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Working with Manufacturers

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Last Updated: February 26, 2009 2:31 PM

Manufacturers provide a way for you to define the manufacturers of the products listed for sale in your Quick Shopping Cart storefront. If you produce your own products, you can create a manufacturer using your company name.

Manufacturers are assigned to products on the Products page.

To Create Manufacturers

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Catalog menu, select Manufacturers.
  5. Enter the name of the manufacturer.
  6. Click Save.

NOTE: Manufacturers are shown in the manufacturers list. You can edit, copy, and delete manufacturers on this page. You can access manufacturer information for specific products on the product page.

To Copy Manufacturers

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Catalog menu, select Manufacturers.
  5. In the Available Manufacturers list, click Copy next to the manufacturer you want to copy.
  6. In the Manufacturer field, edit the manufacturer.
  7. Click Save.

NOTE: The only information associated with manufacturers is the name. Therefore, you may prefer to add a new one, rather than Copy and Edit.

To Edit Manufacturers

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Catalog menu, select Manufacturers.
  5. In the Available Manufacturers list, click Edit next to the manufacturer you want to edit.
  6. In the Manufacturer field, edit the manufacturer.
  7. Click Save.

To Delete Manufacturers

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Catalog menu, select Manufacturers.
  5. In the Available Manufacturers list, click Delete next to the manufacturer you want to remove.
  6. Click OK to confirm.

NOTE: This action removes the manufacturer and makes it unavailable to all products.

To Assign Manufacturers to Products

  1. Log in to your Account Manager.
  2. In the My Products section, click Quick Shopping Cart.
  3. In the Quick Shopping Cart list, click Open next to the Quick Shopping Cart account you want to use.
  4. From the Catalog menu, select Product.
  5. Click the name of the product you want to modify.
  6. On the Product page, from the Manufacturer list, select an existing manufacturer.

    NOTE: Click Add Manufacturer to add a new manufacturer to the system.

  7. Click Save Product.

NOTE: Manufacturer is a required field; select No Manufacturer if you do not want to show the information on the store.