> ## Knowledge Base Index > Fetch the complete knowledge base index at: https://help.wescale.ai/sitemap.xml > Use this file to discover available pages before exploring further. > Pure-Markdown content can be obtained by appending a '.md' suffix to the content URLs listed in the sitemap (without the trailing slash). # Managing your products The **Products** tab is where you manage everything after a design has become a store product — reviewing details, publishing, editing, and deleting. It includes both products created by Designs and any existing products already in your store, labeled **Created by WeScale** or **Imported from Shopify**. _A design that hasn't yet reached the "store draft created" stage still lives in **Designs**, not here._ ## Finding products * **Search** by product name — search matches the product's _current_ title, so if a product was recently renamed in Shopify, searching its old name won't find it once the rename syncs to WeScale. * **Filter by status**: All, Live, Draft, Processing, Pending updates, Needs attention — each shows a count. * **Sort** by Newest, Oldest, or Title A–Z. ## Reviewing a product Click a product to open its details drawer — mockups, colors, name, description, and other details. * **Name:** You can edit the name directly in this drawer, next to Colors and Edit placement. * Click any image to enlarge it; use arrow keys or Previous/Next to browse. _Tip: opening a product from the Designs page shows a read-only summary with an "Edit product" link — click that to open the same product here in Products, where changes are actually made._ ## Renaming and deletion sync * If you rename a product in **Shopify**, that change eventually syncs to WeScale (row, drawer, search, sorting) — but it isn't instant. * If you delete a product in **Shopify**, it disappears from Products once WeScale receives that update — and the design it was created from also disappears from your Designs library. **This can't be undone or restored.** If deleted by mistake, you'd need to re-upload the design file to start over — and it may not get the same name back, since a deleted product's name can stay reserved for a period, while a _renamed_ product's old name becomes available again for reuse. --- # Editing Colors and Your Lead Image Each product has a **lead color** — the color used as the main/first image customers see. You can change this, and which colors are included, from the product's drawer in **Products**. ## Changing the lead color Click the star on any eligible mockup to set it as the lead. The current lead is marked with a filled star. * To undo a pending lead change, click the star on whichever color is _currently_ live as the lead — clicking your new selection again won't undo it. * A color without a linked image can't be set as the lead. * For existing Shopify products (not created via Designs), you can set any of their own linked color images as the lead, even colors outside your brand palette — you don't need new mockups just to change the lead image. ## Adding and removing colors Click **Edit** beside Colors to reveal **Add** and **Remove** options for each color. This now works on **every product**, including existing Shopify products that sell colors outside your brand palette. * **Removing a color:** any color currently on sale can be removed, whether or not it's part of your brand's color palette. * **Adding a color:** you can only add colors that are part of your brand's color palette in Settings. * A color you choose to add or remove shows as pending (will be added / will be removed) until you send the update. * Click **Undo** to reverse a pending change before sending it. * **At least one color must always remain** — you can't remove the last one, and this also applies if undoing would leave none. * If you remove the current lead color, you may be prompted to choose a new lead. If **Edit** is disabled, hover to see why — usually because the product needs mockups generated first, or because a color is missing its required product photo. **Important:** Closing the drawer, or clicking **Done**, keeps your pending choices saved — but does **not** send them to Shopify. Only clicking **Update product** actually applies the changes to your store. --- ## 3. Publishing, Updating, and Taking Products Off Sale ### Publishing a draft On a ready draft, click **Publish** — or select multiple drafts and use the selection bar to publish in bulk. If the batch includes existing Shopify products that were already drafts, you'll see a note that they may have been left as drafts intentionally — review before confirming. You can inspect a product in Shopify (**Open in Shopify**) before deciding to Publish or Cancel. If you see **Update permissions**, you'll need to complete a Shopify authorization step before publishing can continue — follow the prompt, and for custom Shopify app connections, you may need to update permissions in the Shopify Dev Dashboard and reconnect. ### Sending pending changes If you've made pending changes (colors, lead image, new mockups) to a product: * **Update product** — sends that one product's pending changes directly. * **Update & publish** (bulk) — opens a confirmation, then sends pending updates _and_ publishes any eligible selected drafts in the same action. The confirmation clearly separates which products will be updated vs. published; **Cancel** leaves everything unstarted. * You can't make further changes or discard pending ones while an update is actively being sent. **Photo replacement policy:** when new mockups are sent to an existing Shopify product, whether an existing photo is kept or replaced depends on which colors it's linked to: | Existing Shopify photo | What happens | | --- | --- | | A photo linked only to colors receiving new mockups | Replaced | | A photo shared with a color not receiving mockups | Kept | | A photo linked to no color | Kept | | A Printify mockup linked to at least one color receiving mockups, or linked to no color | Removed | | A Printify mockup whose linked colors are all outside this update | Kept | Not every custom photo is guaranteed to be preserved — it depends on its specific color links, not just whether you're updating that product. ### Taking a product off sale Select one or more Live products, choose **Set as draft**, and confirm. They come off your storefront immediately but remain in Shopify as drafts — you can publish them again anytime.