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About Course Merchant
Course Merchant is a shopping cart and e-commerce system capable of integrating with multiple Learning Management Systems (LMS). Course Merchant allows you to manage course bookings via your website. If you are selling e-learning courses, the system automatically registers the learner into Brightspace. If you are selling…
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Categories
A Category is a container for related products. Categories form the basis of the storefront layout. The Categories and their child categories are displayed in a paginated table. Figure: Manage categories and their child categories on the Categories page. The following are column headings: * Category - The name of the…
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Web Site Menu
This is where store templates and site images are managed. Figure: Click the Web Site drop-down menu to manage templates and images. Template A template controls the structure and appearance of a page, email, etc. This controls how the products and categories are laid out and the visual design. It can also determine the…
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Course Merchant FAQ
Q: How do I make a product hidden but still purchasable from a shared link? Products can be hidden from the front-end catalog but still active in the store. They cannot be accessed by browsing the store or searching. This is useful, for example, if you want to have a special product for a partner to sell. To hide a product…
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Products
A product is an item you display in the store. This can be an LMS course or physical goods. Important: The name of this page is different depending on your implementation. If you have a simplified version of Course Merchant, you will see Products in the E-Store dropdown menu. If you have a more complex implementation with…
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E-Store Menu
The E-Store dropdown menu is where Categories, Products, Vouchers and Discounts are managed. Figure: Click E-Store to navigate to pages related to categories, products, vouchers, and discounts. The links in the dropdown menu are documented in depth on separate pages: * Categories - containers for related products. *…
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Store Admin
Course Merchant Store Admin is also known as the Admin UI. You access the store admin page via YourStore.com/storeadmin/. Navigating Store Admin When you first log into the Course Merchant store admin you will see the home page navigation bar. At any point you can click Home to bring you back to this page. Figure: Click…
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Products Backend
A Backend Product represents an individual date or time when a course takes place. A Backend Product isn't displayed within the storefront until it is linked to a Frontend Product. A Backend Product can only link to one Frontend Product, but a Frontend Product can link to multiple Backend Products. Important: The…
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Reports Menu
This is where Course Merchant's built in reporting functions are accessed. Figure: Click the Reports drop-down menu to access Orders and Sales Reports. Orders Course Merchant has three built in orders reports which you can view on the Orders page. You will be presented with the Order List and can select one of the…
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Products Waiting Lists
A product is set up so that when it's out of stock, it gives customers the option to sign up for a waiting list to be notified when it comes back into stock. This is useful when you have limited spaces on a course, for example, because tutors become fully booked, or limited stock of a product. Once you add more stock to…