Adding name, SKU, category, and tags to your product

Giving your products meaningful names, unique SKUs, clear categories, and descriptive tags helps you stay organized, enhances internal reporting, and makes your offerings easier to find and manage,  both for your team and your Customers.

With this article, you can learn how to add name, SKU, category, and tags to your product from the Details tab of the Product Builder.

Learn more about the Details tab here: Step 1: Setting up the details of your product.

New to the Product Builder? Read the first article in this series for an introduction to the Product feature.

Accessing the features mentioned in this article

Where can I find this feature using the top menu?

• Inventory > Products > Products > Add Product/Add New Product/Edit Product > Details
   

What more do I need to use this feature?

• Admin permissions to manage inventory or restricted permissions to View products and assets and Manage products and assets.
   

Which Checkfront version supports this feature - classic items, classic products, or both?

• Your account must have access to classic products (Inventory > Products), a key feature of our classic products version of Checkfront. This feature is not available for use with classic items (Inventory > Items) in our classic items version. → Learn more about products. 

You can add or edit your product's name. Names are displayed externally on your Customer Booking Page and internally within reports and other tools on the staff side.

Product name character limitations A product name can be a maximum of 250 characters in length.

The SKU is generated for your product automatically when you enter the product name.

You can edit your product's unique identifier (SKU). The name can be any combination of letters or numbers. No other products can use the same SKU.

What is a SKU? A SKU is the unique identifier for a product, e.g., kayakrental2026.

What happens to the SKU when a product is archived? Archiving a product changes the SKU to a random number, e.g., 241656084159. This practice frees up the original SKU for reuse! Archived products can be unarchived without being activated, and can be unarchived while being activated. Unarchived products retain the numbered SKU, which you can easily edit. You can copy archived products, but the number has a random string attached to the SKU on the newly copied product, such as 2201651698148-ojwsxttlc.

You can select, change, or create the category associated with your product. Categories are used externally within the Customer Booking Page and Staff-side reports and tools. Categories determine the organization and presentation of your products.

Do you need help finding the category you're looking for on the list? Open the Category menu, start typing the category's name, and then select it from the list.

You can also create a new category by typing the category name directly into the provided field.

What is a category? A category allows you to group like products on the booking page and for reporting purposes.

Maximum number of products per category It is recommended that a maximum of 50 products be assigned to a category to reduce loading times on the customer-facing booking page.

Managing product categories You can manage your product categories centrally with the Categories list (Inventory > Categories > Products). Learn more here: Introduction to product categories

You can add or change the Tag associated with your product by selecting a tag from the drop-down list.

What is a tag? A tag allows you to identify products further using functionality similar to labels.

Learn about inventory tags Learn more about Inventory Tags: Introduction to inventory tags

Next Steps

In the following article in this series, we will examine the visibility settings for your product.

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