Initial Setup Steps for sync.magico

Several important actions to take before adding new products.

Proper Initial Configuration of an Online Store

Setting up your online store correctly from the start is very important. While you can change any of the functions described in this article later during the operation of your store, adding them later might require much more effort than doing it now. For example, if you're setting up a mobile phone store and you don't define the "Screen Size" attribute from the start, later on, filling in this attribute will require editing each product to add this additional field after you've already added several hundred phones.

Below we present a list with instructions on the best steps to take initially to simplify the process of populating your online store.

Define Categories

To configure your category tree, go to Warehouse > Categories

In the category list view, use "drag and drop" to set the appropriate order and parent-child relationships for the categories. The order and tree structure you set will be applied in the same form across your online stores.

The category tree is common to all stores connected to sync.magico. However, you can enable or disable the display of categories in a specific store. Managing displayed categories is done in Settings > Marketplace. You need to go to the editing page of the store of interest and in the Categories tab, select the categories you want to use in the store.

Prepare a List of Product Attributes

In e-commerce terminology, product attributes are the specifications of a product. They are often presented in stores as tables with detailed information about the product. Setting them up initially is important because adding an attribute later on requires editing all previously added products. This operation is of course possible but labor-intensive.

The attribute list is global for all products in sync.magico. However, not all attributes need to be filled for each product. Those left empty will simply not be displayed.

Managing the list of attributes is done under Settings > Attributes.

Configure Price Groups

Price groups allow assigning multiple different prices to a single product. They can be used for:

• Creating separate price groups for B2B partners
• Setting prices in different currencies
• Creating temporary promotions, e.g., a price group named "Black Friday"

Using price groups allows us to precisely define product prices for different scenarios. This gives them the appropriate form and endings, as opposed to building percentage discounts.

If you do not plan on creating a B2B zone or any of the above situations, one basic price group should suffice.

Managing price groups is done under Settings > Price Groups.

Create Warehouses

Sync.magico can handle multiple product warehouses. The basic warehouse is usually the physical warehouse of the seller. However, you can configure the system to also manage warehouses at other locations (e.g., different branches of the company) or external wholesale warehouses (dropshipping integrations).

Connecting each new integration with an external wholesale will create a separate warehouse where stock levels will be automatically synchronized with the supplier's inventory.

The basic warehouse is created automatically. You can change its name or create new warehouses in the Settings > Warehouses.