djcaseanova Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Is there a tutorial on how to use product options somewhere? I am in the process of starting a new site and need to know how to get these product options to work. The terminology is confusing me. Here's an example of what I want to do. I have a product, say green raw coffee beans as the base product with a base price. I want them to be able to choose if they want them roasted for an additional cost. How do I get that to work? For whatever reason, I am unable to get it figured out so I am starting it over again. Some items may have multiple options needed, but not all products/options will be the same per item. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 There are a few conversations: https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/52080-directions-to-setup-options/ https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/52233-options-tutorial/ https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/51635-product-options/ https://forums.cubecart.com/topic/51613-resolved-options-and-how-to-use-it/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keat Posted September 1, 2017 Share Posted September 1, 2017 (edited) Pretty easy. go to Product Options and create a new group, call it Roast Type Then also in product options, go to attributes and create a new style of roast - call it light roast, assign it to Roast Type with the drop down. Click the little green plus icon and then create your next style (medium), again, click the plus, create another (Heavy), or what ever styles roasts come as. Click save Create your base item - coffeee beans. When coffee beans has been created, you can assign any number of the above attributes to the product, and assign either a final price or an additional price. eg, Beans are £5.00 Light roast can then be either an additional $0.50 or a full total of $5.50 depending on which tick box you use. Medium roast then be either an additional $0.70 or a full total of $5.70 Heavy roast can be either an additional $1.00 or a full total of $6.00 If you then wanted to do something similar with size of beans, you could create a new attribute called size. see my example below of a product with multiple options. Note how my 1000 and 10000 options are absolute price. This is the final price, and not an additional price. Edited September 1, 2017 by keat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixingsfactory Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hi there, I have just been using the product options, the results are a little strange and quite confusing for my customers. Example: I have set up a product which is a bolt. The bolt comes in about 20 sizes. So i have used product options and created one called "bolt size". Then i create my bolt product and proceed to add the bolt sizes in a drop down menu. The problem comes when you view the item on the website, there is no primary price until you open the product. If the customer clicks buy now from the front screen it just adds a product description at a price of £0.00 to the basket? Can anyone shed any light on this please? Thank You Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Please set the options as required. These required options are then assigned to the product. CubeCart will not add a product to the shopping basket until required options (whatever they may be) have been selected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixingsfactory Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Im not sure what you mean? I have setup the options with prices for different sizes. But if the product shows no price in search results and when you click buy now it adds a £0.00 priced product to the basket. Its almost like there should be something that stops the price from showing until the product is open Do i set the primary price at the lowest price bolt? Is that the idea? Or do i set a primary price then add an amount onto the next sizes to make up the correct price? Im very confused! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 CubeCart allows you to do either: set a price differential from the base product price, or set an absolute price regardless of the base product price. When the options were initially created - in admin, Product Options - where the "Bolt Size" option name was created, it is here that you click a box that says this option is required (regardless of what product it has been assigned to). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fixingsfactory Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I am trying to attach a screenshot to show you exactly what i mean but i keep getting error -200 is there any other way to attach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 I do not know what is causing an error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keat Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 Hi FixingsFactory Does your base product "bolt", have a price configured. Find your cheapest bolt, lets say 10mm x 20mm at a selling price of 10p So your bolt base price would be 10p, with the 20mm option as nil. Then each length option would increase incrementally. 30mm could be a fixed price of 15p or an additional 5p. 40mm could be a fixed price of 20p or an additional 10p. etc etc Provided you have the options in the correct order, when a customer chooses the "Buy It Now" option from the front page, he'd be buying a 10mm x 20mm for 10p. Incidentally, both HavenSwift and Semperfi have a plugin available that allows the drop down options to appear on the home page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djcaseanova Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 On 9/1/2017 at 7:17 AM, keat said: Pretty easy. go to Product Options and create a new group, call it Roast Type Then also in product options, go to attributes and create a new style of roast - call it light roast, assign it to Roast Type with the drop down. Click the little green plus icon and then create your next style (medium), again, click the plus, create another (Heavy), or what ever styles roasts come as. Click save Create your base item - coffeee beans. When coffee beans has been created, you can assign any number of the above attributes to the product, and assign either a final price or an additional price. I got this part working. And for the most part it works great. However, can you explain Option Sets? What exactly is an Option set vs. Option Group? I want to be able to assign all the same options to multiple products. When I go to "products" I see there is an "assign option sets".... but I have only created a group apparently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keat Posted September 20, 2017 Share Posted September 20, 2017 (edited) I can't help with sets i'm afraid. Edited September 20, 2017 by keat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh707 Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 Hello, I cannot find a way to set number of stock on different product options, is there a way to do this? Or can you only set number of total stock? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 On the product's Options tab, the table of options has an Options Matrix column. For each option (combination) you wish to track distinct stock levels, check the box. Then click Save & Reload. When the page comes back, there will be an Options Matrix table. Set your stock levels here (as well as other distinctive parameters). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh707 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 So I was able to set my stock levels, the problem now is, it still allows people to buy even if a certain stock variation of the product is 0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Actually having made a purchase? Or "seeming" able to buy because the option (or option combination) is presented to the customer? CubeCart is not coded to dynamically update the remaining options if one chosen option means certain combinations are out of stock. In admin, Store Settings, Stock tab, is "Allow out-of-stock purchases" enabled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havenswift-hosting Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 10 hours ago, bsmither said: CubeCart is not coded to dynamically update the remaining options if one chosen option means certain combinations are out of stock. If you want to be able to do that, then look at @Noodleman plugin https://www.cubecart.com/extensions/plugins/absolute-matrix-option-prices-price-list-hide-out-of-stock-matrix-options Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh707 Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 On 10/26/2020 at 3:52 PM, bsmither said: Actually having made a purchase? Or "seeming" able to buy because the option (or option combination) is presented to the customer? CubeCart is not coded to dynamically update the remaining options if one chosen option means certain combinations are out of stock. In admin, Store Settings, Stock tab, is "Allow out-of-stock purchases" enabled? No, not having made a purchase. I was testing it out in cart and for the options that were not in stock, I was still able to add to cart. and I do not have “Allow out-of-stock purchases” enabled. I guess I will just have to modify my options to 1 set of options and delete those that aren’t in stock, I currently have 2 sets of options colour and size for this particular product, so perhaps I should just combine the 2 option sets together and just have one option set. On 10/27/2020 at 2:00 AM, havenswift-hosting said: If you want to be able to do that, then look at @Noodleman plugin https://www.cubecart.com/extensions/plugins/absolute-matrix-option-prices-price-list-hide-out-of-stock-matrix-options And thanks havenswift, but maybe I will take a look at it another time when I get a bit more cashflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted November 4, 2020 Share Posted November 4, 2020 Can we have a web site to have a look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh707 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Sorry for the late response but here you go http://www.swagmanleather.com.au It’s this page in particular that I have a couple of options and have been having those problems as I mentioned before. https://swagmanleather.com.au/cube/handmade-leather-braided-bracelet-wristband-unisex.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bsmither Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) When I selected Thick Cognac Brown at 7.5", clicking Add to Basket did get me a banner saying the product option is out of stock. Can you give a specific option combo for the product mentioned above that causes you concern? Edited November 17, 2020 by bsmither Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh707 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Oh don’t worry then, it sounds like the problem is solved, before it wasn’t showing out of stock, but now it is. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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