This topic enables you to man­age all the infor­ma­tion related to your shop­ping needs, includ­ing lists of items to buy, prod­ucts you reg­u­larly buy or wish to research for future pur­chase, gifts you want to give, and gifts you have received.

Key fea­tures of the Shop­ping topic

• abil­ity to define shop­ping lists, includ­ing quan­tity, pack­ag­ing, cost, and store
• sup­port for track­ing items on a per-product basis, includ­ing stores, prices, notes, and bookmarks
• sup­port for track­ing items on a per-store basis, includ­ing prod­ucts bought at each store and prices paid
• sup­port for track­ing coupons
• abil­ity to track prod­uct, price, date, and note infor­ma­tion for gifts you give to other peo­ple or gifts you have received
• auto­matic reminders through inte­gra­tion with your device’s Calendar
• auto­matic re-use of infor­ma­tion, such as seller and price for a prod­uct you buy frequently
• touch­points to the Events and Travel + Places topics

Using Shop­ping touchpoints

Touch­points allow rel­e­vant infor­ma­tion to be shared seam­lessly between Shop­ping and the Events and Travel + Places top­ics. Exam­ple: Sup­pose you have a list of sup­plies to buy for a party you are host­ing. The sup­ply list you define in Events is also acces­si­ble from Shop­ping. Or, if you spec­ify items you want to buy for a trip you have defined in Travel + Places, those are also acces­si­ble from Shopping.

How do I use Shopping?

The Shop­ping topic view pro­vides these sections:

• All Shop­ping Items — all items on all shop­ping lists in LifeTopix
• Shop­ping Lists — all shop­ping lists defined in LifeTopix
• Things to Sell — items you wish to sell or have already sold
• Gifts for Oth­ers — items you have given or plan to give to other people
• Gifts Received — items you have been given by other people
• Coupons — touch­point to the Coupons cat­e­gory of the Notes + Files topic
• Con­fig­ure Prod­ucts — all pur­chasable items defined in LifeTopix
• Con­fig­ure Sell­ers — all ven­dors of products

Cat­e­gories are avail­able in these sec­tions. You can cre­ate, mod­ify, hide, or delete cat­e­gories via Life­Topix Settings.

All Shop­ping Items

Tap All Shop­ping Items to go to its view. All shop­ping items on all shop­ping lists are dis­played, along with the total cost of all shop­ping items on all shop­ping lists.

The sort selec­tor at the top of the view allows you to change the order­ing in the view; tap Seller to view all shop­ping items by seller, or tap Cat­e­gory to view all shop­ping items by cat­e­gory. The view selec­tor at the bot­tom of the view allows you to change the con­tents of the view; tap All to view all items, tap Open to view only the unpur­chased items, or tap Bought to view only the items already pur­chased. For each seller, the seller name, total num­ber of shop­ping items, and total cost of shop­ping items for that seller are displayed.

To add items to the All Shop­ping Items list, tap  to add a new item quickly by just spec­i­fy­ing the item’s name, tap  to add a new item with details, or tap to bring up a search win­dow which will let you find exist­ing items quickly. To mark an item pur­chased, tap the empty check box to the left of an item. To mark a pur­chased item as not pur­chased, tap the check mark in the box to the left of an item. To remove an item from the All Shop­ping Items list, tap the item, then tap at the bot­tom of the view.

Shop­ping Lists

Tap Shop­ping Lists to go to its view. Two pre­set shop­ping lists are avail­able: Gro­ceries and House­hold Items. Shop­ping lists you have cre­ated are also listed, includ­ing lists cre­ated as part of an event in the Events topic or a trip in the Travel + Places topic. Shop­ping lists are sorted alpha­bet­i­cally. Event shop­ping lists are named Event: event_title and Travel + Places shop­ping lists are named Trip: trip_title.

To view a shop­ping list, tap it. If you have not added items to the shop­ping list, help appears to get you started. If you have added items to the list, the items on the list are dis­played. The sort selec­tor allows you to change the order­ing in the view; tap Seller to view all shop­ping items by seller, or tap Cat­e­gory to view all shop­ping items by category.

