Support Manual / Site Specific Help / E-Commerce How to's / E-Commerce Basics

Please see more details about it here:   https://pay.amazon.com/secure-checkout/small-merchants
To understand more from the Buyer's side, see:   https://pay.amazon.com/help/201754640

We've integrated your shopping cart with Amazon Pay.  You will need to obtain a merchant account from Amazon, and then enabled the payment setting in your WebsiteForge Members area.  Here are the steps once you've obtained an Amazon Pay Merchant account.

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This explains how you can add Captcha or Spam control box on your payments page when the payment is being made by credit cards. This helps stop the automatic scripts that try to attempt fradulent payments as a human verification is needed to go past the payments page.

To enable this, go to payment settings under e-commerce module and click "Settings" button next to your payment method.

Then check the box for "Show Captcha" and hit Save.

This is a really useful option as it stops the bots/scripts programmed to run and attempts payments numerous times while changing some information so that a fradulent order can be placed. It also thus reduces the fake attempts at your payment partners servers.

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Once your products are entered into the members area, you will need to create a page to display them.

Your "products" page will need to have a few different frames to work well.  And then there are some optional frames.  First we will discuss the needed frames for an e-commerce page.

1. Product list frame
   
2. Cart (either mini cart or full cart)

Here is how you can add these frames to your new product page.

For information on adding more frames go here

First, change your frame type:

See the options for the Frame types HERE:

The other recommended frame types for this page are:

1. Category List
2. Item reviews
3. Full Text Search box

The remaining frame types are optional.

Here is what a page looks like in the members area, with a product list frame, Full text search frame, and a Mini shopping cart.

now that your page has the basics you can save, and preview page to see if it lays out as you like.

The Product page is the page where multiple products will be listed.  The product details page, is a seperate page all together.  That page will show more details about the selected product.  That page can also have a customized layout.

You can customize your layout using the layout builder.  For more information on the layout builder see these links:

Layout Builder Manual Answer

Layout Builder Videos

Here are some sites that use websiteforge and have different types of Product List & Search Results Page Layouts:
http://www.discoverfabric.com/

http://www.fullhousewholesale.com/

http://www.shopbakersnook.com/

Here are some examples of customized Product Details Page Layouts:

http://www.shopbakersnook.com/m5/6152--star-trek-themed-birthday-cake-kit.html

http://www.fullhousewholesale.com/m5/10498--oziumspray-8oz-citrus-scent-6ct.html

http://www.discoverfabric.com/m5/STBCMR15%20Brown--matte-buttons-brown-2-pkg-card-1-5-inch-riley-blake.html

The Layout Builder is quite flexible, which allows you to customize your website's own unique product layout.  For specific assistance on creating a layout please feel free to contact support.

Go to your "Categories" area of your E-commerce module, and click add.

The path looks like this: YourDomain.com > Modules > Ecommerce: Products (mX) > Categories 

See screenshot:

The area looks like this:

Click on "Add Category" to create a new category.

Once you have 1 Category created you can "export to CSV" and create your Categories in a CSV file, then import them.  This is recommended if you have a large number of Categories.  Also you can Backup your Categories by exporting to CSV and saving the file on your Computer.

When you are on the add category screen you will be able to set the category name, whether its active, make a description for the category, add a picture that represents the category, Select where in the tree structure it appears and set any shipping restrictions.  You can also add products that will be included in this category.

See screenshot:

Notes:

• It is recommended to create your Category structure prior to adding products.  It is the organizational unit of your products.
• If you have a "category tree" displaying on your site anywhere, all of your active categories will automatically display in the category tree.
• Changes made to your E-commerce module don't need to be published they are live and active once saved.
• If you add an image to your category, you can display them with the advanced Category list frame in a very professional manner.

There are a couple ways to add a new product.  This answer will show you how to add a new product in your members area by clicking the "add product" button.

for videos relating to adding products see here

1. Once you login to your WF Members area go to "products".  This is located under your domain name, Modules, E-commerce Module.

YourDomain.com > Modules > Ecommerce: Products (mX) > Products

Once in your products area, you will see products (if you have any) displayed on the right side of the page.

2.CLICK ON "ADD PRODUCT"

You can add products by clicking the green "add products to" button.  If you have Product types defined then there will be a drop down box with your product types, so you can select what Product Type to add the product to.  More info about product typs here

Next you will see the screen where you can add information about your product.  YOU ONLY NEED TO ADD INFO TO THE REQUIRED FIELDS

See screenshot:

3. FILL IN THE REQUIRED INFO. (See details below on all items listed in this area)

The Second portion of the add products screen:

Page Title	This is what is seen as the "Title" for the search engines.  When it is set to automatic it uses the title of the product and sku
Page Alias
Meta Description	The is where you can edit the meta description for this items product details.  When set to automatic, it will use info from the description field
Meta Keywords	This is where you can edit the meta keywords.  by default it uses the "name" field to populate it
Product Options	This is where you can add options for your product.  for example if you are selling a shirt a product option would be sizes or colors.  (Note a global option can be applied to multiple products, a product specific option is available for only that product)
Product Level Discounts	This is where you can enable product level discounts.  If you wish to have a discount for this product you can click this box.  Once clicked you will have the option to make discounts based on Qty or cost.  And have the option to give it a new price, a percentage discount or a set price discount.
Ship From	The shipping location are setup in the "Shipping sources" area of the E-commerce Module
Shipping Restriction	This is one place where you can specify if this item ships nationally, internationally or has no shipping restriction

 4. Once finished click Save.