Product/Section Management

  1. We recommend using your own product photography. It’s an excellent idea because:

    • Your own photography is unique and original which no one has seen before
    • Professionally photographed images grab attention – customers are more likely to order products with eye-catching images rather than those without images.

       

      However, if you’re in a rush to go live without product images, don’t worry. You can do either of the following:

      Use stock images downloaded from Shutterstock, Freepik or any other website that offers license-free images. Many of them are downloadable for free or at affordable prices

      OR

      Upload your brand logo in place of the missing product images until they’re available.

     

For now, you can upload one image per product, but don’t worry – we’re working on introducing the option of uploading multiple images for each product.

  1. Login to your account on the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. In the side menu, click on ‘Product Catalogue’
  3. Click on ‘Sections Management’
  4. Click on the ‘Add Section’ button
  5. Fill in the applicable fields
  6. Upload an image
  7. Click on the ‘ Save Changes’ button
  8. In the side menu, click on ‘Product Catalogue’
  9. Click on ‘Items Management’
  10. Click on the ‘Add item’ button
  11. Fill in the applicable fields
  12. Upload an image
  13. Click on the ‘ Save Changes’ button
  1. Login to your account on the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. In the side menu, click on ‘Product Catalogue’
  3. Click on ‘Items Management’
  4. Go to the product you want to update the price of, and click the Edit (pencil) icon.
  5. In the ‘Price’ field, enter the price of the product in numerics e.g. 250
  6. Click on ‘Save’
  1. Login to your account on the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. In the side menu, click on ‘Product Catalogue’
  3. Click on ‘Items Management’
  4. Click on the ‘Add Items’ button
  5. In the pop-up box, fill in the applicable fields
  6. Click on the ‘ Save Changes’ button

You can set the visibility timings of a new or existing category with the steps below:

    1. Login to your account on the Blink Merchant Portal
    2. In the side menu, click on Product Catalogue > Sections Management
    3. Click on the Edit (pencil) icon of the section you want to assign timings to
    4. Select start and end visibility timings in the ‘Available from’ and ‘Available to’ fields
    5. Checkmark the days on which you want the section/category to be visible (if selected days apply)
    6. Click on ‘Save Changes’

The Bulk Category Import feature is available in the Supermarket theme. It allows you to import products/items in bulk to an existing category (live or disabled)

  1. Login to your account on the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. In the side menu, go to Product Catalogue > Category Management
  3. Click on Bulk category import > Choose File
  4. Select the file to be imported from your device*
  5. Click on the ‘Import’ button

Note: If you don’t have the import file, repeat steps 2-4, and click on ‘Download Format’ to download a blank Excel template of the file. Fill in the columns, and save it.

The Bulk Items Edit option allows you to update one or more fields of existing items i.e. product name, price, availability, etc quickly and easily through a single bulk upload/import rather than manually updating one item at a time.

    1. Login to your account on the Blink Merchant Portal
    2. In the side menu, click on Product Catalogue > Items Management
    3. Click on Bulk Items Edit > Choose file, and select the file you want to import, ensuring that it is in the same file format that it was downloaded in i.e. Microsoft Excel xls.
    4. Click on the ‘Import’ button

  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. Go to Product Catalogue > Sections Management / Items Management (whichever applies)
  3. Click on the Edit (pencil) icon of the section/item you want to reposition
  4. In the ‘Priority’ field of the pop-up box, enter the position number*
  5. Click on ‘Save changes’

Changing the placement of banners

  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. Go to Settings > In-app/Web Banners
  3. Click on the Edit (pencil) icon of the banner you want to reposition
  4. In the ‘Priority’ field of the ‘Edit Banner’ page, enter the position number*
  5. Click on ‘Update’

*The section/item with the highest priority number is placed at the beginning/top.

  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. Go to Settings > Master Settings
  3. Scroll down to ‘Branch Settings’, and click on Step 2
  4. In the Tax Percentage field, enter the tax rate without a % sign i.e. 10
  5. Click on ‘Save Branch Settings
  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. Go to Product Catalogue > Branch-Wise Toggle
  3. Click on the ‘Subcategory Toggle’ button
  4. Click on the toggle switch to change the subcategory’s status to ‘Not Available’
  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. Go to Product Catalogue > Items Management
  3. Click on the Edit (pencil) icon that corresponds to the item you wish to edit
  4. In the ‘Available’ field, click on the toggle switch to change the item’s status to ‘Unavailable’ / ‘Available

Banners can be linked to any active item/product. The option to land banners on categories/sections will be introduced soon.

  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  2. Go to Settings > In-App/Web Banners
  3. In the Action column, click on the ‘Edit Banner’ button
  4. In the Link with item field, select a product from the dropdown list
  5. Click on the Update button
  1. Login to the Blink Merchant Portal
  1. Go to Product Catalogue > Items Management
  2. Click on the ‘Bulk Items Edit’ button
  3. Click on the ‘Download format’ button
  4. Edit the fields as necessary, and save the file in .xlsx format
  5. On the merchant portal, go back to Product Catalogue > Items Management
  6. Click on the ‘Bulk Items Import’ button
  7. In the popup box, select a section from the dropdown list.
  8. Locate the edited product file on your device, and click on the ‘Import’ button
Download the format, write down the barcodes and their respective prices and then download it again to your system.

One image can be uploaded for each product.