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This important feature is available from the Shopping
Cart Wizard software to provide maximum functionality
to customers buying products from your E-Commerce
website, as they can customize their products
at your online store during the ordering process.
In order to fully define the different options
to be offered to customers for a Product with
Options, each Group
of Options that is created requires filling
in their corresponding "Default
Option" and "Alternate
Options" entry-forms. Each Group
of Options allows only one (1) Default
Option and as many Alternate Options
as desired. The price,
dimensions and weight of the "Default
Option" are considered to be part of
the "Product with Options" default
configuration. If a buyer selects an "Alternate
Option", it could affect the final price,
weight and dimensions of its corresponding product.
You can use the Options feature to offer
several choices (colors, sizes, etc.) for the
customer to select from before adding the product
to the shopping cart. For example: Color options
such as Gray, Blue, Red, etc. can be created
within a Color "Group of Options".
Default
Option:
The Default Option is the first option
to be displayed in the current Group of Options
for this product. If your Group of Options
has Drop Down or Radio List selected on the Display
Options Using field, the Default Option
will be automatically selected or checked on the
product's ordering page, and the Default Option
cannot contain a Price Variation. Otherwise,
if Check Box is selected, or "Allow customers
to enter a quantity for each option" is checked,
the Default Option will not be automatically
selected on the product's ordering page, and it
can contain a Price Variation.
Instructions on filling
out the screen are below.
Alternate
Option:
An Alternate Option is any other option
that you want to offer under this Group of
Options selection. It may or may not contain
a Price Variation, Weight, or Dimensions,
however, if "Each
Option is considered as a separate product"
is checked on this Group
of Options, the option is considered
to be a product, and so the price, weight, and
dimensions of the parent Product with Options
are all ignored and these fields all become
required for each option.
You can have an unlimited number of Alternate
Options inside any Group of Options.
To add a new Alternate Option, simply
right-click on the Group of Options that
you want to add the new option to, and click on
"Add Alternate Option".
Default
Option / Alternate Option Fields:
SKU
- The SKU Number for this product with
this option selected. Does not need to be unique
unless you plan on using the inventory or accounting
systems. This will only be displayed to customers
if they click on the option to view its details.
Name
- This is the text that will appear
and be displayed as your option (either on the
scroll-down list, radio list, check box, or next
to a quantity field).
Description
- Enter a description for this option.
This field will support general HTML tags
to further enhance the appearance of the text
and is therefore not limited in its number of
characters (see HTML Tags
for more details). This will only be displayed
to customers if they click on the option to view
its details.
Additional Description
- Larger space for a wider description
available for notices or other information of
interest to a buyer. This field will support general
HTML tags to further enhance the appearance of
the text and is therefore not limited in its number
of characters (see HTML
Tags for more details). This will only
be displayed to customers if they click on the
option to view its details.
UPC Code:
This is an optional field used for references
or for possible shopping cart customizations to
integrate a web store with accounting and inventory
programs that are tied to an in-store scanning
device. This is not displayed to your customers.
Image
- Browse for an image for this option.
The image will only be displayed to customers
if they click on the option to view its details.
Images can have a maximum size of 100kb. That
size should be large enough for an image that
is up to 700 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution.
The only acceptable image file types are .jpg
.jpeg .gif and .png.
Price Variation
- By specifying an amount and selecting
Add or Subtract in the entry-screen
of an Alternate Option, it is possible
to calculate the final price of a Product with
Options. It takes into account the prices
of the Alternate Options that the buyers
include before adding the product to the shopping
cart. A floating window with the selected options'
price will automatically appear on the Product's
page when there is a Price Variation
so that customers know the price of the product
as they are ordering it before adding it to the
cart. The Price Variation is disabled
for the Default Option because the Default
Option should have its price included in
the product's price, unless the option is displayed
as a check box or a qty field.
If your Group of Options
has Drop Down or Radio List selected on the Display
Options Using field, the price of the Default
Option is considered to be included as part
of the "Product with Options"
configuration - meaning the product comes with
this option by default, and so this option's price
is the same as the product's. Therefore, you will
not be able to enter a Price Variation
into the screen. Otherwise, if Check Box is selected,
or "Allow customers to enter a quantity for
each option" is checked, you may enter a
Price Variation for this option (because
it is not automatically selected). However, if
the checkmark "Each
Option is considered as a separate product"
is checked on this Group
of Options, you will be forced to enter
a price for each option, including the Default
Option because the product's price is ignored
(not used when customers order it) and is replaced
by the Price Variation entered for the
option itself. This is because the option is considered
to be a separate product, and therefore each option
must have a price.
Set Prices by Order
Qty - By enabling this
option, you can set a price for this option that
is based on the quantity that is added to the
shopping cart of this option's parent Product.
The pricing will not be based on how many are
ordered of this particular option, but on how
many are ordered of the parent Product
that this option is offered in. Just check-mark
the box and fill out the table according to the
prices per quantity to be ordered similarly to
the below image:
Wholesale
Price Levels (1 - 5)
-
Defines 5 different
price variations for this option on your Wholesale
shopping cart. By using the Administration Site's
"Manage -> My Wholesale Customers"
interface, each wholesale customer can be assigned
to one of the five price levels available. Wholesale
customers will then be able to order this product
with this option at their assigned Price Level.
These fields will be disabled if your Wholesale
shopping cart is not activated in the "Wholesale
Options" screen of the Wizard's
"My Company"
section.
Shipping: Attached /
UnAttached
- Specifies if an Alternate Option
requires additional packaging aside from the Product
with Options itself; For example, monitors
shipped separately from computers would be Unattached
and thus calculated separately when shipping.
Please note that UnAttached
does NOT mean that it is shipped in a different
box, simply that it is a separate unit from the
product.
Additional Weight
- Additional weight of the option.
The weight is added to the product's weight when
this option is selected and is included for the
Shipping Cost Calculation. The
Weight is disabled for the Default
Option because the Default Option
should have its weight included in the product's
price, unless the option is displayed as a check
box or a qty field.
If your Group of Options
has Drop Down or Radio List selected on the Display
Options Using field, the weight of the Default
Option is considered to be included as part
of the "Product with Options"
configuration - meaning the product comes with
this option by default, and so this option's weight
is the same as the product's. Therefore, you will
not be able to enter an Additional Weight
into the screen. Otherwise, if Check Box
is selected, or "Allow customers to enter
a quantity for each option" is checked, you
may enter an Additional Weight for this
option (because it is not automatically selected).
However, if the checkmark "Each
Option is considered as a separate product"
is checked on this Group
of Options, you will be forced to enter
a weight for each option, including the Default
Option because the product's weight is ignored
(not used when customers order it) and is replaced
by the Additional Weight entered for
the option itself. This is because the option
is considered to be a separate product, and therefore
each option must have a weight.
Dimensions (LxWxH)
- Length, Width and Height are only
required when UnAttached shipping is selected.
They are used to Calculate shipping costs. The
same rules apply as in the Additional Weight
mentioned above with regards to how your Group
of Options is configured, and when this
field is available, required or optional.
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