{"id":6091,"date":"2019-01-31T09:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T09:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/?post_type=article&#038;p=6091"},"modified":"2023-05-30T13:07:24","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T13:07:24","slug":"how-to-add-an-external-product-in-woocommerce","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/articles\/how-to-add-an-external-product-in-woocommerce\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Add an External Product in WooCommerce to Showcase Affiliate Links"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An external product in <a href=\"https:\/\/woocommerce.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">WooCommerce<\/a> is a perfect way to redirect the customers from your site to another one, where they will make a purchase. In case you are an affiliate, you can add the external product to your site and don&#8217;t care about taxes and shipping. Also, learn how to add product variations from <a href=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/woocommerce-variable-product-how-to-create-the-product-variations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this<\/a> tutorial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"creating-external-product\">Creating External Product<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the Administration Panel and navigate to <strong>Products > Add New.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fill in all the necessary fields, and set product categories and tags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gfhfhdzd.png\" alt=\"new product addition in wordpress\">\n\n\n\n<p>In the<strong> Product Data<\/strong> dropdown, select an <strong>External\/Affiliate<\/strong> product option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crocoblock.com\/knowledge-base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/gdfsfsf.png\" alt=\"external \/affiliate product as product data source\">\n\n\n\n<p>New fields will appear immediately underneath. 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The customers should be informed that a purchase will be made on another site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click the <strong>Publish<\/strong> button and view the external product you&#8217;ve just created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you are able to add external products by yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This tutorial will teach you what an external product in WooCommerce is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":"standard","builder-category":[],"article-category":[349,530],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Add an Affiliate Link | Crocoblock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Study the guide explaining how to adjust WooCommerce functionality to add affiliate links or any other external products.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" 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