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How do I add a new product in Shopify correctly step by step?

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Written by StageBit Engineering Team
Updated December 2025 1 min readVerified by engineers

Add a new product

  1. Login to your Shopify admin panel.
  2. Click Products from the left menu.
  3. Click the Add product button.
  4. Enter your product name in the Title field.
  5. Add product description explaining what the product is.
  6. Upload clear product images.
  7. Set the product price and compare-at price.
  8. Enter SKU and inventory quantity.
  9. Select whether the product requires shipping.
  10. Add product options like size or color if needed.
  11. Scroll down and choose where the product should be available (Online Store, Facebook, etc).
  12. Click Save.

Duplicate a product

  1. Open an existing product.
  2. Click Duplicate.
  3. Enter a new product name.
  4. Select which details you want to copy.
  5. Choose product status.
  6. Click Duplicate product.

Edit a product

  1. Go to Products.
  2. Open the product you want to update.
  3. Edit price, images, description, inventory, or options.
  4. Click Save.

Preview a product

  1. Open the product.
  2. Click Preview.
  3. Review how the product appears on your store.

Control product visibility

  1. Open the product.
  2. Scroll to the Sales channels section.
  3. Select where you want to sell the product.
  4. Save changes.

Manage product tags

  1. Open the product.
  2. Add tags to help organize products.
  3. Save your changes.

Edit SEO listing

  1. Scroll to Search engine listing.
  2. Edit page title, description, and URL handle.
  3. Click Save.

Archive or delete products

  1. Open the product.
  2. Click Archive to hide the product without deleting.
  3. Click Delete if you want to remove it permanently.

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