Defining the catalogue

The type of products you are selling will determine the structure of your store. Different types of products will have different requirements in terms of the information presented to the customer, and the data that you will need to collect in order to fulfill an order.

Base product definition

Every product needs to have the following fields which are added by default:

• Title

• Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)

• Price (in the default store currency)

• Status (a flag indicating if the product is live on the store)

This is the minimum you need to define a product in Drupal Commerce—everything else is customized for your store. You can define multiple Product Types (Product Entity Bundles), which can contain different fields depending on your requirements.

Physical products

If you are dealing with physical products, such as books, CDs, or widgets, you may want to consider these additional fields:

• Product images

• Description

• Size

• Weight

• Artist/Designer/Author

• Color

Tip

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