To add items to a shop­ping list, tap the shop­ping list, then tap  to add a new item quickly by just spec­i­fy­ing the item’s name, tap  to add a new item with details, or tap  to bring up a search win­dow which will let you find exist­ing items quickly. To mark an item pur­chased, tap the empty check box to the left of an item. To mark a pur­chased item as not pur­chased, tap the check mark in the box to the left of an item. To remove an item from a shop­ping list, tap the item, then tap  at the bot­tom of the view.

To edit an item in a shop­ping list, tap the item in the Shop­ping Items view and mod­ify the seller, price, unit, or quan­tity as necessary.

To mark an item off a shop­ping list, tap the check­box next to an item. This will add a check­mark to the box and indi­cate that you have acquired the item. (Hint: If you have trou­ble tap­ping the check­box, tap the box and swipe left.) If you leave the Shop­ping List view and then re-enter it, the checked items are moved to the bot­tom of the list.

Things to Sell

Tap Things to Sell to go to its view. All items you wish to sell are dis­played, pre­ceded by the total price of all items for all sell­ers in all categories.

The sort selec­tor at the top of the view allows you to change the order­ing in the view; tap Seller to view all items to sell by seller, or tap Cat­e­gory to view all items to sell by cat­e­gory. The view selec­tor at the bot­tom of the view allows you to change the con­tents of the view; tap All to view all items, tap Open to view only the unsold items, or tap Sold to view only the items already sold. For each seller, the seller name, total num­ber of shop­ping items, and total price of items for that seller are displayed.

To add items to the Things to Sell list, tap  to add a new item quickly by just spec­i­fy­ing the item’s name, tap  to add a new item with details, or tap  to bring up a search win­dow which will let you find exist­ing items quickly. To mark an item sold, tap the empty check box to the left of an item. To mark a sold item as not sold, tap the check mark in the box to the left of an item. To remove an item from the Things to Sell list, tap the item, then tap  at the bot­tom of the view.

Gifts for Others

Tap Gifts for Oth­ers to go to its view. If no gifts for oth­ers are defined, tap  in the title bar to cre­ate one. If there are gifts for oth­ers defined, the Gifts for Oth­ers view shows each gift, sorted by date given. Each gift dis­plays the recip­i­ent, the gift(s), and the date given.

Gifts Received

Tap Gifts Received to go to the its view. If no gifts received are defined, tap  in the title bar to cre­ate one. If gifts received are defined, the Gifts Received view shows each gift, sorted by date received. Each gift dis­plays the per­son who gave you the gift, the gift(s), and the date received.

Coupons

“Coupons” pro­vide you some ben­e­fit for mak­ing cer­tain pur­chases, such as allow­ing you to buy things for less than full price or giv­ing you an item free when you buy some other item. Vouch­ers from Groupon, Liv­ing­So­cial, or other online-coupon sites, paper coupons clipped from your local news­pa­per, and elec­tronic dis­count codes emailed to you from a retailer are all exam­ples of coupons.

Coupons is a touch­point to the Coupons cat­e­gory in the Notes + Files topic. This means that coupons defined here will appear as notes in the Coupons cat­e­gory in the Notes + Files topic. Tap Coupons to go to its view which con­tains the fol­low­ing sections:

If you have not defined any coupons, there are two sec­tions in the Coupons view: All Coupons Notes and Sub­cat­e­gories for Coupons Notes. If you have defined coupons, a third sec­tion at the top of the Coupons view con­tains all coupons defined, includ­ing those defined in the Notes + Files topic. To cre­ate a new coupon, tap Add or .

Coupons are sorted alpha­bet­i­cally by default. Tap Sort to alter­nate between sort­ing coupons by date mod­i­fied, by Date Tag, and alpha­bet­i­cally. Each coupon includes the coupon’s title, its rat­ing, and either its cat­e­gory, update time, or Date Tag, depend­ing on which sort mode is cur­rently active.

