Ecommerce Online Store - Inventory - Manufacturers

Manufacturers are the producers of the products that you sell. You can use Manufacturer branding to help let customers know the quality of the products that you sell in your store.

How to Use the Manufacturer Manager

If you would like to associate your products with the manufacturer, individual manufacturers can be added to the Control Panel.

To add a manufacturer, navigate to the Inventory tab and select Manufacturers.

Manufacturer Name

• Enter the name of the Manufacturer (up to 150 characters).
• When entered, select Create & Edit.

From this new page you can add an image associated with that manufacturer and a description. Alternate text can be entered specific to that Manufacturer's logo, which is visible in certain browsers when you hover over it with a mouse.

Manufacturer Logo

Use this field to add a manufacturer's logo. This logo will be displayed on the detailed product description page above the product image. Click the Image Manager button to open the Image Manager.

How to add a Manufacturer Logo

1. Click the Image Manager button. This will open the Image Manager.

2. Navigate to the desired image on the left by clicking the Browse button.

3. The path to your file will appear in the "Upload a New Image" text box.

4. Select the desired image size or specify a custom image size.

5. Click the Upload button.

6. Your Image will now appear on the right column, which displays all of the images in your /images/logos folder on your site.

7. Select your image and click the Select button at the bottom of the Image Manager. This will close the Image Manager and return you to the Manufacturer Edit page.

Alternate Text

Use this to include explanatory text that will be seen in place of the logo when the logo image cannot be displayed (i.e. the customer has images turned off to make page loading time quicker).

Full Description

Use this text box to add a description of the manufacturer. This description will display to your customers when they look at a product by this manufacturer. You can also add images to your full description.

Once you have completed entering all manufacturer information, click Save, which returns you to the Manufacturers menu with the manufacturers listed.

The Sort Order arrows  allow you to rearrange the order in which the manufacturers display in the Search by Manufacturer module.