Overview

E-commerce enables you to sell one-time purchase products alongside subscriptions. Products represent items in your catalog, while SKUs (Stock Keeping Units) represent specific variants with their own pricing and inventory. Orders track customer purchases and fulfillment status.

How It Works

Create products - Define items in your catalog with name, description, and settings
Add SKUs - Create variants with specific attributes, pricing, and inventory
Customers purchase - Orders are created when customers buy SKUs
Fulfill orders - Ship physical products or deliver digital goods

Example: A publisher sells branded merchandise. They create a "Company T-Shirt" product with six SKUs (S/M/L in Red and Blue). Each SKU has its own price and inventory count. When a customer orders, the system creates an order and decrements inventory.

Key Concepts

Concept	Description
Product	A catalog item (e.g., "T-Shirt", "Book", "Mug")
SKU	A specific variant with price and inventory (e.g., "Large Red T-Shirt")
Order	A customer's purchase of one or more SKUs
Inventory	Stock tracking - finite (counted) or infinite (always available)

API Resources

Resource	Description
E-commerce Products	Manage catalog products
SKUs	Manage product variants with pricing and inventory
Orders	Manage customer purchases and fulfillment