Creating New Products in Admin
To manually create a new product in Acenda, follow these steps:
On the sidebar under Data Management, click Items
At the top right, click + New Item
In the Item Details section, enter the Name, Brand, and Description for the product. Under Group, distinguish whether the item is a product (for parent SKUs) or variant (for either standalone products or products grouped under a parent). Enter a unique SKU (the minimum requirement) and if applicable, a unique UPC, EAN, GTIN, MPN, and ISBN.
In the Additional Attributes section, fill out the custom fields available. The default units for product and package measurements are marketplace determined but can be changed.
When finished, click Save.
The product will then be given an ID and can be found by sorting by the largest ID in the Items section.
Click View next to the item. You can now fill in additional details.
The Aliases tab allows you to assign the item a separate SKU, UPC, EAN, GTIN, MPN, or ISBN for a particular marketplace or subscription. To do so, click Add a new alias. Then, enter the subscription and the separate ID in the corresponding field(s). Please refer to the article Understanding Aliases: Connecting External IDs with Acenda for Seamless Marketplace Integration for more information.
Under the Channel Mapping tab, you can assign the product to a marketplace/subscription and posting template by clicking the Add channel mapping button. The Listing Action window allows three options: FULL, which sends full listing content to the marketplace; ZERO, which sends full content with 0 inventory (regardless of actual inventory) to the marketplace; and UNLIST, which unlists (retires) the SKU.
The Suggested Fixes tab shows any marketplace listing errors for the item. Please refer to the article How to Fix Marketplace Listing Errors for more information on correcting these errors.
The Parents tab lets you assign the product to a parent if the item is a variant. To do so, click Assign parent and select the parent product for the item by searching for the parent in the search field. Click Add when finished.
The Inventory tab allows manual creation of inventory details. To do so, click Add new inventory detail and assign the item a warehouse, and enter the quantity. It is also possible to enter the item's manufacturing cost in the 'cost' field.
Under Pricing, enter a price, MSRP, and MAPP. You can also enter a custom price for a particular marketplace/subscription or a promotional price for a subscription spanning a date range. For more information on how to set up promotional pricing please refer to the Setting Up Price Promotions and Discounts article.