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Product Variants are best explained using the style / colour / size scenario for a product range. Imagine that product CV149 is a hi-vis safety vest. It's available in several sizes and colours. CV149SMYY is size small, colour yellow. CV149MDYY is size medium, colour yellow. In fact, when you list all the possible colour and size combinations, you might have upwards of 20 SKUs just for this one product. Adding But adding and maintaining 20+ individual products on the web isn't very appealing, though, is it? efficient. That's where Product Variants come in. But instead Instead of putting all 20+ products on the web, you can put one product (the 'master' product) online, and then allow your customers to select from available variants (the 'child' products). This guide will step you through the process of maintaining variants online via the CMS. |
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Now you're ready to set up some variants!
- In the CMS, navigate to Products & Categories → Product Maintenance.
- Search for the required product and click 'Edit'.
- At the bottom of the maintenance page, you'll find a new section labelled 'Master Product'.
- Toggle the 'Is Master Product' setting on. Additional maintenance fields will appear.
- The 'Child Products' section is where you set up the child options for this master product.
- To set up the first child, either search for the product code to be used as the child SKU, or leave blank to use the master code for pricing.
- Enter the Variant name in the first Variant box. The dropdown list will be populated as you type, with data from the
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- Variants we edited in section 2.
- Select the correct option from the list, or enter a new one.
- Next, enter the
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- Variant Value in the corresponding box. Again, the dropdown list will be populated from values in the lookup table. Handy!
- If there is another variant applicable to this product, enter it on the next line, repeating steps 7
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- If there is a third variant dimension available, click the 'Add Variant' button.
- Once all variants have been entered, click 'Add Child Product'.
- The child product will now be listed below, along with options to Remove it, or set it as the Default Child.
- A child product can also be marked inactive if, for example, that particular combination becomes temporarily unavailable. Simply use the 'Active' toggle against the required child product.
- Don't forget to click 'Save' at the top of the maintenance page after adding your child products!
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Product Variant data can also be imported in bulk - especially handy if you're starting from scratch. A guide on importing variants can be found here XXXXXXLINKXXXXXX. |
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