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Product variants
What are product variants
Some products (like clothes and shoes) usually come in different sizes and colors. Let's say you have an Adidas T-shirt in blue, red and yellow colours, and moreover, in S, M and L sizes. This means you have 9 product variants of that Adidas T-shirt:
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1. Blue-S |
4. Red-S |
7. Yellow-S |
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2. Blue-M |
5. Red-M |
8. Yellow-M |
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3. Blue-L |
6. Red-L |
9. Yellow-L |
Sometimes the price of a product may vary depending on the product variant. Summer Cart enables you to set up different prices for product variants.
Product variants are an advanced form of product options, because they give more capabilities to the store owner to handle rich product assortment.
Here are some important differences between product options and variants:
PRODUCT VARIANTS |
PRODUCT OPTIONS |
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Product variants can have their own SKUs |
Product options have NO SKUs |
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Product variants can have their own pictures |
Product options have NO pictures |
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Product variants can have their own price |
Product options have price modification |
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Product variants can have their own weight |
Product options have NO weight |
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Product variants can have their own quantity in stock |
Product options have NO quantity in stock |
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A product variant can combine several characteristics Example: Blue-S, Blue-M, Blue-L, etc. |
A product option describes only one characteristic Example: Option Blue, option S, option M, etc. |
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How to use product variants
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There are 2 ways to create product variants, because there are GLOBAL and LOCAL product variants. GLOBAL product variants -
once created, they will be available for all products in your store.
They will be visible in Store Front only if you activate them for the
suitable products. You manage global product variants through Product Options menu. LOCAL product variants - you can create them for one product only. They immediately get visible in the Store Front, for that single product only. You manage local product variants through Products menu. |
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Global Product Variants
>> Open Summer Cart admin panel
>> Go to the Store menu, under 'Products' click on Product options link.
>> Click on 'New option group' button
Global Options - type 'VARIANT'
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Global Product Variants have to be properly assigned to every relevant product.
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Local Product Variants
>> Open Summer Cart admin panel
>> Go to the Store menu, under 'Products' click on Products link.
>> Choose a product, and go to 'Edit product' page
STEP 1: Open 'Options' Tab
Local Options - type 'VARIANT'
STEP 2: Open 'Variants' Tab
Manage Local Product Variants