Part 1 : Preparation, Things to keep ready before uploading a product
1. Product Images -
Store Images
These will be the images that go on your store front. You can download templates for all products from your dashboard, or use your own product images. Please ensure that images are kept BELOW 500kb. This is to ensure that the website loads quickly. At present YourDesgin only provides 2D mockups of products and their variants. We are working on an image uploader tool specially designed for sellers. This will be launched shortly.
Design Files
These are the actual files that our operations team will use to print / embroider on the apparel. Design files can be up to 20mb, please use the highest quality images. Images should always be in PNG format and at least 300 dpi. Remember, the quality of printing is directly proportional to the image quality uploaded.
2. Size Charts
Once you select a particular “Product Type” from the drop-down (Under Add Product), by default we add the size chart associated with this product. However, in case you wish to upload a custom size chart, please have this created and kept ready to upload. In case you require reference sizes to create your own size chart, please pick this from any of the product pages available on our website. Just head over to the corresponding product page, click on ‘Size Chart’, Right click and ‘Save Image’.
3. Descriptions & Product TItles
You will need a name for each product, as well as a short description about the product and/or design. If you’d like to include product specs, you can copy and paste them from our website where you found the size charts. You can also mention your trademarks or disclaimers in this space.
Part 2: Product Uploads
Note: The Dashboard works best from a desktop/laptop. We would not recommend product uploads from your mobile devices.
Head over to ‘Products’ from your Dashboard Menu and click the purple ‘Add Product’ Button on the top right hand side of the screen. This takes you to the new product addition page. Please follow the instructions below to understand how to go about adding a product onto your dashboard and syncing it with OutdoCart / Your Store (For sellers where this is applicable).
Step 1 - Product Name
Give a display name to your product that makes it easy to identify and attractive to your customers.
Step 2 - Product Type
Product Type is extremely important as this will determine:
Product Weight & Dimensions for Shipping
Product HSN for GST Calculation
SKUs for Variants that you’ll add later
Size Chart of the product
Please carefully select the corresponding product that you are uploading from the drop down menu. Any mistakes with this stage could result in an error in production and the wrong product would be delivered to your customer.
Eg. Your product is a 180 GSM Round Neck T-shirt that you might call ‘Graphic Design Tee’ (Under Product Name). From a production perspective, the T-shirt is a Pure Cotton Round Neck T-shirt, from the 180GSM variety. You need to search for ‘Pure Cotton Round Neck T-shirt (180GSM)’ option from the drop down menu and click on it.
Step 3 - Product Description
Sellers who use “Shopify / Woo Commerce” can ignore this particular field. The product description field is used to explain the product to your customers. You can use the same space to add technical specifications and or write a story that inspired the design.
Step 4 - Size Chart
The size chart will be auto populated once you select the Product Type. This means that the chart that your customer sees will be the same size chart that is used on our website. Our size charts don’t hold a logo of our brand and provide the basic information that helps in size selection.
In case you wish to upload your own size chart, please feel free to do so. Before your product is approved, our team will check whether the dimensions mentioned are in-line with what we offer.
Step 5: Product Images (Display Images)
These will be the images that go on your store front. You can download templates for all products from your dashboard, or use your own product images. Please ensure that images are kept BELOW 500kb. This is to ensure that the website loads quickly. At present YourDesgin only provides 2D mockups of products and their variants. We are working on an image uploader tool specially designed for sellers. This will be launched shortly.
Please note- the order in which you upload each product image is the order in which it shows up on the store, so drag-and-drop your images accordingly.
Design Files
These are the actual files that our operations team will use to print / embroider on the apparel. Design files can be up to 20mb, please use the highest quality images. Images should always be in PNG format and at least 300 dpi. Remember, the quality of printing is directly proportional to the image quality uploaded.
Step 6 - Variants
What are variants ?
Variants are product options that your customer can choose from within a particular product. The most typical example of a variant is - Size and Colour. Let’s take a “260 GSM Oversize T-Shirt” for example. Currently, the variants that we offer for this product are -
Size - From Small to XXL
Colours - Four Options
As a seller you can offer the same variants that we have to your customers.
Which brings us to our next step, adding Variants.
Click on the purple ‘Add Variants’ button, which should open up a table-like setup for you to add variants.
Add your option name (Mostly Size and Colour).
Tip- You can specifically call it ‘T-shirt Colour’ if you think that makes more sense to your customers.
Add each value to the main variant under ‘Option Values’, and separate each one with a comma followed by a space.
For a standard Roundneck T-shirt, with 5 sizes, you’d ideally be typing:
S, M, L, XL, XXL,
The option “Quantity” can be left blank unless you are pre-ordering stock and storing it with YourDesign store.
As you add more options, you’ll see all your variants appear below in sequence.
Once you’ve added all your values, please scroll down the list of variants and check that the corresponding SKUs match. It is imperative that the options have the correct SKU. For your reference we also have an SKU key that you could access and check.
Once you’re done with all the above steps, please select the option “Get Pricing”
What happens when I click “Get Pricing” ?
Once you have added all your details and hit the “Get Pricing” button, the operations team at Your Design receives this information and set’s the price of the product to you. To understand how we set pricing, please read more on - Pricing to Sellers.
You will receive a notification as soon as we have added the price to a product / design. Once you receive this you are free to set your selling price. This is only required to be done for users on OutdoCart and shop owners under the YourDesign Store banner. For other sellers this isn’t required.
Setting your Price (Selling Price) to appear on your storefront -
Once you have received the product costing from YourDesign Store, you can now set the price that you wish to charge your customers for the product.
Simply go to each “Variant” and under the “Price” column, set the price for that particular variant. We have allowed a differentiated variant pricing as it is possible that
You might be charged less for a few variants. For Eg. a White Round Neck T-Shirt with print will typically cost lesser for the same design than when done on a darker colour T-Shirt
As a seller, you might want to charge your customers more for some variants. Eg - A XXL T-Shirt can have a different price when compared to a Small size
Important note to Sellers using the YourDesign Store storefront -
In the product costing provided, YourDesign Store does not include “Shipping” as this is anyway additional and part of the checkout. Please note that your customers will have to pay shipping over and above the costing that you have set.
