Magento - Product Overview

Magento Products

Products are the items or things that are sold in Magento. Product can be anything that is capable of satisfying the customer’s needs. This includes both physical products and services.

Product Types

Magento provides 6 different types of products. Appropriate selection of product type is essential for accessing the appropriate set of features required to sell the product. Following are the product types available in Magento.

Simple Products

Grouped Products

Configurable Products

Virtual Products

Bundled Products

Downloadable Products

Simple Products

These are general product type, which are the most used products. In this section, there are no options for selecting size or color of the product.

Example − Coffee cup, DVD s, Camera lens, etc.

Grouped Products

This is a group of simple products. In this type, you cannot specify a specific price for a product; you can just specify the discount.

Example − Cell phone + Memory card + Ear phone

Configurable Products

In this type, customer can select products according to their color and size before purchasing.

Example − Cell phones obtained in different colors and sizes.

Virtual Products

Virtual products are those which do not have physical counterpart, i.e. these are used for virtual items. These products cannot be shipped or stocked.

Example − Onpne training course

Bundled Products

Bundled products are those products which cannot be sold separately and doesn t give any choice to the end user.

Example − Consider you want to buy a cell phone which includes earphone, memory card, battery, charging cable, etc. These are together called bundled products. These products cannot be sold inspanidually but can be sold within the bundle product.

Downloadable Products

Products which are available for download are known as downloadable products.

Example − MP3 file, ebook, documents, etc.

Product Attributes

Attribute describes the property of the product. Product attributes helps to set product properties such as color, size width, height, etc. and makes the product unique. You can add as many attributes to your product as required.

The following steps describe, how to set up the attributes for products in Magento −

Step 1 − Login to your Magento Admin Panel.

Step 2 − Go to Catalog and select Attributes from the dropdown menu and cpck on the Manage Attributes option.

Step 3 − Under Manage Attributes section, you will find different attributes used in the system. For adding new attribute, cpck on Add New Attribute seen on the top right corner of the screen.

Step 4 − Now you need to set the attribute properties for your product. After setting up all the required attribute properties, cpck on Save Attribute button to store the product information.