Coupons:

• If there are no coupons defined, this sec­tion will con­tain only a but­ton titled Tap to add: Note (Coupons). Tap that but­ton or tap  in the title bar to define a new coupon.
• If there are coupons defined, this sec­tion shows all those coupons, sorted alpha­bet­i­cally by default. Tap Sort to alter­nate between sort­ing coupons by date mod­i­fied (with the most recently mod­i­fied ones first), by Date Tag, and alpha­bet­i­cally by title. Each coupon includes the coupon’s title; its rat­ing; its descrip­tion; and either its cat­e­gory, update time, or Date Tag, depend­ing on which sort mode is cur­rently active. To define a new coupon, tap Add in the sec­tion header or tap  in the title bar. To edit a coupon, tap it, mod­ify the set­tings, and tap Save. To delete a coupon, tap it and then tap  at the bot­tom of the view.

All Coupons Notes: Tap here to view all coupons in all cat­e­gories and subcategories.

Sub­cat­e­gories for Coupons Notes: If you have not cre­ated any sub­cat­e­gories in the Coupons cat­e­gory in the Notes + Files topic, this sec­tion will con­tain only a but­ton titled Tap to add: Cat­e­gory. Tap that but­ton to define a new sub­cat­e­gory in the Coupons cat­e­gory in the Notes + Files topic. If you have cre­ated sub­cat­e­gories in the Coupons cat­e­gory in the Notes + Files topic, this sec­tion shows all of them, sorted alpha­bet­i­cally. Tap Man­age in the sec­tion header to edit, rename, hide or delete the exist­ing sub­cat­e­gories at this level; or tap a sub­cat­e­gory to dis­play the cor­re­spond­ing view for that subcategory.

Con­fig­ure Products

A “prod­uct” is some­thing you acquire from a store, com­pany, or per­son. Milk, video-on-demand movies, cloth­ing, elec­tron­ics, and gar­den tools are all exam­ples of products.

Tap Con­fig­ure Prod­ucts to go to its view which has the fol­low­ing sections:

All Prod­ucts: Tap All Prod­ucts to view all prod­ucts defined within Life­Topix. To add a prod­uct to Life­Topix, tap Add or tap  in the title bar. To mod­ify a prod­uct, tap that prod­uct, make your desired changes, then tap Save. To delete a prod­uct, tap that prod­uct and then tap  at the bot­tom of the view.

Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts: Cat­e­gories are avail­able for use with prod­ucts. You can cre­ate, mod­ify, hide, or delete cat­e­gories via Life­Topix Set­tings or directly from the Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts sec­tion by tap­ping the Man­age but­ton. When a prod­ucts cat­e­gory is deleted, it is com­pletely removed from Life­Topix. When a prod­ucts cat­e­gory is hid­den, it no longer appears in the Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts sec­tion, but it remains defined in Life­Topix and is still avail­able in the cat­e­gory list when you are defin­ing a new prod­uct. Note that prod­ucts cat­e­gories that are in use or serve as touch­points to another topic can­not be deleted or hidden.

To cre­ate a new prod­ucts cat­e­gory, tap Add in the Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts sec­tion toolbar.

To mark a prod­ucts cat­e­gory hid­den, or to mod­ify its name or descrip­tion, tap Man­age in the Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts sec­tion tool­bar, then tap the category’s .

To delete a prod­ucts cat­e­gory, tap Man­age in the Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts sec­tion tool­bar, then tap the category’s . If the cat­e­gory is not in use and it does not serve as a touch­point to another topic, then it can be deleted and  will appear in the bot­tom tool­bar. Tap  to delete the category.

Tap a cat­e­gory in the Cat­e­gories for Prod­ucts sec­tion to go to the prod­ucts view for that cat­e­gory. If there are no prod­ucts and no sub­cat­e­gories defined in that cat­e­gory, help appears in order to get you started. If there are prod­ucts defined in that cat­e­gory, they are all shown in a sec­tion whose behav­ior is described in the All Prod­ucts sec­tion above. If there are sub­cat­e­gories defined in that cat­e­gory, they are all shown in a sec­tion whose behav­ior is described imme­di­ately above.

