In our platform you can create different types of products whether that is products for regular subscriptions such as veg boxes and fruit bundles to extras you sell on top of your veg boxes.

This guide will take you through the different products you can create, how to create them and apply the correct settings depending on the product and how you want to sell them online.

This guide will also go through the relationship between the product settings and product categories and your storefront website.

You can create and manage all your products in the ‘products > manage products’ area of your Growing Good admin. Click on the different guides below for specific guidance.

To create a veg box product navigate to the products > manage products page in your GG admin. Click on the ‘new product’ button in the top right hand corner of the page. Select the product type ‘Vegbox’.

This will create a new empty product page for you to start entering information into about the veg box product. When you’re happy with the information and settings you have applied to the product click save in the top right hand corner. This will create the new product.

You can add/change the following information on a veg box product:

You can add two images to your veg box products. A banner image and a thumbnail image. These appear in your storefront website.

Banner images appear at the top of the product page in the storefront and sit between the shop navigation links and the product description. The images will be cut to fit the banner dimensions.

Thumbnail images appear in the product category pages on the product block. These images will be cut to fit into the product block image dimensions.

Any veg box product that is created can have single items added to it in the box builder. See our Box builder guide on adding and planning box contents to veg box products.

To start adding items to your veg boxes in the box builder also see our guide on creating single products below.

When setting up your veg boxes there is a toggle option to ‘Allow recurring order’. When toggled on this allows the veg product to be added by the customer as a regular subscription product. You can then apply frequencies from the following options: Just once, Every week, Every 2 weeks, Every 3 weeks and Every 4 weeks. You can choose all or a combination of different frequencies giving you flexibility over the the availability.

You can also set a stock type against a veg box product. See our stock management guide for how the different stock types work.

Under box options in the product settings you can toggle on ‘Allow swaps’ and set a number of swaps allowed to be made against the products in the veg boxes. This is linked to both our ‘autoswap’ feature for dislikes and customer manual swaps. The number set here is the total number of swaps allowed to be made in total. Check out our guide on box swaps for more information on how this works.

Another option you can toggle on is making the veg box product a ‘Christmas only product’. When toggled on this makes the product only available as one off for week 51. This can be used for creating special one off boxes for around the festive period.

To start creating a single product go to the products > manage products page in your GG admin. To create a new single product hit the ’new product’ button in the top right and select the product type ‘single product’. This will open a blank new product page for you to enter details into.

In a single product you can add the following information:

Once you have completed the product set up make sure to hit ‘save’ this will create the product.

The product will then be available in products > manage products page for you to edit again later if required. You can find all single products by clicking on the single products tab in manage products.

You can add both a banner image and a thumbnail image to a single product. These appear in your storefront website. Banner images appear at the top of the product page in the storefront and sit between the shop navigation links and the product description. The images will be cut to fit the banner dimensions.

Thumbnail images appear in the product category pages on the product block. These images will be cut to fit into the product block image dimensions.

When creating a product you will need to attach a price to the product. The price that is set is used for selling the product as an individual item on the storefront and in the box builder for planning your veg weekly box contents.

The price that is added is connected to the default quantity entered into the field beneath. You can either set a product as an ‘ea’ (count item) or ‘kg’ (weighted item).

When making a product a weighted item you can enter any kg weight into the field. For weights smaller than 1kg a decimal number will need to be entered for example 0.25kg for 250g, 0.5kg for 500g etc.

The price that is entered into the price field is linked to the default quantity. If the price is £2.00 and the default quantity is 1kg that means the price is £2.00/kg. If the price is £2.00 and the default weight is 500g the price is £4.00/kg.

The same applies for count items. If the price is £2.00 and the product default quantity is 2. This will mean the that the product is £2.00 for 2 items, £1.00 each.

To make more quantities options available for a product you can toggle on ‘sell at additional quantities’ beneath the quantity field. Enter the new quantity options and then hit enter which will add the additional weight option. The price for the additional quantity will automatically be applied based on the price and default quantity.

The default quantity will appear first and be preselected in the storefront when adding it to your basket. The customer can then click and select the alternative quantity under ‘select your amount’.

Product descriptions are an essential field to complete when setting up a product. The product descriptions appear in the page for that product in the store front, this is accessed when the link to the product on the product block is clicked.

Product descriptions are important for the SEO of your website. We recommend filling this out with a relevant short description of the product. There is a character limit of this field is 255 to help you keep things brief.

See our guide on stock management for how to set up stock on a single product.

