How To Add a New Product

Created by Elli Ryan, Modified on Wed, 17 Jul, 2024 at 10:44 AM by Elli Ryan

Adding a new product

  1. Login to samurai
    samurai.newmediaretailer.com 
  2. Select Productsfrom the left side navigation
    1. Select Products from the dropdown that appears
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  3. Click the blue View Products button
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  4. Select the green Add Product button
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  5. Fill in the fields with the data you have available. The required fieldsare the product name and the short description. You'll see those fields have the * next to them. We encourage you to also add the model number and manufacturer if available. 
    1. Wondering where to find this information? We recommend only adding product information directly from the manufacturers website.
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  6. Press the blue Save button when you've added the applicable information.

Categories

  1. To select categories, choose from the available categories in the upper right hand corner.
    1. If the category name is blue, you can click on it to have sub-categories appear. 
    2. When you find category you'd like to select, press the blue +Add button next to the category.
    3. You may choose to have any rental item appear in multiple categories.
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Rental Pricing

  1. In the product pricing field, select the green Use Rental Price Form button
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  2. Add the Rental Price
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  3. Add the Rental Duration (typically 1)
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  4. Select the interval from the Time drop down
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  5. Add any necessary price note (not required)
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  6. Press the blue Create button in order to save the rental rate
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  7. To add multiple rental rates, follow rental pricing steps 1-6. 

Product Photos

  1. Find the product photo on the manufacturer website
    1. You should only upload manufacturer photos or photos taken at your store.

      1. You are responsible for photos uploaded into Samurai, if you do not own the copyrights to a photo, you likely do not have permission to upload it. Photos should not be taken from Google, 3rd party websites or any various website if you do not have permission or copyrights. When you logged into Samurai for the first time you accepted the Social Samurai Terms of Use. 

  2. Save the photo to your desktop. Save the file using a consumer friendly image name.
  3. Press the green Choose Asset button
  4. Drag the image from your desktop into the Drop your image here box. 
    1. You may also click inside this box to have a pop up appear and you can select the photo from there
  5. Press the blue Upload button
  6. Press the blue Add button

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