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Product's "Copy Code" - How Does This Work

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Deb Willis

Jul 11, 2011 @ 12:44 AM

How does the option to Copy an Existing Product by using the existing product's "copy code" work?

1. Support Staff 1 Posted by Eric Wagoner on Jul 11, 2011 @ 12:50 AM

   

   It says this in the instructions, located both on that page and in the grower box on the Your Account page:

   You can also copy existing products in to this category, even products at an
   entirely different locallygrown.net market. First, find the "copy code" for the existing
   product (you'll find it over on the right, under the links), then go to the category you
   want to copy it to and enter the code in the "New Product" form. The code can
   come from a product at another market, and it'll get copied into this one.
   

   Do you want to know more than that? There's not really anything more to it.

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2. 2 Posted by Deb Willis on Jul 13, 2011 @ 12:47 PM

   

   Hi, Eric!

   Thanks for this info.

   When wanting a product to appear under more than one category, is it better to use the copy code or duplicate product function? My primary concern is over-ordering on the quantity available and I don't know if either of those functions allows a countdown on a single inventory number.

   Thanks!

   Deb

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by Eric Wagoner on Jul 13, 2011 @ 01:13 PM

   

   Deb,

   Products can only be in one category. Whether you use the copy code or the duplicate product link (that one will eventually go away), the purpose is to create a different product, such as a different flavor or variety of something you already added. That way you can simply change the name or whatever, without having to retype everything the two have in common.

   If you do put two identical products in two different categories, they will be two products. Their inventory will not be in sync. Even worse, I think it will also train your customers not to trust your category tree in the first place. If you do have products that seem like they could be in two places at once, I'd take that as a sign that you may need to tweak your categories.

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4. Deb Willis closed this discussion on Jul 17, 2011 @ 11:17 PM.