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Native Store Gets Product Variants and Inventory Management

Wed, 21 Dec 2022 13:31:18 GMT

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Native Store Gets Product Variants and Inventory Management

Since Duda’s native eCommerce went into public beta, we’ve been working hard to add more features to the native store so you can build store sites that have everything your client needs. That’s why we’re happy to announce that the native store now includes product variants and inventory management.

Product variants - what the native store had until now

Product variants are the different combinations of the product option values you entered per product (like colors and sizes). Each variant is a distinct sellable version of the product, like a Black T-shirt in a size Large. In the native store, your product variants are created automatically once you add options and values to products, and until now you couldn’t manage your variants.

Now you can easily manage your product variants

Having product variants increases the chances of a sale because store visitors will have a better customer experience when they can choose between product variants.

In terms of managing your variants, you can customize each of them: add an image, change the price, assign a unique SKU, and choose to show or hide certain variants.

This new variant management update gives store owners and managers a lot more selling freedom and customization.

New! Manage your store’s inventory

Tracking and managing the store’s inventory allows you to better plan for demand. We’re excited to share that now you can manage your inventory on both the product and variant level! Here are the the two ways to do it:

Manual inventory management: Set inventory to "in stock"/"out of stock" status per product.
Automatic inventory management: When this is turned on, each time a new store order comes in, the product quantity is automatically updated.

A better view of your store inventory, and more control over its management

Thanks to the new product variants management, now you can keep track of and manage store inventory on the product variant level too! This gives you more control over the store’s supply on a much more accurate level.

This gives you a centralized place to manage your store’s most updated inventory.

To get started with product variants management, add product options and values - here’s how .

Product Categories Now Available in the Native Store

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 10:14:19 GMT

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Product Categories Now Available in the Native Store

Thanks to the new capability available in Duda's native eCommerce solution, you can now organize products in categories or subcategories of your choice.

Why categories are a must for stores

Product categories allow you to group products that share a certain attribute or that otherwise belong together. These make it much easier for site visitors to search and find what they want to buy on a site. In addition, it increases stores’ conversion rate and shortens the time from product browsing to purchase.

Categories can be anything you want them to be. They can be the parent category of a subcategory, depending on how rich and versatile your product catalog is. For example, Home Decor can be the parent category of subcategories like Bedroom Decor and Dining Room Decor . And each of these subcategories can then serve as categories of their own. Another example is an Accessories category that includes products like candles, picture frames, and vases.

If used wisely, categories can also be a sales accelerator for the store. Think of categories like Best Sellers, New Arrivals, Now on Sale, Back in Stock, brand-specific products and more. These can potentially interest your store’s prospect shoppers and make them browse a specifically featured part of the store catalog.

Products can be under more than one category

Use the full flexibility of the native store’s category functionality - products can be placed under more than one category. For example, Candles can be products that are both under Holiday Decor and under the Accessories categories. This creates enhanced product visibility and discoverability, which increases the chances of a purchase.

Here’s how to create a product category

Create a site using a Native Store template or simply add a store to a site you already created.
In the editor, click the eCommerce tab on the left panel, then select Manage Categories.
Hit the Create a new category button, to create a new one.

For a detailed guide on creating categories and subcategories, consult this support article .

Make product categories shine

Once you’ve created categories with assigned products, you can choose how to display them in the site.

The classic category page. This is a straightforward page that’s set up automatically when your store is created. It shows all the products of that category. So for example, if you have a Women’s Boots category, that page will show all the products you listed under Women’s Boots.
Category pages in the site’s navigation menu. This can be either pages added to the main menu, or nested under a main page. This option is ideal for a category or subcategory you want site visitors to easily see and find on every site page. For example, under the Shop menu item you can have Men’s and Women’s category sub-pages showcasing relevant products or subcategories. You can control this and other settings in the store’s pages section.
Featured categories using the product gallery. The product gallery lets you display products based on a specific category/subcategory, all categories, or all products. This gives you added flexibility and multiple entry points for potential shoppers to buy products.

Start adding product categories to your store and help potential customers search and find what they want to buy.

Improved Checkout: Apple and Google Pay

Wed, 21 Sep 2022 12:28:23 GMT

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Accept Apple Pay and Google Pay Checkout Payments

Your clients can now receive payments for online purchases using the two most familiar digital wallet brands, Apple Pay and Google Pay . Now available via Stripe, these two new payment options will allow a fast and reliable checkout for both site visitors and store owners.

Digital wallet payments are a win-win

Stripe’s new support of Apple Pay and Google Pay means site visitors will feel comfortable using a payment method they know and trust, while store owners can enjoy receiving fast and seamless payments online. It’s a great checkout option for everyone.

Better checkout conversions

Having Apple Pay and Google Pay as payment options at checkout will increase your clients’ store conversion thanks to the much shorter and bug-free process. This is particularly significant on mobile, where store visitors can check out with a single tap.

Have a Stripe account connected? Then you’ve got these

Apple Pay and Google Pay options are automatically available for all store owners that have Stripe as an integrated payment gateway. These new payment methods will show in checkout without any changes required on your or your client’s end.

Apple Pay will be visible at checkout only if the store visitor is using an Apple device such as a Macbook or an iPhone, and has their Apple Pay account set up with a payment method*. The same goes for Google Pay (it will be visible only if the store visitor is using an Android device or Google Chrome, and if they have a payment method set up in their account).

