: Select your business' delivery options.
  - Pickup Title: Enter your own title for Pickup options here.
  - Pickup Confirmation Message: Message to be displayed once a user completes a 'pickup' order.
  - Digital Method: Electronically send items. Users are required to enter a valid email address to receive a purchase.
  - Digital Title: Enter your own title for Digital here.
  - Shipping Method: If you need to allow items to be shipped, enable this option.
  - Shipping Title: Enter your own title in the Ship field.
  - Shipping Minimum: Set the minimum purchase requirement for shipping by typing the minimum amount.
  - Free Shipping Amount: Set the minimum purchase requirement for free shipping.
  - Shipping Days: Set the standard number of days before items are shipped from the factory.
  - Shipping Fee Taxable: Toggle this on to include taxes in shipping fees.
- Inventory: This is where you can add categories and items to your marketplace.
  - Category View Display: Select Tile or List View to change how your categories are displayed.
  - Category: Click Add Category. Complete the fields below, then click ADD. Repeat this process for each category name.
    - Category Name: Give a name to the category (e.g., Shirts or Vinyl).
    - Image of Category: Upload a category's image. The allowed dimension is 750 x 260 pixels. It must be in PNG format. You can also use a hosted image URL.
  - Item: Click Add Item. Complete the fields below, then click Add. Repeat this process for each item.
    - Details: Complete the item details here.
      - Item Name: Give a name for the item.
      - Choose Category: Select the appropriate category from the dropdown menu.
      - Item Description: Provide more details for the item.
      - Item List Price: Input the item price.
      - Item Is Tax Exempted: Toggle this on if the item is non-taxable.
      - Item Inventory: Specify the available items left through this option. This will prevent users from ordering out-of-stock items.
    - Customize: Add sizes and options for the item.
      - Item Sizes: Complete the fields below to add sizes for the item. Click ADD NEW SIZE and repeat this process if there are more than three sizes.
        
        Size: Specify the size (e.g., Medium).
        
        Price: Input the size's total price. This will override the item's default price.
      - Item Options: Complete the fields below to add additional options for the item. Click ADD NEW OPTION and repeat this process if there are more than three options.
        
        Option: Specify the option (e.g. Red).
        
        Charges: Input the option's additional charge or leave blank. This will be added to the item's total price.
    - Images of Item: Upload the images (500x500px in PNG format) for this item. The Primary Image will appear in List View. You can drag images to rearrange their order.
- Emails: Customize the Order Confirmation Email.
  - Customer Confirmation: This is the confirmation email that customers receive when they place an order.
    Note: It is not possible to change the order number or ID for the receipts. The IDs are auto-increment trough out the entire product (all orders) which means those numbers are unique and cannot be changed.
  - Admin Receipt: This is the notification email received by the app admin when an order is placed.
  - Custom Guides: Customize how individual email sections will be displayed in notification emails.
- Extras: Add a printer or preview your web widget here.
  - Web Widget: You can add your custom marketplace to your website's front-end using a web widget. The embed code is emailed to you once you publish your app.
    - Preview Widget: Click this to see how your web marketplace will appear.
  - Printers: You can connect a printer to the Merchandise feature to automatically print order confirmations.
    - Thermal Printer: Please refer to Integrating Thermal Printer cloudPRNT by Star Micronics for more info.
    - Google Cloud Print (BETA) - To use a Cloud-ready printer. Please refer to Integrating a Google Cloud Printer for more information.
If you have created a custom marketplace, skip ahead to Step #7. Else, under Shopping Cart, select your preferred integration option and enter the Mobile Shopping Cart URL in the space provided.
Click Save at the top right when you are done.