Total Products

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Image	Name	Category	Price	Stock	Tags	Actions

Add New Product

Product Name *

Category * Manage in Categories & Tags

Shipping Option(s)

No override selected — this product will use the default shipping group. Manage options in Settings → Payments & Tax.

Stock & Availability

Track Stock for This Product

When enabled, purchases deduct from stock. When disabled, stock is ignored and the product always shows as available.

Current Stock Current quantity available. Deducted automatically when orders are placed.

Min Stock Alert Dashboard warns when stock drops to or below this number.

When Out of Stock

Stop selling (show "Out of Stock") Keep selling (backorder allowed)

Backorder lets customers buy even when stock reaches zero.

Product Images

Up to 6 photos · drag to reorder · first = cover

Click any slot to upload. Drag filled photos to reorder. The first slot is always the cover shown in the store.

SEO & Indexing

Helps Google find and rank your product

Meta Title 0 / 60 50–60 characters recommended. Auto-filled from product name if left blank.

Meta Description 0 / 160 120–160 characters recommended. This text appears in Google search results.

Keywords Comma-separated. Embedded in page code for search engines.

Stock Levels

Edit quantities inline — changes save automatically

	Product	Category	Stock Qty	Global Stock / Per-Size Stock	Min Stock Alert	When Out of Stock	Status

Order ID	Date	Customer	Items	Total	Status	Actions

Bulk Edit Products

Select products below then apply changes globally

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	Product	Category	Price	Tags	Stock

Action

Value

Action

Value

Discount saves original price and sets the new lower price. "Clear sale" restores original price as the current price.

Action

Select Tags

Action

Value

Categories & Subcategories

Drag to reorder · Click name to rename

Add Subcategory

Product Tags

PayFast Integration

Where to find your PayFast credentials

Log in to your PayFast account at payfast.co.za/merchant
Go to Settings → Integration
Your Merchant ID and Merchant Key are shown at the top of that page
Your Passphrase is set under Settings → Security — set one if you haven't already (recommended)
Your Domain is simply the URL of this website, e.g. https://msonline.co.za
Use the Live URL when your site is live, or the Sandbox URL while testing

Live https://www.payfast.co.za/eng/process

Sandbox https://sandbox.payfast.co.za/eng/process

Merchant ID * Found in PayFast → Settings → Integration

Merchant Key * Found in PayFast → Settings → Integration

Passphrase Set in PayFast → Settings → Security. Used to sign payment requests securely. Leave blank if not set.

Your Website Domain The full URL of your store with no trailing slash. Must match what you registered in PayFast.

PayFast URL * Use Sandbox while testing, switch to Live when your store goes live.

Return URL (successful payment) Where PayFast sends the customer after a successful payment. Use: order-status.html?status=success

Cancel URL (cancelled or failed payment) Where PayFast sends the customer if they cancel or payment fails. Use: order-status.html?status=cancel

ITN Notify URL (optional) PayFast will POST payment confirmations here. Only needed if you have a backend server.

Sandbox testing credentials Use Merchant ID 10000100 and Key 46f0cd694581a with the Sandbox URL to test payments without real money.

Tax Settings

Tax Name Displayed on cart and checkout, e.g. "VAT", "GST", "Sales Tax".

Tax Rate (%) South African VAT is 15%. Leave blank to disable tax.

Tax Handling

Prices already include tax (tax-inclusive) Add tax on top of price at checkout (tax-exclusive)

Tax-inclusive: R100 price displayed and charged. Tax is extracted (R100 ÷ 1.15 = R86.96 + R13.04 VAT).
Tax-exclusive: R100 price shown, R115 charged at checkout (R100 + 15% VAT added).

Show Tax Breakdown Show tax amount separately in the cart (e.g. "VAT included: R13.04")

Manual EFT / Bank Transfer

When enabled, customers can choose to pay via direct bank transfer at checkout. Enter your banking details below — they will be shown to the customer after they place their order.

Enable EFT Show "Manual EFT" as a payment option at checkout.

Shipping Options

Edit any field directly. Toggle "Default" on more than one option to create a default shipping group.

Free Delivery Threshold

Automatically removes shipping cost when cart subtotal reaches this amount. Also updates the promo banner.

Enable

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Banner text preview: Free delivery on orders over R1500 · South Africa wide

Option Name

Rate (ZAR)

Estimated Delivery

Courier (optional)

Email (cPanel SMTP)

All order & notification emails are sent directly from your cPanel mail server

In cPanel → Email Accounts, create a mailbox such as noreply@msonline.co.za, then click Connect Devices next to it to find the exact host, port and security settings below. Emails are sent directly by the PHP API on your server — no third-party email service is used.

From Name Displayed as the sender name in the customer's inbox.

From Email Address The cPanel mailbox emails will be sent from.

SMTP Host Usually mail.yourdomain.co.za — shown under Connect Devices in cPanel.

SMTP Port 465 for SSL, or 587 for TLS.

Encryption Match whatever cPanel shows under Connect Devices.

SMTP Username Usually the same as the full email address.

SMTP Password The cPanel mailbox password. Leave blank to keep current password.

Admin Notifications

Sent automatically via your cPanel mailbox

These emails are sent automatically in the background from your server using the SMTP details configured in the Email tab. No action is required on your part when an event triggers.

Admin Email Addresses (comma-separated) All notification emails will be sent to these addresses. Add multiple separated by commas.

Notify me when…

New Order Placed & Paid Triggered when a customer completes payment and lands on the thank-you page

Order Status Changed Triggered when you update an order to Confirmed, Shipped, Completed, or Cancelled

Low Stock Alert Triggered when a product's stock drops to or below its low-stock threshold

Out of Stock Alert Triggered when a product's stock reaches zero

Recent Notification Log

Admin Logins

Admin and staff logins are managed under Users in the sidebar. Create a user with the Admin role for full access.

Clients

Manage your customers, subscribers and send targeted email campaigns.

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Admin Users

Staff accounts with access limited to specific sections.

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Recent Products

Quick Actions

All Products

Add New Product

Stock & Availability

Product Images

SEO & Indexing

Stock Levels

Order Detail

Bulk Edit Products

Categories & Subcategories

Product Tags

PayFast Integration

Where to find your PayFast credentials

Tax Settings

Manual EFT / Bank Transfer

Shipping Options

Email (cPanel SMTP)

Admin Notifications

Admin Logins

Clients

Registered Customers

Marketing Subscribers

All Email Contacts

Send Email to Clients

Admin Users

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