{"id":16532,"date":"2019-12-28T12:17:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-28T20:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/?p=16532"},"modified":"2019-12-28T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2019-12-28T20:17:19","slug":"setting-up-bulk-singles-onto-your-buy-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/28\/setting-up-bulk-singles-onto-your-buy-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Setting up Bulk singles onto your buy list!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover has-background-dim\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png)\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center\" class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Easily create Bulk products to help your customers send in their cards!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With our system, you can also set up your web store to accept bulk singles from your customers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1: Create\/Use a product type<br><br>To begin, create a new product type, possibly called&nbsp;<strong>Bulk Singles<\/strong>&nbsp;in your admin. &nbsp;This&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/help.crystalcommerce.com\/en\/articles\/1389520-creating-product-types-variants-and-descriptors\">article here will provide you with a refresher on how to create product types.&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>(It is not imperative to create a new product type, but one\/any will be needed to create the custom product later on.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/173214185\/b69694baf496cb43c2b2242c\/01abulk-producttype.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In our example, we created:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a product type called&nbsp;<strong>Bulk<\/strong><\/li><li>a Condition variant, with a default value called &#8216;Bulk&#8217;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that is it! &nbsp;Hit &#8216;Save Product Type&#8217; and you&#8217;ll be done with step 1!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 2: Create\/Use a category that will hold the bulk products<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, head to the Categories tab (<strong>Inventory &gt; Categories<\/strong>) and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/help.crystalcommerce.com\/en\/articles\/1531039-how-to-create-a-category\">create a new category<\/a>&nbsp;(again, you can use an existing category if you&#8217;d like).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you create a new category, make sure you give the new category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a name<\/li><li>Choose the product type&nbsp;<strong>Bulk&nbsp;<\/strong>(or something else of your choice)<\/li><li>If this is not a parent category, check the&nbsp;<strong>&#8216;Category may contain products&#8217;<\/strong>&nbsp;option.<\/li><li>Also be sure to&nbsp;<strong>Uncheck<\/strong>&nbsp;the &#8216;<strong>Hide category (and subcategories) from the buylist<\/strong>&#8216;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, hit the &#8216;Create Category&#8217; button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/173214274\/ed70c3b13d1b48066d11106b\/02Bulk-createcategory.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 3: Create a custom product<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Next, head to the inventory page.<br>Choose the category that we create or where the Bulk product will be located.<br>Hit the blue cross icon&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/help.crystalcommerce.com\/en\/articles\/1542564-how-to-create-a-custom-product\">to create a&nbsp;<strong>new product<\/strong>.<\/a><br><br>You&#8217;ll see the image below.<br>Give your new product a name (in our case, we&#8217;ve labelled ours&nbsp;<strong>1000 x Commons &#8211; Magic: The Gathering<br><\/strong>And give your product an image.<br>Then, hit &#8216;<strong>Save Product<\/strong>&#8216;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/173215595\/ec1d13508f323405ca86bf03\/03Bulk-createcustomproduct.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 4: Updating the custom product<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you have created the item, give it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>a buy price (in our example, a price of $5<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/help.crystalcommerce.com\/en\/articles\/1461173-opt-qty-field-optimal-quantity\">an optimal quantity (Opt Qty)<\/a>. &nbsp;We&#8217;ve given ours 100.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then Save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/173215679\/75a0087e14193a9ff4a36a56\/04Bulk-editingbulkproduct.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now when you go to your buylist on your webstore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/downloads.intercomcdn.com\/i\/o\/173215749\/5a1d80a2157554360dec2e23\/05Bulk-finalproduc.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We can now see our new Bulk Item product that customers can use to sell their bulk products to you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Did we mention? &nbsp;Accepting buy orders from your customers does not incur a Crystalcommerce fee, no matter the size!