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The product center is generally the place where products are managed in the backend of e-commerce companies. In terms of the front end, it is the place where merchants display product information to users. It is the data center responsible for product data, orders, and marketing activities. On the back end, the product center is where operators manage and maintain products. Therefore, from the uploading of products to shipping and returns, the entire closed loop is inseparable from the support of the product center. Therefore, the importance of the product center is unquestionable.

This article will describe the design of the commodity center from three major modules.

Before designing the product center module, we first clarify some commonly used keywords in the e-commerce backend, which will help us understand the business.

(1) SPU: (standard Product Unit, that is, standardized product unit), is a set of standardized information. For example: "iphone 8" is an SPU.

(2) SKU: (Stock Keeping Unit), the smallest available unit for inventory control. For example: "iphone8plus256G gold" is a SKU.

(3) Front-end categories (categories): The front-end categories are a function set up to facilitate users to filter and find products. Operations can flexibly adjust the front-end categories according to operational needs, and users can find corresponding products through the front-end categories. When selecting a product, the corresponding product is automatically retrieved from the background category.

(4) Backend Category: It is a classification management function module to facilitate operators to manage product inventory, SKU, and product specification attributes. Backend categories and frontend categories map to each other, and backend categories generally do not change easily.

(5) Attributes: Product attributes are a set of values ??that describe product information. Through these values, we can establish a basic understanding of a product.

Attributes are divided into key attributes, sales attributes, and non-key attributes. Key attributes refer to attributes that can uniquely determine the product and are required. For example, the screen size and model of a mobile phone are key attributes. Sales attributes are special attributes that make up the SKU, or are called "specification attributes", such as the color of the mobile phone and the memory. Non-key attributes refer to other attributes besides key attributes and sales attributes, such as the mobile phone interface type of a mobile phone. Non-key attributes are not necessarily required and can be set according to operational needs.

After understanding the basic terminology of the e-commerce platform, we can create a product center based on the platform's own business needs. There are roughly four basic functions in the backend - add, modify, check, and delete. Therefore, after we understand this basic function, we have a general understanding of the basic functions of the commodity center.

On the basis of understanding this, we need to understand the functional requirements of our platform managers and operators for the product center: we can use a simple use case diagram to draw the functions of the operators, Easy to analyze.

Based on the above use case diagram, the information architecture diagram of the product center can be drawn:

After collecting the company’s business requirements, we can start designing each function:

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Definition: Publishing products is the basic function for operators to enter product data in the platform library. After the published products are approved, they can be directly displayed to consumers at the front desk. On some platforms, the products released by merchants need to be reviewed by the platform. Only after review can it be displayed at the front desk. If platform review is required, the product review status needs to be displayed in the product center after the product is released to facilitate operators to know the status of product review.

What needs to be noted is that the listing and publishing of products need to be distinguished. Some platforms will display them directly on the front desk after they are released, and users can display them directly on the front desk. Some platforms need to publish the products after they have been reviewed. You need to click on the shelf before it can be displayed on the front end. Here you need to design and process it according to your own business needs.

Definition: The product review function is an important measure to ensure product quality and ensure product compliance. The objects of review include products listed by merchants and products self-operated by the platform. The review includes the compliance of the nature of the goods and the standardization of the content. The review includes pre-review of product upload and review after listing.

The results of the pre-review are divided into two types: pass and fail. If the review fails, the reason for failure must be returned, which is convenient for merchants or product publishers to modify. There are two results of post-review, removal from the shelves and no processing. There are few general usage scenarios for post-review. This module focuses on the pre-review of products.

After the product is published and submitted, the product will be displayed in the product center of the platform for review:

There are two types of product review results: one result is failed, and the other is failed. pass.

When the review is passed, it will be in the list of products on sale. When the review is not passed, it will be in the failed status column in the list of products for sale. When the review is not passed, the backend product reviewer needs to enter the reason why the product failed to pass the review. To facilitate modification by merchants. When a product fails to pass the review, the review record of the product must be recorded in the product details. After the product review is completed, the platform should promptly notify the merchant operator to make adjustments based on the review results.

Definition: Product delisting is a function for operators to remove products on sale. If the platform removes merchant products, it needs to explain the reasons for the delisting. The products that are removed from the shelves need to be displayed in a separate area in the product center. If the products are removed from the platform, permissions for this function need to be set, and a second confirmation is required when clicking to remove the products.

Definition: When modifying a product, a modification entry is added to the product list. Frequently used functions can be separated from the product modification page to ensure the efficiency of product operation personnel management. , such as product price modification, sorting modification, etc.

Definition: The functions for operators to maintain and manage product categories, mainly including adding, modifying, moving, and deleting. Check out these five basic functions.

Here we take front-end category management as an example:

Prototype example:

It should be noted that when it comes to deletion of categories, when moving, There are no products listed under the category, otherwise it will affect the display of front-end products.