Do you have collections of content, physical or digital products for sale or a subscription service that are purchasable and should be exposed as such in your public facing catalog? We have a toggle for that!
Use Case Information
Ecommerce Items can be displayed in your site catalog, on the public catalog and also within the Catalog widget on the learner dashboard. Your learners will be able to view and access these items directly from the catalog. This is available for subscriptions, products, course collections and a la carte collections.
When configured you can control the following:
- Promote Collections of content
- Promote content Subscription offerings
- Promote physical or digital products such as books
How to Display Ecommerce Items in the Catalog
- From your homepage, select Ecommerce, then Ecommerce Items.
- From here, you can add a brand new Ecommerce item by clicking Add Ecommerce Item.
- You will be prompted to select an Ecommerce Item template to start building from:
- Product
- Collection
- A la carte course collection
- Subscription
- Once the template is selected, you will then be asked to add the item's settings (name, description, image, pricing, etc.).
- You can also modify an existing Ecommerce item by clicking the Actions drop-down next to the item and selecting Edit. This will take you to the item's settings.
- Whether adding a new eCommerce item, or modifying an existing one, you must toggle the "Show In Content Catalog" setting to "Yes".
- Make sure all applicable settings are configured and then click Save.
Learner View- Catalog Widget
Note
When learners click on the item thumbnail from the catalog, they will be taken to the appropriate detail page for that Ecommerce item. If you are interested in monetizing your content at the content level, rather than using an Ecommerce item, please refer to this article.
Tip
You can also customize the "type" of item that will appear in the catalog. Within the item's settings, scroll down to the Type field just beneath the Show in Content Catalog? toggle. As you'll see, the type will default to the type provided byt the system when you have selected its template (i.e. Product Type, Subscritption Type) Alternatively, you can erase the default option and create a new one by typing it in the field and hitting enter.