Store Modes

Trade-In Catalog & Product Roles

Decide which products are for sale, for trade-in, or both — once, site-wide.

Run Dual or Net mode and need some products to sell, others to accept as trade-ins, and maybe a few to do both? This page shows how to tag that once — site-wide — so you never have to re-do it when you switch modes.

This applies to the premium Dual and Net store modes. Buyback mode ignores roles entirely (the whole store is a trade-in), so you can skip this page if you're on the free default.

The two roles (sellable / tradeable)#

In Dual and Net modes, every product has two independent roles:

  • Sellable — the product can be bought.
  • Tradeable — the product can be traded in.

A product can be one, the other, or both. You set this once, and it works in both Dual and Net — no re-tagging when you switch modes.

There are two ways to control roles: by category (recommended) or per product. You can mix both.

When to use it#

  • You sell new accessories and buy back used phones → mark accessories sellable, phones tradeable.
  • You're a refurbisher who sells and buys the same models → mark those products as both.
  • You drop new devices into a "we buy these" category and want them accepted for trade-in automatically → use category control.

Best when whole categories share a role — you set it once and new products inherit it automatically.

How to set it up:

  1. Go to Gyta Buyback → Settings → Checkout.
  2. Find Trade-in categories (a multiselect of your product categories).
  3. Select the categories whose products should be offered for trade-in.

Products in those categories — and their sub-categories — are automatically tradeable. Drop a new product into one of those categories later and it becomes a trade-in device automatically. No per-product work.

Trade-in categories setting on the Gyta Buyback Checkout tab

Option 2: per product (Quick Edit & Bulk Edit)#

Use this to override the category default for a specific product.

On the product editor — and in the Products list via Quick Edit and Bulk Edit — there's a Gyta: Buy / Trade-in field with four choices:

  • Store default — follow the categories above.
  • Sell only — sellable, not tradeable.
  • Trade-in only — tradeable, not sellable.
  • Both — sellable and tradeable.

An explicit choice here overrides the category default for that product. Everything left on Store default keeps following your Trade-in categories.

Tip: Need to flip 40 products at once? Select them in the Products list, choose Bulk Edit, and set Gyta: Buy / Trade-in for all of them in one go.

Trade-in devices you also sell#

On the Gyta Buyback → Settings → Checkout tab there's a checkbox: Trade-in devices are also for sale (default off).

  • Off — devices in your trade-in categories are accepted for trade-in but not sold.
  • On — those devices are also purchasable. Turn this on if you're a refurbisher who sells and buys the same models.

This is a shortcut for the common "we buy and resell the same phones" case, so you don't have to mark each one Both by hand.

How each mode uses roles#

The same roles drive different behavior depending on your store mode:

  • Dual: Sellable → an Add to cart button. Tradeable → a Trade in button. Both → both buttons appear.
  • Net: Sellable products are the new items customers buy. Tradeable products appear in the trade-in credit selector (and aren't purchasable unless also sellable).
  • Buyback: Roles are ignored — the whole store is a trade-in.