The Merchandising tab provides ways to manage the cross sell and up sell items that are displayed with the current product.
Category: This drop-down list box allows you to choose between "Cross Sells" and "Up Sells". All of the information on the rest of this tab will correspond to whatever is selected in this drop-down.
Show Thumbnails: To view thumbnails for all of the products in the "Manual Associations", "Recommended Products", and "Products Ensembled" with list boxes, select the "Show Thumbnails" check box. The thumbnails will be displayed in the "Thumbnails" column in each list.
Manual Associations: This summary box contains a list of cross sell and up sell items that have been explicitly associated by hand with this product. Manually associated items can be added using the "Add Product" or "Add Ensemble" button (see below). Manually associated items can be removed by selecting the "Remove" icon. They can be activated and deactivated by selecting or deselecting the "Active" checkbox. Inactive products will not be shown as a cross sell or up sell.
Add Product: This button allows you to add a product to the list of manually associated items. A pop-up window will appear when you select this button, allowing you to select the product you want to add.
Add Ensemble: This button allows you to add an ensemble to the list of manually associated items. A pop-up window will appear when you select this button, allowing you to select the ensemble you want to add.
Recommended Products: This summary box lists items that have been purchased most frequently with the current product. To use one of these products as a cross sell or up sell, select the "Assigned" checkbox. The page will refresh and the item will appear in the "Manual Associations" list box. Its "Assigned" checkbox will now also be checked. If an item has its "Assigned" checkbox checked and you wish to remove its association with the current product, locate the item in the "Manual Associations" list box and select the "Remove" icon for in that box for the item. The page will refresh and the item will be removed from the "Manual Associations" listbox and its "Assigned" checkbox will be unchecked. Products that do not have "Assigned" checked will not be used as a cross sell or up sell.
Pull products from the following date range: This drop-down list box contains different time periods that can be used to populate the "Recommended Products" list. Select the time period that you wish to view products from.
Products Ensembled with: This summary box contains a list of products that are included in ensembles with the current product. To use one of these products as a cross sell or up sell, select the "Assigned" checkbox. The page will refresh and the item will appear in the "Manual Associations" list box. Its "Assigned" checkbox will now also be checked. If an item has its "Assigned" checkbox checked and you wish to remove its association with the current product, locate the item in the "Manual Associations" list box and select the "Remove" icon for in that box for the item. The page will refresh and the item will be removed from the "Manual Associations" listbox and its "Assigned" checkbox will be unchecked. Products that do not have "Assigned" checked will not be used as a cross sell or up sell.
Preview (Including Automated Merchandising Selection): This preview pane shows thumbnails all of the items currently selected as cross sells or up sells for the product.