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on our buy orders \/ restock page,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/help.crystalcommerce.com\/en\/articles\/1389619-restock-tab-overview\">make sure you click on this link to find out more!<\/a><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png\" class=\"ss-hidden-pin-image\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/28\/setting-up-bulk-singles-onto-your-buy-list\/\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png\" data-pin-description=\"Setting up Bulk singles onto your buy list!\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With our system, you can also set up your web store to accept bulk singles from your customers! Step 1: Create\/Use a product type To begin, create a new product type, possibly called&nbsp;Bulk Singles&nbsp;in your admin. &nbsp;This&nbsp;article here will provide you with a refresher on how to create product types.&nbsp;&nbsp; (It is not imperative to &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/28\/setting-up-bulk-singles-onto-your-buy-list\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Setting up Bulk singles onto your buy list!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png\" class=\"ss-hidden-pin-image\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/28\/setting-up-bulk-singles-onto-your-buy-list\/\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png\" data-pin-description=\"Setting up Bulk singles onto your buy list!\"\/>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":14170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23,29,50],"tags":[574,74,229,206,511,513,51,117,61],"class_list":["post-16532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crystal-updates","category-onboarding","category-support","tag-bulk","tag-buylist","tag-edmund","tag-growth","tag-help","tag-help-article","tag-support","tag-update","tag-webstore"],"crystal_rest_feed":{"author":"danmccarty","id":16532,"featured_image":{"original":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png","medium":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont-300x270.png","large":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont.png","thumb":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/CrystalCommerceLOGO-BlackFont-167x150.png"},"title":"Setting up Bulk singles onto your buy list!","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalcommerce.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/28\/setting-up-bulk-singles-onto-your-buy-list\/","date":"2019-12-28T12:17:16","content":"\n\nEasily create Bulk products to help your customers send in their cards!\n\n\n\n\nWith our system, you can also set up your web store to accept bulk singles from your customers!\n\n\n\nStep 1: Create\/Use a product typeTo begin, create a new product type, possibly called&nbsp;Bulk Singles&nbsp;in your admin. &nbsp;This&nbsp;article here will provide you with a refresher on how to create product types.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\n\n\n(It is not imperative to create a new product type, but one\/any will be needed to create the custom product later on.)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn our example, we created:\n\n\n\na product type called&nbsp;Bulka Condition variant, with a default value called &#8216;Bulk&#8217;\n\n\n\nAnd that is it! &nbsp;Hit &#8216;Save Product Type&#8217; and you&#8217;ll be done with step 1!\n\n\n\nStep 2: Create\/Use a category that will hold the bulk products\n\n\n\nNext, head to the Categories tab (Inventory &gt; Categories) and&nbsp;create a new category&nbsp;(again, you can use an existing category if you&#8217;d like).\n\n\n\nIf you create a new category, make sure you give the new category:\n\n\n\na nameChoose the product type&nbsp;Bulk&nbsp;(or something else of your choice)If this is not a parent category, check the&nbsp;&#8216;Category may contain products&#8217;&nbsp;option.Also be sure to&nbsp;Uncheck&nbsp;the &#8216;Hide category (and subcategories) from the buylist&#8216;\n\n\n\nThen, hit the &#8216;Create Category&#8217; button.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStep 3: Create a custom product\n\n\n\nNext, head to the inventory page.Choose the category that we create or where the Bulk product will be located.Hit the blue cross icon&nbsp;to create a&nbsp;new product.You&#8217;ll see the image below.Give your new product a name (in our case, we&#8217;ve labelled ours&nbsp;1000 x Commons &#8211; Magic: The GatheringAnd give your product an image.Then, hit &#8216;Save Product&#8216;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStep 4: Updating the custom product\n\n\n\nOnce you have created the item, give it:\n\n\n\na buy price (in our example, a price of $5an optimal quantity (Opt Qty). &nbsp;We&#8217;ve given ours 100.\n\n\n\nThen Save.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNow when you go to your buylist on your webstore:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe can now see our new Bulk Item product that customers can use to sell their bulk products to you!\n\n\n\nDid we mention? &nbsp;Accepting buy orders from your customers does not incur a Crystalcommerce fee, no matter the size!\n\n\n\nFor more information on our buy orders \/ restock page,\u00a0make sure you click on this link to find out more!\n","excerpt":"With our system, you can also set up your web store to accept bulk singles from your customers! 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