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In Commerce Engine, a product is your core offering—this can be either a tangible item or a service. As an online Reseller (also known as a Service Provider), you re-sell this product. In Commerce Engine, a complete offering consists of three key components:
  1. Product: The item or service being sold.
  2. Billing Plan: The payment structure associated with the product.
  3. Campaign: A discount applied to the product or billing plan.
These components work together to define what you’re offering, how it’s priced, and any discounts that apply. In Commerce Engine, flexibility is key. The product building block allows flexible configuration covering most product options while also minimizing the product catalog by supporting multiple definitions for one product such as multiple languages, currencies, and pricing. The product page is where you define:
  • The pricing: Commerce Engine lets you define fixed pricing in multiple currencies. Alternatively offer a pricing strategy for the product called a rate plan. When the product is sold as part of a subscription, the price offered is based on the locale and relevant currency of the subscriber.
  • Product details: General details relevant to the product such as when is the product available and for how long, when does it become active, its name, and its tax category.
  • A description of the product: The product description can be entered in multiple languages. This same description can then be used in your online store, email notifications or billing statements.
  • Custom data: Custom data defines how a product behaves in different subscription scenarios. Tailor a user’s subscription experience by defining upgrade and downgrade paths, applying a billing plan, and managing free trial logic.
  • Billing frequency: This is optionalinfo suggesting the billing plan (billing schedule) that is best to use with the product. This is not necessarily the billing plan that will be used as part of a subscription involving this product.
Commerce Engine lets you create products from scratch. It also offers a time-cutting capability of duplicating existing products and using them as your template. Change the relevant parameters and unique codes and IDs for a quick turnaround of the product. The Product list page displays your products by ID, Description, Status, Pricing, Created Date, and End Date. You can search for products by any of these key words or click the Show Filters button to refine your search. To keep a list of products, you can export the products to a csv file. Click the Download button and select whether to download the current displayed results only (by default, 10 to a page) or the full result list. Parent topic:Catalog