Adding a Commodity Code to a Product Type

Modules>Inventory>Product Type>Add Product Type

Commodity codes are identifiers as to what type of product is being purchased. These codes are developed by a third party in order to provide consistency and are standard across the industry. Commodity codes are associated to certain products and product types in NetForum When a transaction is processed, NetForum will look at the individual product to see if a commodity code has been assigned. If so, this information is sent to the payment processing gateway. If no commodity code has been assigned to the individual product, NetForum will use the commodity code assigned to the product type of the product being purchased.

Commodity codes can be added to a product type at the time of creation or by editing an existing product type.

To add a commodity code to a product type, complete the following steps:

1. Expand the Module Menu and click the Inventory hyperlink.
2. Expand the Product Type group item to view the list of available group item links.

   

3. Click the Add Product Type group item link to add a new product type.

Note: To add a commodity code to an existing product type, use the Find Product Type or List Product Type group item link to locate the Product Type Profile you wish to edit. Click the Edit button on the Product Type Profile page to open the Edit - Product Type pop-up window.

4. Complete the fields as you normally would when adding a product type.
5. Expand the commodity code drop-down menu and select the commodity type to be associated to this product type.

   

6. Click the Save button.The commodity code has been added to the product type and is now visible on the Product Type Profile.

   

Tip: The commodity code you wish to associate to this product type must have created prior to this step, in order to appear in the commodity code drop-down menu.