Product Naming Recommendations

  • Resolved squareflair

    (@squareflair)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hello! I’m working on importing products to woocommerce.

    The client’s internal product spreadsheet has a column for NAME and MODEL.
    Screenshot: https://share.sqr.fr/ToTE4e6

    SEO is of no concern, as this is an account-only product ordering site for dealers.

    I’m wondering if I should MERGE the name and model?

    like: 

    Ford Pickup F150 
Ford Pickup F250 
Ford Pickup F350

    (if NAME=Ford Pickup and MODEL=F150)

    Then in the Sample CSV from woocommerce (image linked below), there’s a SKU column. Would you suggest using maybe the MODEL? SKU needs to be unique, but is there any rhyme/reason to the naming of a SKU?

    Image fragment of Sample CSV from woocommerce: https://share.sqr.fr/AJ9dWBI

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  • Thread Starter squareflair

    (@squareflair)

    I may have found clarity after reading the following post on the woocommerce blog:
    https://woocommerce.com/posts/why-use-skus-woocommerce/

    The customer’s model numbers are already unique, so it makes sense to use the client’s MODEL for the SKU + and keeping the NAME column the same. This way, the client can continue to refer to the MODEL(SKU) in searches, invoices and all internal communication. There’s no reason to confuse things more by using some arbitrary/generated ID, right?

    Plugin Support EtienneP a11n

    (@etiennep)

    Hi there!

    Apologies for the late reply!

    What you wanted to do sounds like a plan, the SKU is something that you can set and needs to make sense for the client and the site admins.

    If they were using an advanced inventory system, then maybe the arbitrary/generated SKU would work, but what you are suggesting to do will also be fine, as long as each product has a unique SKU ??

    Plugin Support EtienneP a11n

    (@etiennep)

    We haven’t heard back from you in a while, so I’m going to mark this as resolved – if you have any further questions, you can start a new thread.

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