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Hello,

 

I want to know if Cube Cart has a multi, group, bulk sales option?

 

I have products of the same "kind" in different categories that I want to dicsount if a customer buys multiple items of a different kind. I see that in a single itme you can place a price for buying multiple - well I would like to know if CC can set a price for buying multiple items from a "group"?

 

I want to offer a discount on like items being purchsed. Is thid possible?

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Not currently.

 

I see your solution as: if A, B, and C, then discount.

 

As I write this, I am developing a plugin that will have product X, which manages A, B, and C.

 

The approach for this mod is to create a new product. For example:
Code: CHCK-1
Name: Complete Hair Care Kit
Price: $100.00
Description: This kit contains our custom-made Conditioner, Shampoo, and Mousse.

This product, although "real" to CubeCart, may or may not need to have any stock levels to manage. The plugin will allow you to assign
other "real" products to the kit product:

 

Code: SH-7
Name: Coconut Milk - Shea Butter Shampoo
Price: $35.00
Description: Whatever

Code: Co-5
Name: Private Formulation Conditioner
Price: $35.00
Description: Whatever

Code: Mo-9
Name: Sleek and Shiny Mousse
Price: $35.00
Description: Whatever

If bought separately, the total would be $105.00, but as a kit/bundle product, $100.

The plugin will update the stock levels of the individual kit members when the kit is sold.

There are still a few things to do for the plugin:
* discriminate against the kit members for appropriate taxation (on the product and shipping charges),
* consider a kit as out of stock when any member is out of stock
* deal with any options that the kit members may have
* list the kit members as "options" of the kit product on invoices, emails, order overviews, etc
* other as yet unrealized limitations

The plugin currently uses Chuggy's Additional Product Fields as the base layer of code that this project is developed from.

 

The specific aspect I am currently debugging is the situation where a digital download product is a member of the kit.

 

I have an associate who is testing the plugin on his store.

 

My deadline is Oct 18.

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The moderator might want to move this conversation to General Support. I think it has little to nothing to do with Shipping/Postage.

 

"The specific aspect I am currently debugging is the situation where a digital download product is a member of the kit."

 

The digital product aspect now seems to be working to my satisfaction.

 

Need to consider a kit as out of stock when any member is out of stock.

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"Need to consider a kit as out of stock when any member is out of stock."

 

This seems to be working using CubeCart's stock-checking functions, but requires more testing. I have not built a kit using a member that has options.

 

For now, the kit will have the store owner determine the members, even if there are more than one of any member. That is, choosing quantities of a member, or one from an array of eligible members is not a customer's choice.

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So does this allow me to sell items of similar kinds and have the site auto discount them as a kit or do they have to select the "kit" as a item in the site which "includes" the items in the kit in the sale?

It sounds to me like I have to designate a "kit" that can be sold as an item which includes several items.

 

What I need to do is as follows:

 

Customer selects item A - adds to cart

Customer selects item B - adds to cart

Customer selects item C - adds to cart

Customer selects item D - adds to cart

Customer selects item E - adds to cart

 

Items A, B, and E are all the same "type" of merchandise which also means they are the same price normally

 

I need the web site to identify the similarity and discount the three items as a "buy three and save" type deal.

Does this kit do this or would that have to be done another way? Such as grouping or something? Or can it be done at all at this point and time?

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It sounds to me like I have to designate a "kit" that can be sold as an item which includes several items.

Correct.

 

The Bundle Products plugin is not the solution for you.

 

However, this product might be:

http://www.cubecartforums.org/index.php?showtopic=18337

 

By your requirements, products A, B, and E - effectively - must be in the same category. You will need to discuss with Noodleman whether this mod works only with the product's Master Category, or can it work for any category. If any category, then if A/B/E all have the same low-level category assigned to them as an alternate category, then a discount gets applied. However, the description implies the trigger is on quantity or price - not on the specifics of what in particular is selected.

 

Such as grouping or something? Or can it be done at all at this point and time?
Anything can be done. Whether it can be done using existing hooks is not known at this time.
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