Create a product in Product Catalog
Start to build your product catalog by creating a product. Optionally, you can add an image for the product to identify the product in the future quickly. After a product is ready in your catalog, you can also control whether to allow users to add or remove features for a product when creating or amending a subscription.
Add a product to the catalog
Complete the following steps to add a new product to your product catalog:
- Navigate to Products > Product Catalog in the left-hand navigation section.
- Click the Products tab if there are tabs at the top of the page.
- Click Add New Product. A New Product page opens.
- Specify a name for the product and optionally enter a description for it.
- Modify the SKU as necessary, or use the automatically-generated SKU.
- Select a date for the Effective Start Date field. The effective start date is the day your product becomes available, which is when you can begin adding the product to a subscription. The valid value is in MM/DD/YYYY format.
- Select a date for the Effective End Date field.
- For the Category field, select one of the following categories, which is used to organize this product:
- Base Products: The main list of products that you offer.
- Add On Services: This can include setup or consulting fees.
- Miscellaneous Products: This can include delinquent payment charges.
- Click Save.
Add an image for a product
After the product is added to the catalog, complete the following steps to upload an image to identify the product:
- On the Products page, click the product you want to update.
- In the Product Information section, click Edit.
- In the Upload new image field, click Choose File to search for the image you want to upload.
- Select the image, then click Upload. Zuora Billing supports the following image file formats: .jpg, .gif, .png, or .bmp.
- Click Save.
Allow feature changes in subscriptions
For each product, you can control whether to allow your users to add or remove features while creating or amending a subscription. After adding a product to the product catalog, you edit the product to specify this setting.
- If you haven't done so, enable the Feature Specifications setting in the Zuora Billing settings. Otherwise, this setting is not available on the product details page.
- Navigate to the Products page and click the product you want to update. The product details page opens.
- In the Product Information section, click Edit.
- Select the checkbox for the Allow Feature Changes in Subscriptions field to enable feature changes.
- Click Save.
What's next
After the product is ready in your catalog, you can start creating product rate plans and product rate plan charges for the product.