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Options

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 "Option" entry-forms. Each Group of Options allows unlimited options. The price, dimensions and weight of the "Options" can either be considered part of the "Product with Options" or could affect the final price, weight and dimensions of its corresponding product. How the price and dimensions of an option is calculated in correspondence with the "Product with Options" is determined by how you fill in the properties of the options. 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 ".

You can have an unlimited number of Options inside any Group of Options. To add a new Option, simply right-click on the Group of Options that you want to add the new option to, and click on "Add".

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.

UPC Code - This is an optional field used for barcode 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.

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 the quantity field).

Description - Enter a description for this option. Click on Edit HTML to edit the description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. 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. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. 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.

Use this Option to Ask Customer a Question -If selected the "Description" field will change to "Question Text", allowing you to ask your customer a question that must be typed into a textarea if this option is selected. For example, you can use this if the option you are adding is something like "Engrave your Product", where the customer must enter the text for engraving. In this case, enter something similar to "Enter Engraving Text" into the Question Text. This is similar to the Ask a Question feature, but instead of on being on the Product level, it is on the Option level (the text field will only be available if this option is selected).

Required - This checkbox can only be selected if you checked the "Use this Option to Ask Customer a Question" checkbox the the left. It makes the textarea question a required fields that the customer must input in order to add the product to the cart.

Unit of Measure - This is a required field. This field represents the unit of the option or the amount of the current option that the customer will be buying at the specified price. This will be displayed on your invoices similarly to $ ___ / Each. This field defaults to Each, but other examples include Box, Dozen, Lb., Foot, Meter, Gallon, Pair and others.

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 file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 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 Option, it is possible to calculate the final price of a Product with Options. It takes into account the prices of the 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 Option because the 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 "Qty Fields" selected and you have selected "Only Use Option's Pricing and Dimensions", you will be forced to enter a price for each 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.

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, with this option selected. The pricing will be based on how many are ordered of this particular option. Just check-mark the box and fill out the table according to the prices per quantity to be ordered similarly to the image below.

Set Incremental Qty - Allows you to define the incremental qty for the price breaks.

Max Qty - Allows you to define the maximum quantity that can be ordered so you can fill out the chart until that qty is reached.

Note: What you enter on the first field (from) of the first row will determine the Minimum Order Qty for this product. If you start the table with a quantity of 6, customers will not be able to order this product unless a minimum quantity of 6 is ordered because as there is no price defined for that quantity.

Show Qty in two Columns - If this option is selected your Qty breaks will be shown in a 2 column format (from and to), along with the price of each qty break next to them, as shown below:

Show Qty in one column - If this option is selected your Qty breaks will be shown in a 1 column format, along with the price of each qty break next to them, as shown below:

Show Qty in one column and use drop-down for Qty Field - If this option is selected your Qty breaks will be shown in a 1 column format, along with the price of each qty break next to them, but will also force your customers to select one of the qty breaks, meaning, your customers will not be able to manually enter the quantity they would like to order of the item, but instead, they will need to select from the list of quantities that are available, as shown below:

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 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 (as if the product and the option were 2 separate products).

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.

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.

If your Group of Options has "Qty Fields" selected and you have selected "Only Use Option's Pricing and Dimensions", you will be forced to enter a weight and dimensions for each option, because the product's weight and dimensions are ignored (not used when customers order it) and are replaced by the Additional Weight and Dimensions entered.

Ask a Question This feature allows you to ask customers questions that must be typed in related to the product they are purchasing, further customizing their order. The question appears in a textarea field within the product page that is to be filled out by the customers if the field pertains to them, or if you choose, can be made a required field. Because a Question is treated as an Option, the Question Properties screen is very similar to the Option Properties screen, varying only in the labels/titles of some of the fields.

Right-Click on the desired Product, and click on Add "Question".

SKU - The SKU Number for this product with this question filled in. Does not need to be unique unless you plan on using the inventory or accounting systems. This will not be displayed to customers.

UPC Code - This is an optional field used for barcode 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.

Question Text - This is the text that will appear and be displayed as your question to the customer.

Additional Description - Larger space for a wider description available for notices or other information of interest to a buyer. Click on Edit HTML to edit the additional description and its format with the WYSIWYG / HTML Editor. 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 question to view its details.

Unit of Measure - This is a required field. This field represents the unit of the question or the amount of the current option (question) that the customer will be buying at the specified price. This will be displayed on your invoices similarly to $ ___ / Each. This field defaults to Each, but other examples include Box, Dozen, Lb., Foot, Meter, Gallon, Pair and others.

Image - Browse for an image for this question. The image will only be displayed to customers if they click on the question to view its details. Images can have a maximum file size of 500kb. That size should be large enough for an image that is up to 1200 pixels wide and in normal-high resolution. The only acceptable image file types are .jpg .jpeg .gif and .png.

Price Variation - Allows you to alter the price of the product if the question is filled in by the customer. By specifying an amount and selecting Add or Subtract in the entry-screen of a Question, it is possible to calculate the final price of a Product with Options. It takes into account the price of the question that the buyers fill in before adding the product to the shopping cart. A floating window with the selected questions' 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.

Set Prices by Order Qty - By enabling this option, you can set a price for this question that is based on the quantity that is added to the shopping cart of this question's parent Product.

Wholesale Price Levels (1 - 5) - Defines 5 different price variations for this question 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 question 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 a question requires additional packaging aside from the Product with Options itself.

Additional Weight - Additional weight of the question. The weight is added to the product's weight when this question is filled and is included for the Shipping Cost Calculation.

Dimensions (LxWxH) - Length, Width and Height are only required when Unattached shipping is selected. They are used to Calculate shipping costs.

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