{"id":1021,"date":"2011-12-21T17:58:37","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/12\/21\/adding-new-products-to-opencart\/"},"modified":"2021-08-16T23:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T03:48:43","slug":"adding-new-products-to-opencart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/opencart\/adding-new-products-to-opencart\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding New Products to OpenCart 1.5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now that you have<a href=\"\/support\/edu\/opencart\/removing-products-from-opencart\/\"> removed the default products in OpenCart <\/a>and <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/opencart\/adding-product-categories-in-opencart\/\">added product categories<\/a>, you can start adding your own products. This is done through your OpenCart dashboard. You\u2019ll need to add each product individually.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/\">Log into your OpenCart Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Go to <strong>Catalog &gt; Products<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>To add a new product, click \u201c<strong>Insert<\/strong>\u201d in the top right corner.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_1.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_1-1024x271.jpg\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"opencart_add_product_1\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_1-1024x271.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_1-300x79.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_1-768x203.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_1.jpg 1417w\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<li>Now you will see seven tabs (General, Data, Links, Attribute, Option, Discount, Special, Image, Reward Points, and Design). Be sure to fill in the <strong>Product Name<\/strong> \u2013 the only required field \u2013 on the first tab.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_2.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"opencart_add_product_2\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/opencart_opencart_add_product_2.jpg\" width=\"1406\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<li>Click on the \u201c<strong>Data<\/strong>\u201d tab. The only other field that is required to set up a product is the <strong>model<\/strong>. Go through each tab and fill in the fields you want.<\/li>\n<li>Click \u201c<strong>Save<\/strong>\u201c<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>You have now added your first product on your OpenCart shopping cart. You\u2019ll follow these steps for each product until all your products have been added. 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