Is it possible to create a product from data input in frontend?

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Hi,

I am new to Wix/Editor X - and I might be slightly in over my head, as I have very limited experience with coding. But if you never try, you never learn, right :slight_smile:

So, I really hope you all can help me out a bit with a problem I am facing building a testsite for my startup.
I need to build a site on which users can enter input frontend - which then is turned into a product that can be purchased on the site. I have not been able to find any way to create a product in the store element/app from frontend, only backend and this is not an option for my purpose.

More details:
I need to make a site that can facilitate the following (or at least these are the steps and flows I think I need in order for my setup to work);

  1. The user - let us call her Karen - logs into her personal profile.

  2. From a personale page she can enter data into a form. (Flow from form to collection A)

  3. The data from this form is to be shown to a defined set of members (stores) on their personal pages. (Flow from collection A to a dynamic repeater).

  4. Logged into their personal profile, the store must be able to make a response to the data from collection A. (Responses are entered into a form and stored in collection B).
    AND HERE COMES MY PROBLEM; I need these responses to somehow become products that Karen can purchase.
    Is there a way to make my collection B into a collection of products? Or is there some other solution to this challenge?

Looking forward to your brilliant insights and suggestions.

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Might want to check the Velo API documentation. There is function to createProduct() but it does note to not pass important information from client-site code. There is a Velo forum which may be able to provide more insight on how to do this.

My main questions is without any insight for the flow, I feel it would be easier to have product options and check out in the same flow or perhaps set up a payment option from choices .

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Thank you so much for your response, Roberto.
Unfortunately, it cannot be solved through product options or other variations, as the product will vary complete each time.

But I will look into the links you provided. Hopefully I will find a solution there - or at least get a better understanding of the challenge, so I can consult relevant experts.

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@lena Understood and no worries. I found the knowledge base article that has a bit more of a breakdown of the fields.
https://support.wix.com/en/article/velo-wix-stores-products-collection-fields

While the support team can’t provide assistance in real-time with the code, you can try reaching out and they can forward the request to our Velo team.

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@Rob Thank you so much!