Create your product catalogue

BillPro products represent the goods and services you offer to your customers. Before you can accept payments or create orders, you'll need to set up at least one product in your catalogue.

BillPro product types

The types of products you can manage will depend on your business model and merchant account.

BillPro supports four types of products:

1. Single Payment Products

   • For one-time purchases
   • Multiple products can be added to one order
   • Payments can be split into instalments

2. Instalment Products

   • For purchases paid over time
   • One product per order
   • Configurable deposit amount and payment schedule
   • If there is no deposit, you can register a card for future payments

3. Subscription Products

   • For recurring billing
   • Fixed price charged periodically
   • Monthly, quarterly, or yearly billing cycles
   • Options to apply fees/discounts to initial payment only

4. Metered Products

   • For usage-based billing
   • Flexible billing based on consumption
   • If there is no initial amount, you can register a card for future payments
   • You can submit or schedule payments of any amount at any time

Key product features

The key product features in BillPro are as follows.

Product Details

• Product name (required)
• Optional merchant product ID to identify the product in searches
• Product descriptions (short and long)
• Product images
• Internal notes (not visible to customers)

Pricing Options

• A base price in your chosen currency with optional automatic conversions
• Optional fees, discounts, and taxes, which you can predefine or customise
• Ability to lock pricing to prevent changes in orders
• Split payments toggle for single-payment and instalment products
• Ability to lock payment configuration, for example, to prevent a single payment for an instalment product

Organisation

• Product groups categorise products
• Product units define increments
• Deactivate products to prevent their use in orders
• Search and filter products by name or merchant product ID.

Getting started with products

Your business type and merchant account determine the product types you can use.

1. Consider how you want to sell your products:

   • Will pricing vary by order? If so, you can leave pricing unlocked.
   • Will payment configuration vary by order? Can customers pay in full and pay in instalments?

2. Organise your product catalogue. See Create product groups and pricing elements.

   • Create product groups for easy filtering.
   • Define units of measurement if needed.
   • Set up common fees, discounts, and taxes.

3. Create your first product. See Create a single payment product.

   • Start with basic product information.
   • Configure pricing and payment options. Add descriptions and images
   • Review and save.

4. Create additional products as needed or edit your first product. Choose from the following options to adjust the product configuration to suit your sales model. See Product configuration explained.

   • Create basic products with minimal information and customise pricing during order creation.
   • Set up detailed products with locked pricing and payment configurations for consistent selling.