I need to select a product with quantity X, each with a possible add-on option of quantity Y.

For example, 2 each of Product at $5.00 each.
Each with 3 of add-on Option A at $1.00 each.
Totaling $16.00

Is this possible?

Hi Rod

Am I thinking correctly that you are meaning product options as in the example below?

http://www.ectdemostore.com/proddetail.php?prod=pc001

A product can have none, one or many options assigned which would then adjust the price of the product added to the cart.

Product options allow for the selection of color, size etc. with price differences shown in real time - choose between drop down menus and radio buttons
Product option selection can swap product image
Dependent product options
Multiple purchase feature for product options
Allow clients to type in their own requirements for a particular product
Product options can have their own product ID

If you have not already you can download the User Manual from here
https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/free_downloads.asp#usermanual

You can also view the User Manual from within your browser
https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/freedownloads/usermanual7-0.pdf

Steve
Bolton Lancashire

Thank you for responding. For the example you linked, I need to be able to purchase 1 computer system with an option to add-on say 1, 2 or more monitors which would add the cost of each monitor to the total system price.

Hi Rod

You could do that by using the Product Options feature as shown in my screenshot below. I think you should get the gist of how it works. Effectively the 2 monitors would up the PC price total by $94, 3 monitors by $178 for whichever the store currency is in



Steve
Bolton Lancashire

Thank you.

@1818charlie - but this method does not reduce the stock number of the monitor products (a defined product that is available for purchase already in the store), does it?
Is there a way to do that?

Hi Fingertech, have you tried the multi purchase option?

https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/product-options.asp



David

Multi-purchase is close to doing what we need.

Either of these (ideally both):
1. https://palmbeachbots.com/products/ready-to-fight-fingertech-viper-vertical-spinner-kits-configurable
Here there is a base product and several sections of dropdowns to "configure the robot" i.e. add different items all at the same time (all of which take from inventory stock)

2. https://palmbeachbots.com/products/fingertech-viper-combat-robot-kit
Here there is a base product and a "Frequent Add-Ons" section to add more items all at the same time (all of which take from inventory stock)

That website is a distributor of ours and he keeps asking me why I don't set our website up that way. :P

Fingertech, why not use the Related Products feature to advertise all those LED Monitor webpages at bottom of the main product page?

Customers can then click to view those webpages. Then "Add to Cart" to order separately however many of those LED Monitors they are interested to buy. A simple and uncomplicated solution.

Gary

We already do that, but it's not the right tool for this job. We could be selling several add-on items all from the same spot on one main product page.
As it is now, customers have to follow links to each of those several pages, back-tracking to the original product to find the next, or open multiple tabs. It creates obstacles to them adding more products to their cart.

I'm not seeing anything at these two links that you cannot do with ect options

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1. https://palmbeachbots.com/products/ready-to-fight-fingertech-viper-vertical-spinner-kits-configurable
Here there is a base product and several sections of dropdowns to "configure the robot" i.e. add different items all at the same time (all of which take from inventory stock)

2. https://palmbeachbots.com/products/fingertech-viper-combat-robot-kit
Here there is a base product and a "Frequent Add-Ons" section to add more items all at the same time (all of which take from inventory stock)

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What part of it are you having trouble with?
You make sure you have the products set to "stock by options" and stock will be removed.

David

I would love to be wrong! :)
How would you set each up?

1. https://palmbeachbots.com/products/ready-to-fight-fingertech-viper-vertical-spinner-kits-configurable
One main product that is added to cart no matter what. Combinations of six other products that can be added at the same time via the three dropdown options. Everything subtracts from the stock of the individual products.
What I've tried: If I create dropdown options in ECT, I have the ability to give them a stock quantity, but that is not linked back to the actual product's quantity. They need to call up the price, weight, and stock quantity from the inventory products.

If you set the product to "stock by options" it will adjust the stock of each option, but I don't think it would remove the stock from the main product, so that may not work for you.

If you setup the options using the ALT-ID I think it would do both, but I don't personally use the ALT-ID for my options, so you just need to test it out.

If that does not do it, then creating a "kit" for each option that includes the main product, and using those as options, should adjust your inventory for both the main product and the option.

Thanks,
David

[quote]I don't think it would remove the stock from the main product, so that may not work for you.[/quote] - Correct, no good.

[quote]If you setup the options using the ALT-ID I think it would do both[/quote] - Not unless there is some undocumented usage of ALT-IDs. They modify the main product's ID, so it can only draw from one single product's inventory.

Hi, no they do not draw from a single product's ID. They allow you to manage each option as a product that is hidden.

https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/product-options.asp

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Alt Prod ID: Version 4.9.0 saw the introduction of this feature and version 5.7.0 a complete overhaul to improve functionality. The alt prod id feature allows you to assign a unique product reference to a product option by either creating a completely new id or modifying the existing product id.

This feature can be particularly useful in combination with stock management as you are able to control the inventory of individual items such as a setting stock on long-sleeved blue shirts rather than on the generic shirt product. It also means that each product id can have its own image associated without having to list them separately on the page.

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I'm just not sure if stock is removed from the main product this way either.
If not, you could add the main product to one of the options, making it mandatory (adding an option that says no thanks and that would be the main product only) using the PAK feature - https://www.ecommercetemplates.com/help/packages-bundles.asp

David

Alt-ID lets you point at a different product based on what options are selected, but still only at one product. We need to add multiple products in one Add-to-Cart click based on several dropdowns.

I've seen the PAK feature but this is not a viable solution. It doesn't actually show on the invoice what items were purchased(!), and there is no way to edit the order since they aren't added to the cart individually. In fact, View Order is the only way to see what is in it, BUT it then looks up what the CURRENT Pak includes, and not what the customer actually ordered (no order history is recorded if you ever change the PAK contents). This makes PAK completely unusable for us.

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I've seen the PAK feature but this is not a viable solution. It doesn't actually show on the invoice what items were purchased(!)

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I can't see any reason why the decision was made to not display the PAK items on the invoice so I've changed that now. If you get a new copy of the v6.1 updater and copy the incorders.php script to your site it should sort this out.

Vince


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Thanks Vince. How much work would it be to change so that instead of having a single product shown like this:
[url]https://www.fingertechrobotics.com/test/PAK%20in%20Admin%20View%20Order.png[/url]
(shown as a single Product ID with many sub-products, that all combine to make a single price)
Can you make it be just like a regular list of purchased products?

Because as it is currently, when you try to edit the order, it's not possible to modify that PAK product:
[url]https://www.fingertechrobotics.com/test/PAK%20in%20Admin%20Edit%20Order.png[/url]

Hi Fingertech

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Thanks Vince. How much work would it be to change so that instead of having a single product shown like this:

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I'm just finishing off some work with PayPal but why not drop me a note to vince AT ecommercetemplates DOT com and we can talk about the details of this.

Vince

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