Creating a product
To create a product you need two things: a name and a product type. The product type you choose determines which fields the product has. Every space comes with a default product type called Default, which includes the basic fields to get you started (name, SKU, description, images, price).
You can also create your own product types with custom fields to suit your needs.
It's recommended to review about your product catalog and consider which product types you may need before creating products. Changing types is not currently supported. Learn more about Product Types and Custom Fields.
To create a product:
Go to Products in the main navigation
Select Add
Enter a name and choose a product type
Select Create Product
Lingo opens the new product so you can start filling in its fields. If your space doesn't have a product type yet, you'll be prompted to create one first.
The product editor
Click a product's name to open it. The product page is a single scrolling page made up of a few cards:
Product Info — the product's field values
Options — the variations of your product, like Size or Color
Markets — the regions the product is sold in
Kits — the Kits and Pages where the product appears
Channels — the channels that carry the product
Preview — a storefront-style preview of the product
The Product Info card has two ways to view the product data:
Form view: A form-based view of the product fields. A focused editor for single variant editing.
Table view: A table-based view of the product fields. This is useful for products with many variants which are created using options.
When you make a change, Save and Cancel buttons appear at the top of the page.
Pro tip: Use ⌘S (Mac) or Ctrl+S (Windows) to save your changes
Use the Actions menu to duplicate, archive, or delete the product. See Finding and Managing Products for more.
Adding images and files
Product images and Asset fields link to files in your Assets, so you manage each file once and use it everywhere. You can:
Drag and drop files onto the product to upload and attach them
Use the menu on the image strip to download or remove all images
Right-click an image to swap it for another Asset, replace the file, or remove it from the product
Removing an image from a product doesn't delete it from Lingo. Choose Delete from Lingo if you want to remove the file entirely.
Adding options
If your product comes in user-facing variations that should be managed together — like Color or Size — you can add Options. Adding options automatically generates a variant for every combination, each with its own SKU and the ability to override shared data.
For a deeper look at how this works, see Working with Variants and Options.
Adding markets
Use markets to manage variations in your product across geographic regions. Markets add another dimension to your variants, so the same product can carry different pricing or details per region.
For more, see Managing Markets.
Batch editing products
When you need to update a lot of products at once, open a product type from the Product Types section of the navigation. The type's table view lists every product of that type in a spreadsheet-style editor.
Edit values directly in the table, or select several cells to update them together with the bulk edit bar
Select Add Product to add a new product of this type
Select a row to see a preview of it on the right
Review your changes in the bar at the bottom, then select Save (or Discard All)
If you leave with unsaved changes, Lingo restores them next time you open the table.
Seeing where a product is used
The Kits card lists every Kit and Page the product appears in, and the Channels card lists the channels that carry it. See Adding Products to Kits and Understanding Channels for more.