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Default Product Options - Shopify

  • Product Draft Mode

    • Purpose: Allows products to be manually reviewed in Spark before being pushed to Shopify.
    • Functionality: Sets a draft mode or draft view within Spark, making it possible to review products only within Spark and not on Shopify.

    2. Set Product Status to Draft

    • Purpose: Ensures products are sent to Shopify in draft status for further review.
    • Functionality: When enabled, the product will be sent to Shopify as a draft. You will need to review and activate it before it becomes available on sales channels.

    3. Update Product Cost in Shopify

    • Note: This option is on the site's Custom Settings page, not on Default Product Options.
    • Purpose: Helps determine profit margins by calculating product costs.
    • Functionality: Updates the product cost in Shopify, which is crucial for calculating earnings per product sale.

    4. Use SKU prefix as Shopify SKU

    • Purpose: Ensures SKU consistency by using a specific prefix.
    • Functionality: Uses everything before an underline (_) as the SKU in Shopify. For example, in SKU TYC2-11191_95950, the Shopify SKU would be TYC2-11191. This is useful for stores with prefixed SKUs.

    5. Default Product Collections

    • Purpose: Categorizes products by pulling manual collections from Shopify.
    • Functionality: Imports only manual collections (not automated ones) from Shopify. New manual collections appear after you run Test Connection on the site's Credentials page, and Spark Shipping also refreshes the list automatically every 3 hours. You can also choose Let AI pick the best collection to have Spark Shipping pick a collection for new products.

    6. Default Product Type

    • Purpose: Sets a default categorization for filtering and searching products.
    • Functionality: Uses a default value when the product does not have any other category set.

    7. Add Fitment Data to Shopify Product Description

    • Purpose: Enhances product descriptions with fitment data.
    • Functionality: Adds fitment data from a vendor to the end of the Shopify product description. If no description is provided, fitment data will be the first available content. Use the Fitment prefix (eg: Fits, Fitments) field to change the text shown before the fitment data; if it is left blank, Spark Shipping uses "Fitment:".

    8. Show Fitment Before Product Attributes

    • Purpose: Controls the order of information in product descriptions.
    • Functionality: Toggles the fitment data to appear before product attributes in the description.

    9. Add Fitment Data to Shopify Product Meta Fields

    • Purpose: Stores fitment data in product metafields for better organization and accessibility.
    • Functionality: Automatically adds fitment data to Shopify product meta fields.

    10. Add Fitment Data to Shopify Product Tags

    • Purpose: Improves searchability and categorization.
    • Functionality: Adds fitment data to Shopify product tags for better categorization and search.

    11. Add Product Data Attributes to Product Descriptions

    • Purpose: Enhances product descriptions with detailed attributes.
    • Functionality: Allows additional product data attributes to be included in the product descriptions.

    12. Show Product Data Attributes in a Table

    • Purpose: Provides a structured view of product attributes.
    • Functionality: This feature adds product attributes in a table format within the product description. To compare the differences, test this feature by pushing products with and without this setting.

    13. Add these product attribute values to Shopify product tags

    • Purpose: Utilizes available vendor data for tagging.
    • Functionality: When pushing products, creates product tags from the vendor data you select in this list, if the vendor provides it: Tags, OEM Cross Reference, and the product flags air_freight_prohibited, not_carb_approved, carb_acknowledgement_required, ltl_freight_required, prop_65 and epa.

    14. Add Product Categories to Shopify Product Tags

    • Purpose: Categorizes products using vendor category names.
    • Functionality: Assigns product tags with vendor category names when pushing products.

    15. Send Product Images as Attachments

    • Purpose: Adds images as attachments rather than main product images.
    • Functionality: Sends product images as attachments, which typically won't be shown until the product page is accessed. It's generally recommended to leave this feature off to avoid confusion.

    16. Enable "compare at" price

    • Purpose: Sets a comparison price to show discounts.
    • Functionality: Sets the Shopify compare-at price from the product MSRP when the MSRP is higher than the price, which is useful for displaying discounted prices. If the MSRP is equal, lower or missing, the compare-at price is cleared.

    17. Always set "compare at" price

    • Purpose: Shows a compare-at price even when no useful MSRP is available.
    • Functionality: Sets the compare-at price to the product price when the MSRP is missing or higher than the price. Price automation must be enabled.

    18. Push product category to Shopify (Standard Product Taxonomy)

    • Purpose: Fills in the Shopify product category.
    • Functionality: When pushing products, searches Shopify's standard product taxonomy and sets the product category based on the product's category name.

    19. Product attributes heading

    • Purpose: Labels the attribute list in the description.
    • Functionality: Text displayed before the product attributes in the description (for example "Product features:").