*Please keep in mind that Apple Pay won’t show if the cart is in test mode (meaning, when you’re previewing a site or when viewing a site published on the Demo plan).

New! Add PayPal as a Payment Gateway

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 10:07:39 GMT

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New! Add PayPal as a Payment Gateway

How to add trust and credibility to your site’s checkout flow, and let site shoppers pay with confidence? Offer a payment method they know and count on, like PayPal - the new payment method now available for checkout.

Offer THE most familiar payment method to site visitors

PayPal is one of the most accepted payment methods worldwide, supporting online sellers from almost every country. Seeing the PayPal logo at checkout can increase your site’s overall checkout conversion since it’s a recognizable and trusted brand.

A powerful payment gateway that’s also flexible

With this new PayPal integration and capability, you can choose between these two checkout options:

The combined PayPal Advanced Credit Card Payments + Express Checkout option

This option lets store shoppers choose between the following two checkout options:

A. PayPal Advanced Credit Card Payments - This lets you customize the entire checkout experience, because site shoppers stay on your site during the checkout process instead of being directed to PayPal to complete or approve the payment.

B. Express Checkout - Users choose a Pay with PayPal option and are then redirected to the PayPal website to log in to their PayPal account, approve the payment and then return to your online store.

When choosing this combined option for your online store, keep in mind that PayPal Advanced Credit Card Payments is currently available only in select countries, and for Business PayPal accounts.

PayPal Express Checkout

This option offers the standard PayPal redirection, payment and then return to the online store once payment is approved. This requires online shoppers to have an active PayPal account with saved billing and shipping addresses.

The big advantage of the Express Checkout method is that it’s available in virtually every country, and doesn’t require a Business PayPal account.

Combined Stripe + PayPal Express Checkout

This option lets you keep your Stripe gateway (if you had it), and simply add the standard PayPal checkout option to your store checkout. The downside to this option is that Stripe is currently available only in the US, UK, and a few other countries.

How to add PayPal as a payment gateway

In the editor, click on Ecommerce on the left panel.
In the Site Overview screen, go to Settings > Payment gateways.
Click the Connect button next to the PayPal option you prefer (choose between having both PayPal Advanced Credit Card Payments + Express Checkout credit card processing, and having just a credit card checkout without the PayPal branding).

New Template: Home Design Store

Sun, 21 Aug 2022 09:02:53 GMT

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Add options to your products

With this gorgeous new Native Store template, you can publish an eCommerce website for clients in no time. This template is colorful, modern and beautiful - so it’s the perfect choice for niche shops of all types.

This exciting template is available under the new Native Store category on the templates page. It offers full design flexibility and customization of store and product pages. In addition, it works seamlessly with connected data widgets.

Since this template uses Duda’s new Native Store solution, you can enjoy optimized store pages for site performance and improved SEO.

The template comes with 7 pages, and is perfect for setting up an online store quickly. Another perk is that the store page doubles as the site’s homepage. This means site visitors will instantly see what your client is selling as soon as they enter the site.

The template includes minimal content so you can set it up and make it go live quickly, adding more products and pages as your client’s business grows.

The Home Design Store template comes with these pages:

Homepage (main store page)
About
How we work
Contact
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
8 individual product pages (separate page per product)

Additional template capabilities to consider:

The template includes a stunning photo gallery that’s ideal for embedding an Instagram account. In addition, an overlapping first row shows the main hero image in full screen, with the navigation and checkout link on the top.

Product Options

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 11:51:56 GMT

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Add options to your products

We’re excited to release this highly requested feature to our native store solution: product options.

Products come in different shapes, sizes, colors, and many other attributes – and we have just the right feature to support it.

An easy way to enhance product catalogs

Instead of creating separate product listings for each option, customize your store's shopping experience by creating product options (like Size or Color) and listing different values for each (Size = Small, Medium, Large; Color = Red, White, Black).

These different combination sets of option’s values per product essentially create your product variants. So, for example, a product variant can be a Small Black T-Shirt. This gives store customers more product offerings to choose from

Here’s how to use product options

Open the eCommerce tab in the left panel of your editor.
Make sure you’re doing so on a site that has no store added yet.
Make sure you’re doing so on a site template that wasn’t tagged “eCommerce”
This tag is currently still used to identify templates ready for our Third-Party eComm solution, not our Native one.
Select Add store to your site
In the popup, select Add native store
Go to the product catalog
Select Add new product
On the new product screen, you’ll see the ability to add options
Add values for each option. For example, under Option: color; under Values: red, blue, yellow
That’s it! The product options you created will show on that product page as dropdown menus store visitors can select

Use case: Apparel store

One of the most common use cases for product options is an apparel store.

Your client, the store owner, wants to present different options for each product such as size and color on their eCommerce site. They also want to show different product variants (a product that’s in a small size, and red in color).

With this feature, you can define options and values for each item of clothing. This makes it easy for online shoppers to choose different product options from dropdown menus on the product page. The end result - they can purchase the exact product variant they want.

Use case: Custom cakes

For an online store offering custom cakes, options can be used to offer cake customizations, in addition to general attributes. For example, site visitors can choose what type of cake filling they want or add a personal message when ordering a cake online.

Here’s what the product page would look like:

Check out the new product options and variants capability!

Provide your clients with a polished eCommerce experience that includes the enhanced product catalog they need, and their customers look for. Add native store to your site to start using Options and Variants.

To learn more consult the support article on product options.