Creating a Custom Catalog

You use the Catalog Editor module to create custom catalogs. You create a custom catalog when you want to assign custom prices to specific categories in the catalog. For example, if you want to discount items for a specific set of users (such as a premier members), but you want to leave the base catalog intact, you can create a custom catalog. By using custom catalogs you can maintain product and category information in one place and offer products at different prices to different users.

After you create a custom catalog, you use the Catalog Sets module to add the custom catalog you just created to one or more catalog sets, and then you use the Users module to associate the catalog set with those users or organizations whom you want to view the catalog.

Note

• You cannot remove or add new categories and products from or to a custom catalog.

To create a new custom catalog

1. In Catalogs, click Catalog Editor.
   
   
2. In the Catalogs screen, click on the toolbar, and then select New Custom Catalog from the drop-down list.
   
   
3. In the New Custom Catalog dialog box, select the catalog from the drop-down list from which you will create your custom catalog, and then click OK.
   
   
4. In the Custom Catalog – New screen, in the Custom Catalog Properties section, do the following:

   Use this	To do this
   Name	Type a name for the custom catalog.
   Categories	Select the category to which you want apply a custom price.
   Use custom pricing	Select this check box to enable custom pricing.
   Pricing Method	Select one of three pricing methods: Percentage Adjustment. The percentage of the list price that should be charged for a product. Fixed Adjustment. The amount by which the list price is increased or decreased. Set Price. The exact price for the product. For more information about these pricing methods, see Pricing Products.
   Value	Type the value. The value determines the percentage, the adjustment, or the set price that should be applied to the list price, depending on the Pricing Method you selected. For example, if you select Percentage Adjustment and want to set a 10 percent discount, you would type 90. Items in your custom catalog would then sell for 90 percent of the list price.

   
   
5. To save the custom catalog and return to the Catalog screen, click on the toolbar.
   
   
6. In the Catalog Editor screen, the custom catalog is listed under the catalog you used as a base catalog. Click the arrow to the left of the base catalog to view the custom catalog.

Now that you have created a custom catalog, you can add it to one or more catalog sets. For more information about adding catalogs to catalog sets, see Creating a Catalog Set. For information about associating a user with a catalog set, see Adding a User.

See Also

About Catalogs

Creating a Catalog Set

Adding a User

Pricing Products

Pricing a Custom Catalog