Once you have opened up your Vercado Webstore, you can complete the setup in a few easy steps.
Basic Settings
You can access the basic settings page from the Webstores link in the "Selling" drop-down menu located in the upper left-hand corner of any page, or by selecting "Vercado Webstore" from your selling dashboard.
From the basic settings page, you can:
- Manage your Webstore
- Connect your store with a custom domain name
- Activate your Webstore once everything is setup and ready for sale
- Cancel your subscription or close your Webstore
Managing your Vercado Webstore
By clicking on the “Manage your webstore” button, you will get redirected to our partner Vercado. Log in with credentials received in the welcome email.
Sign Up for a Bonanza Merchant Account
Customize the frontend theme of your Webstore
Creating Top-Level Menu Items (Catalogs)
Creating Categories
Linking Categories with the Catalog
Adding Images to Categories
Creating a product listing
Setting up SMTP
Sign Up for a Bonanza Merchant Account
To accept payments from buyers, you must sign up for a Bonanza Merchant Account.
From the menu on top of the page, select "Admin." Type the word "Company" into the "Business partner ID" field and click "Find."
Click on the "Company" button to edit your company profile. Click the "Update" button and enter all the necessary information, including your logo.
To apply for a Bonanza Merchant Account, select the option "Other" from the dropdown on top of the page. This will allow you to see and click "Bankelo by the Bonanza" tab. From there, click "Apply."
A form will open in a new browser tab. Fill in the establishment date of your company, the legal name (or your name if it's not a company), and select "Receiver" from the side drop-down. Provide details such as your industry, tax ID (EIN or social security number), line of business, and country of origin. Choose the default currency. If you wish to sell in additional currencies, contact our support team. Complete the form by adding your business description and the location of your office or home. After entering all information, click the "Save" button.
Upon clicking "Save," another tab will open allowing you to fill out your documents. Note: Click "Submit for Approval" each time you upload a document. Once all documents are submitted, click the "Save" button.
Customize the frontend theme of your Webstore
Click "PIM" from the menu on top of the page. Go to the "Store" tab in the left side menu and choose "Bonanza E-Commerce Store."
Click on the "Content" tab where you can select a suitable theme from our template selection.
You can customize the color palette and images in banners to fully reflect the style of your business. Be sure to click the "Update" button when you are ready to save your changes.
For each banner, you can add an Image Type, Image Title and Image Description. These texts will appear as part of the banner.
- Banner 1 is the main image at the top of your store homepage.
- Below this, you will find three smaller banners (Banners 2, 3, and 4) positioned next to each other.
- The last banner, number 5, is at the bottom of your homepage.
Creating Top-Level Menu Items (Catalogs)
To enhance your customers' shopping experience, you can showcase catalogs of your products.
Simply click on "PIM" in the top menu and navigate to the "Catalog" tab in the left-side menu. Choose from a variety of predefined catalogs or create your own by clicking on the "New Product Catalog" in the top right corner.
Here, you can set up a new Catalog. Assign an ID without spaces; feel free to use underscores (_) instead. Also, give your catalog a name that your customers will see. Once you are finished, click "Create" in the bottom right corner.
To add your new catalog to the Webstore, go to the "Store" tab in the left-side menu and select "Bonanza E-Commerce Store." Click on the "Catalog" tab.
Here, you can search for your new catalog by name, set a date from which you want to display the catalog to customers, and assign an ordinal number. Click "Add" to save your changes.
Creating Categories
With your chosen catalogs now visible on your Top-level menu, you can further organize them by setting up categories.
Head to the "Category" tab in the left-side menu and click on the "New Product Category" button in the top right corner.
From here, you can establish the main category connected to the given catalog. The setup process is quite similar. Assign an ID without spaces; again feel free to use underscores (_) instead. Then, give your category a name. When you are ready, click "Create" in the bottom right corner.
Learn how to search for categories.
Linking Categories with the Catalog
Now that you've created your catalogs and categories, it's time to link them together.
Navigate to the "Main" tab in the left-side menu and search for your catalog. Once you have selected the correct one from the dropdown, click on the "Edit Catalog" button.
Move to the "Categories" tab and find your category in the "Category Id" drop-down. Make sure to choose the option "Browse Root (One)" in the "Product Catalog Category Type" drop-down. For the final step, set a From Date and time. If you want the change to be immediate, set the date and time in the past (yesterday will work just fine).
Click on the added category.
Now, you can begin adding child categories. Click on the "Rollup" tab and scroll down to the "Add Category Child Category" section. Here, you can choose which categories will fall under your Root category.
Pick from predefined categories or your custom categories. Select the desired category and set the From date and time. Add the category by clicking on the "Add" button.
You can view all the changes on the frontend of your store.
Adding Images to Categories
All categories come with three distinct pictures:
- Category Image: The main image of the category, visible at the top of the page when the category is selected by the customer.
- Link One Image: An image displayed under the "Shop by category" section.
- Link Two Image: An image for the drop-down in the top menu.
To configure these images, go to the "Main" tab in the left-side menu and search for your category, then click on the "Edit Category" button. Note that category search is case-sensitive.
Choose a file from your computer, select the designated place for the file, and click on "Upload Image." You will see the link displayed under the relevant field in the form above. Click the "Update" button to save your changes.
Verify your changes on the frontend to make sure everything looks the way you want.
Creating a product listing
Product creation is done from the Product Information Management (PIM) tab.
There are two ways of creating a new product:
- clicking on the "Create new product" button
- clicking on the "Inventory master" tab in the left-side menu
Product ID & Product Type
Start by assigning an unique ID without spaces (use underscores _ instead.) Then, give your product a name and select a product type from the drop-down.
Explore the additional sections to identify your product as digital, part of a bundle, available only for a certain period of time, etc. Sections "Measures" and "Shipping" are very important for accurate shipping information displayed to your customers.
After filling in all desired data, click the "Create Product" button in the bottom right corner of this page.
Set Pricing
Now that the product is created, you can set a price. After you type the price into the designated field, confirm by clicking on the "Create" button. After setting up the default price, you can also set additional prices by selecting a different type from the "Price Type" drop-down menu.
Add Content
The next tab you want to fill in is the "Content" tab. This is where you add the product name and product descriptions. After you fill these in, click on the "Update" button.
Now you can add product pictures. Vercado themes have different places to display detail images versus large images versus original images. You can also add additional pictures from different angles, etc. When you look at this product on the web as a buyer, there will be an area for these additional pictures on the left hand side.
Set Identifiers
Identifiers are important for making sure your items are indexed on third-party platforms like Google and Bing. Including these identifiers will help shoppers locate your items in generic search results.
To add identifiers, click on the ID tab. Here, you can set things like UPC (important for indexing in Google Shopping), ISBN, or even merchant SKU to help you better manage your inventory as you make sales.
Associations
In the "Associations" tab, select "Category Value 2", you can now associate this product to any other product in the system. This is how you create connections like Accessory, Substitute, Upgrade and many others.
Preview the item page
After you've set everything up, go back to "Category Value 1" and click the "Product Page" button.
This will bring you to the listing page where you can see how the listing will appear to shoppers.
Setting up SMTP
If you wish to set up a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), go to the "Admin" tab in the top menu and click on the "SMTP Config" tab in the left-side menu.
Choose the relevant server from the drop-down.
Fill in the following details:
- Email name (the name displayed to addressees)
- Address of the SMTP server handling your emails
- Your email credentials
- Port number on which the SMTP server is listening (this depends on the encryption option)
Click the "Update" button to save your changes.