Get started with NEXT BASKET - Registration and creating an online store

• Enter your Credentials
• Enter your Store Name
• Choose a Theme

• Successful Registration/Complete Registration process

• Creating Product Categories
• Updating an Existing Category
• Configuring SEO for a category
• Creating Products
• Adding Attributes to a Product
• Design of your online store
• Apps section
• Online store settings
• Configuring payments
• Shipping methods
• Managing Roles in your online store

Step 1: Enter Your Credentials

Here, you can create your personal profile, necessary to create and start an online store. On this registration page, enter a valid email address. Hit Start Free Trial.

Starting the registration process:

Step 2: Enter Your Store Name

1. Fill in your store name. The name you enter will become part of the subdomain of your store's URL. For example, if you choose "sports clothes," the URL will be sports-clothes.nextbasket.shop. You can use only letters, numbers, and hyphens. Beneath the text field for the store name, you will see how your store's URL will appear.

2. Select the store's language.

3. Select the store's currency.

*Choose a business line (optional) and/or skip.

4. Hit "Proceed" to continue to the next step.

 

Step 3: Choose a Theme

This page presents a variety of freely available themes.

1. Choose a theme: browse the available themes and select the one that best suits your products.

Confirm your choice by clicking Select.

 

2. Select a color scheme and confirm by clicking Select Theme.

Click the Next button.

Step 4: Successful Registration

Activate Your Account

You will receive an email from NEXT BASKET confirming your registration at the email address you provided during registration. This confirmation email is valid for 24 hours. If it expires, you will need to repeat the registration process.

Complete the Registration Process

In the Registration fields, enter the following information:

• Password - Make sure your password includes both lowercase and uppercase letters, as well as special characters.
• Repeat the password and submit it.

You will receive an email from NEXT BASKET confirming your successful registration.

To access your newly created online store, click the "Log in to the admin panel" button.

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Creating Product Categories

Go to Catalog > Categories and fill in the fields.

1. Enter the Category Name.

Use the toggle switch Show in shop to determine whether your category will be visible in the online store (it is turned-off by default).

• It is recommended to have an Image for your category. Name your image with an SEO-friendly title and upload it in the corresponding box.
• It is recommended to have an Icon for your category. Name your icon with an SEO-focused name and upload it in the corresponding box.

• Below, you will find a Description field for your category, which you should fill out.
• You can also enter Frequently Asked Questions for your category (this field is not mandatory).
• From the Google Taxonomy list, select the category that best matches the one you are creating.

Click "Save" in the upper right corner of the screen to confirm the creation of the new category.

Updating an existing category

Catalog > Categories

You can always change one or more properties of a category. For example, you can add a question from the "Frequently Asked Questions" section or expand your description.

Updating a category means changing one or more of its settings. To edit a category:

1. Select the category you want to update.

2. Enter the values you want to change, such as the description or adding SEO information.

To confirm the changes you made, click the "Save" button.

 

Configuring SEO for a category

1. Select the category you want to update.

2. Select the next section: SEO.

3. In the newly displayed panel, enter an SEO-friendly title for the category.

4. Directly below it, enter an SEO-friendly description for the category.

5. To confirm the changes, click the "Save" button.

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Creating Products

To create a product, go to Catalog > Products and click "Create Product."

Step 1: General Product Settings

Adding Images to the Product

1. You can upload more than one image.

2. Adding a video to the Product: Please note that the NEXT BASKET platform does not store your video. You can use videos from various video platforms like YouTube. The process consists of several steps:

Under the relevant video, click the "Share" option and select "Embed."

Paste the copied code into the Add Video field.

Adding product values

For each product, you need to provide the following data:

 

• Product Name - enter a descriptive name.
• URL Slug - this will be automatically filled after entering the product name.
• Main Category - choose a category from the ones you've created.
• Additional Categories - optional field. Brand Name - optional field.
• SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) Value, typically a numeric code (optional field).
• Barcode Number - optional field.
• Availability - enter the quantity of products. This field is inactive when the "Unlimited Stock" toggle switch is activated.
• Price per Unit.
• Special Price - intended for discounts, this value replaces the Price. You can automate your promotion by setting a start date (Start Date) and end date (End Date) for the period during which the special price is in effect.
• Weight in kilograms.

Below the described fields, you have several additional settings:

• Fragile - activate this toggle switch to mark the product as fragile.
• Eligible for open and check - activate this toggle switch to indicate that the recipient of the product can open the package upon delivery.
• Show Size Chart - activate this toggle switch to apply the created size charts through the Size Chart app (in the Applications section).

Adding Product description

Below in the section, enter the Short description and Full description. This content is useful for the SEO of your products and for a good user experience.

Attaching Documents to products

In the Attached Documents table, you can add additional documentation for the product, including manuals, legal information, and more. Explore the process further.

Step 2. Adding attributes to a product

The Attributes section allows you to add attributes to the product. If you haven't created attributes yet, you can do so without leaving the Create Product page.

More information about the process of creating attributes.

Step 3. Creating product variants

Creating Variants is useful when you have multiple versions of the same product.

You can add variants while creating your first product. After saving it, the product and its variants will appear as different products in your online store.

Learn how to create a Product Variant.

Step 4. Providing SEO settings

This section allows you to improve the SEO content for a specific product. These settings are not mandatory, but it is recommended to fill them out to make your products more discoverable in online search engines.

To set up SEO for a new product, after entering General Information, go to the SEO section and click the Save button.

For each created product, the entered name, short description, and image (in the General section) will be automatically used for its SEO settings. You can edit the SEO information for a specific product at any time.

Creating attributes

More information on creating product attributes.

Creating product types

Explore the process of creating product types.

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Design of your online store

Through the NEXT BASKET platform, you can easily customize the design of your store.

Creating Banners and Slots

For better marketing campaigns, it is recommended to use banners on your online store. Banners are images and/or text, primarily used for advertising a product or service. They are placed on the home page of the online store. You can easily create and manage them from the Admin panel.

Adding a Banner

In the Admin panel, go to Design > Banners > Create banner.

1. Enter the banner's name. It will only be visible in the Admin Panel.

2. Enter the URL - copy and paste the online address of the page the banner will link to.

3. Enter the Start date (mandatory field).

4. Enter the End date (optional field).

5. Upload the banner images in two sizes:

• for desktop
• for mobile devices (optional)

6. Confirm with the Save button.

To display the banner on your online store, you need to create Slots - locations on your online store's page where you can place banners.

Adding Widgets