Chapter 4. Managing Your Product Catalog

Up to this point, we have focused on configuring the settings for WordPress and the e-Commerce plugin. It's now time to dig into the real meat-and-potatoes of any online store: building a catalog of products to sell.

Adding new products to the catalog is a fairly straightforward process, but there are still a number of options to consider. For instance, how does a T-shirt seller account for different sizes and colors? What about selling a digital versus a physical item? For someone with a large number of items, what elements are available to help organize and categorize them?