Each product created can have an origin attached to it. There are pre set options that are provided and each origin has a flag/icon to represent it. At the top will be the origin ‘farm’ which is linked to you and your logo.

The origin icons show on the product blocks in the storefront and in the veg box contents. You can change the origin of a product as often as you like as produce suppliers change throughout the year.

You can attach suppliers to a product under the ‘suppliers’ field. For suppliers to show in the drop down list they need to be set up in product settings first. You can also add multiple suppliers to a product.

Each product can be assigned to a product category that has been created. See our guide on setting up product categories.

A product can be attached to a customer preference group for customers to manage their likes and dislikes. These groups are set up in product settings. Product groups help categorise dislikes for customers to choose in their accounts. You can learn more about this in our customer preferences guide.

If you want a product to be available to add to your box contents in the box builder, ‘available in boxes’ needs to be toggled on. This also releases the ‘boxed options’ which includes the swap settings for the product. You can read more about box contents planning here.

When ‘available in boxes’ is toggled on you can then make the product available to be a ‘swap’ or ‘high value swap’ for our dislike swap automation or for customer chosen swaps. You can learn more about how swaps work in this guide.

At the top of a product page next to ‘save’ is a button that enables and disables the product. When enabled the product is available to do be ordered online and added to veg box contents if the relevant settings are applied.

When the product is disabled it will be removed from the front end website and all subscriptions for the product will be removed from the customers baskets.

You can also delete a product from your admin and product listing by clicking on the trash icon next to a product in the product page as shown below.

To create a Grouped product navigate to the manage products page in your GG admin. Click on the ‘new product’ button in the top right hand corner of the page. Select the product type ‘Grouped product’.

In a Grouped product you can add/change the following information:

Once you have completed the product set up make sure to hit ‘save’ this will create the product.

The product will then be available in products page for you to edit again later if required. You can find all grouped products by clicking on the grouped products tab in manage products.

You can add both a banner image and a thumbnail image to a grouped product. These appear in your storefront website. Banner images appear at the top of the product page in the storefront and sit between the shop navigation links and the product description. The images will be cut to fit the banner dimensions.

Thumbnail images appear in the product category pages on the product block. These images will be cut to fit into the product block image dimensions.

You can then complete adding the different grouped product options. Click ‘add new product’. This will bring down the fields for the option to be completed. You can then add an option name, price, default quantity and stock type.

The ‘option name’ appears in the order dialogue when ‘select’ has been clicked as shown below. It is also shown in the basket of the customer. It’s important to get the naming of the options correct so when shown in these 2 formats it’s clear to the customer what they are ordering.

Product descriptions are an essential field to complete when setting up a product. The product descriptions appear in the page for that product in the store front, this is accessed when the link to the product on the product block is clicked.

Product descriptions are important for the SEO of your website. We recommend filling this out with a relevant short description of the product. There is a character limit of this field is 255 to help you keep things brief.

See our guide on stock management for how to set up stock on a grouped product.

Each product created can have an origin attached to it. There are pre set options that are provided and each origin has a flag/icon to represent it. At the top will be the origin ‘farm’ which is linked to you and your logo.

The origin icons show on the product blocks in the storefront and in the veg box contents. You can change the origin of a product as often as you like as produce suppliers change throughout the year.

You can attach suppliers to a product under the ‘suppliers’ field. For suppliers to show in the drop down list they need to be set up in product settings first. You can also add multiple suppliers to a product.

The total quantity of the product by supplier is summarised in the suppliers fulfilment page. When multiple suppliers are selected, the total quantities in the fulfilment summary show the total for the product in each supplier summary and is not split evenly between the different suppliers.

Each product can be assigned to a product category that has been created. See our guide on setting up product categories.

A product can be attached to a customer preference group for customers to manage their likes and dislikes. These groups are set up in product settings. Product groups help categorise dislikes for customers to choose in their accounts. You can learn more about this in our customer preferences guide.

Grouped products cannot be made available to be added to veg boxes or used as swaps. Create a single product and enable in ‘available in boxes’ to have these available in the box builder.

As mentioned previously grouped products mean the different options added to the product appear separately when they are ordered, this extends to the fulfilment too. The different product options will appear on separate lines with the total units ordered in fulfilment and live baskets data.

At the top of a product page next to ‘save’ is a button that enables and disables the product. When enabled the product is available to do be ordered online and added to veg box contents if the relevant settings are applied.

When the product is disabled it will be removed from the front end website and all subscriptions for the product will be removed from the customers baskets.

You can also delete a product from your admin and product listing by clicking on the trash icon next to a product in the product page as shown below.