Con­fig­ure Sellers

A “seller” is a ven­dor, per­son, or store from whom you pur­chase a prod­uct or ser­vice. Your gar­dener, local gro­cery store, Costco, and Star­bucks are all exam­ples of sellers.

Con­fig­ure Sell­ers is a touch­point to the Seller cat­e­gory of Ser­vice Providers in the Peo­ple + Ser­vices topic. Sell­ers defined here appear as ser­vice providers with a cat­e­gory of Seller in the Peo­ple + Ser­vices topic.

Tap Con­fig­ure Sell­ers to go to its view which has the fol­low­ing sections:

Sell­ers: This sec­tion con­tains all the sell­ers from the Seller cat­e­gory of Ser­vice Providers in the Peo­ple + Ser­vices topic. Sell­ers are sorted alpha­bet­i­cally by default. Tap Sort to to alter­nate between sort­ing sell­ers by date mod­i­fied (with the most recently mod­i­fied ones first) and alpha­bet­i­cally. Each seller includes the seller’s title, its rat­ing, its con­tact infor­ma­tion, and either its cat­e­gory or udpate time, depend­ing on which sort mode is cur­rently active. To define a new seller, tap Add in the sec­tion header or tap  in the title bar. To edit a seller, tap it, mod­ify the set­tings, and tap Save. To delete a seller, tap it and then tap  at the bot­tom of the view.

All Seller Ser­vice Providers: Tap All Seller Ser­vice Providers to view all sell­ers defined within the Seller cat­e­gory of Ser­vice Providers in the Peo­ple + Ser­vices topic and all of its sub­cat­e­gories. To define a new seller, tap Add in the sec­tion header or tap  in the title bar. To edit a seller, tap it, mod­ify the set­tings, and tap Save. To delete a seller, tap it and then tap  at the bot­tom of the view.

Sub­cat­e­gories for Seller Ser­vice Providers: Cat­e­gories are avail­able for use with sell­ers. If there are no sub­cat­e­gories for sell­ers defined, this sec­tion will con­tain only the Tap to add: Cat­e­gory but­ton. If there are sub­cat­e­gories for sell­ers defined, you can cre­ate, mod­ify, hide, or delete cat­e­gories via Life­Topix Set­tings or directly from the Sub­cat­e­gories for Seller Ser­vice Providers sec­tion by tap­ping the Man­age but­ton and then tap­ping the category’s . When a sell­ers cat­e­gory is deleted, it is com­pletely removed from Life­Topix. When a sell­ers cat­e­gory is hid­den, it no longer appears in the Sub­cat­e­gories for Seller Ser­vice Providers sec­tion, but it remains defined in Life­Topix and is still avail­able in the cat­e­gory list when you are defin­ing a new seller. Note that sell­ers cat­e­gories that are in use or serve as touch­points to another topic can­not be deleted or hidden.

To delete a sell­ers cat­e­gory, tap Man­age in the Sub­cat­e­gories for Seller Ser­vice Providers sec­tion tool­bar, then tap the category’s . If the cat­e­gory is not in use and it does not serve as a touch­point to another topic, then it can be deleted and  will appear in the bot­tom tool­bar. Tap  to delete the category.

Tap a cat­e­gory in the Sub­cat­e­gories for Seller Ser­vice Providers sec­tion to go to the sell­ers view for that cat­e­gory. If there are no sell­ers and no sub­cat­e­gories defined in that cat­e­gory, help appears in order to get you started. If there are sell­ers defined in that cat­e­gory, they are all shown in a sec­tion whose behav­ior is described in the All Sell­ers sec­tion above. If there are sub­cat­e­gories defined in that cat­e­gory, they are all shown in a sec­tion whose behav­ior is described imme­di­ately above.