Table Product refers to a service that offers online booking for restaurants and cafes. This enables customers to make reservations for tables at restaurants online. Table product allows customers to browse available time slots, select a desired date and time, specify the number of guests, and reserve a table at the restaurant of their choice.
Creating a Table Product
To create a Table Product:
- Go to Commerce > Products on the Dashboard.
- Click + New Product.
- Select the corresponding product type (see Product Types).
- Provide the requested information in the Details section:
- Indicate the product name to be displayed to customers.
- A unique alphanumeric code (Stock Keeping Unit) is automatically generated according to the product name. Each variant of the product has its own unique SKU. This enables you to differentiate between products and effectively manage inventory. You can edit the SKU code according to your preferences.
- Enter a detailed product description displayed to customers or click Generate with AI.
Note: The text is generated based on the title and keywords provided in the description field. - Select the product category from the available list (see Product Categories) or create a new category on the table product creation page.
To do so, enter the category name in the Category field and click New Category displayed below the field.
Note: To make the category default, tick the star icon next to the corresponding category. The default category name is generated in the product URL. If no category is set as default, the first one is applied as a default category.
- Select the product brand (see Product Fields) or create a new brand. To do so, enter the brand name in the Brand field and click Create new attribute option displayed below the field.
- Indicate the product price.
- Indicate the product compared price, if necessary. The compared price refers to the regular price of the product used as a reference to highlight the price reduction.
- Indicate the total amount at which you produced, purchased, or obtained the product before any additional expenses or profit margins were added.
- Activate/deactivate Product Visibility to display/hide the corresponding product.
Note: The hidden product is not visible on the category page and in the product list. But it is visible when accessed through the URL generated in the SEO section.
5. Add product images to the Media section:
- Click + Upload and select the corresponding image from the computer.
- Click the settings icon on the image, enter the image title, description, and ALT name in the popup that opens, then click Save.
Tip:
- To make the product image default, tick the star icon on the image. The default image is displayed first on your product page. If no image is set as default, the first uploaded image will be displayed instead.
- To reorder the images, click and hold the uploaded image, then move it to the desired position. The images will be displayed in the same order in public mode.
- To remove the image, click the delete icon.
6. Provide the requested information in the Booking Info section:
- Enter the address of the restaurant.
- Activate Available Every Week if the table reservation is available every day of the week.
- Indicate the start and end date/time for table reservation availability if the table reservation is restricted.
- Select from the respective drop-down list how the table can be reserved per guest or table.
- Indicate the number of allowed guests per table if the Table option is selected in the Charged Per field.
- Indicate the number of total guests allowed if the Guest option is selected in the Charged Per field.
- Indicate the maximum number of guests that the restaurant can accommodate.
- Indicate the duration of the table reservation.
- Indicate the break time for the table reservation.
- Specify the time before which the customers are not allowed to make reservations in the Prevent Scheduling Before field. This ensures that customers cannot book a table too close to the current time, providing the restaurant with adequate time to set up the table, prepare the kitchen for the upcoming order, and ensure a smooth transition between reservations.
- Activate Same Slot All Days to offer the same reservation time slot across all days of the week. This provides a consistent option for customers to book a table at the same time on any day they choose. For example, if your restaurant has the Same Slot All Days setting for a dinner reservation at 7:00 PM, it means that customers can book a table for dinner at 7:00 PM on any day of the week.
- Indicate the start and end times for a table reservation.
- Click Add Slot + to add a new time slot.
If Same Slot All Days is deactivated, select the corresponding day of the week and indicate the start and end time during which the table is available for reservation.
7. Provide the requested information in the Linked Products section, if necessary:
- Select the corresponding items from the drop-down list related to the table product. These products are displayed as a suggestion to the customer during the purchase. They are related to the main purchase and can be beneficial for the customer.
- Select the corresponding items from the drop-down list that are more expensive or are а higher versions of the current item. These items are displayed as a suggestion to a customer during the purchase.
- Select the corresponding items from the drop-down list that are related to the table product and might interest the customer.
- Tick Show selected products as related if you want the newly created table product to be displayed as a suggestion to the selected as cross-selling, upselling, and related products.
8. Provide the information requested in the SEO section:
- Modify auto-generated page title, if necessary.
- Enter the meta description for the product, if necessary.
- Modify the auto-generated URL alias, if necessary.
- Tick the Create a URL redirect checkbox to make the product page available under the updated URL.
Note: If you untick the Create a URL redirect checkbox, customers will be directed to the 404 page. - Activate the Include in Sitemap toggle if you want the product page to be added to your sitemap.
- Select Robots Tag from the respective drop-down list to control how search engines index the product page by search engines and follow the links on them.
- Add a social media image of your product that will be displayed when you share a link to your product page on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and others.
To do so:- Click + Upload and select the corresponding image from the computer.
- Click the settings icon on the image, enter the image title, description, and ALT name in the popup that opens, then click Save.
Note: If no image is uploaded, the product or category main image will be applied by default.
9. Click Save.
If your website is available in multiple languages, select the corresponding language from the language drop-down list (see Settings > Languages) and enter product-related information in the selected language.
Setting the Table Product Status
To set the product status, select the corresponding status from the right-side drop-down list.
The following options are available:
- Draft - the product is not visible to the customers.
- Active - the product is visible to the customers.
Duplicating the Table Product
You can duplicate the created product if you want to create a new table product based on the existing one. To do so, click Duplicate on the right side of the corresponding product page or select the product from the list, click the Dotted Menu, and select Duplicate.
Note: You can indicate whether the customer can purchase the product as a guest or registered user (see Settings > Checkouts).
Once you have created a table product, you need to add and configure the corresponding widgets in the Visual Editor to display the table product on your website (see Ecommerce Product List Widget, Ecommerce Product Filter Widget, Product Common Widgets, and Table Product Widgets).
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