pricing Product Options

[jerseyjoe]

I'm having a problem with the product options pricing system. Either I don't understand how to configure it, or it is not properly designed to start with.

Take a look at:

http://www.wendycostastudio.com/store/inde...od&productId=14

Note that the system will not let me set the price for each item individually. I must set the price for the lowest item and then show the larger items as a "+" of that base price.

As I see the world of online shopping, I should be able to set the drop down to read:

* 4 by 4 in - $14.00

* 6 by 6 in - $22.00

* 8 by 8 in - $30.00

Is this just my usual lack of comprehenson - and the system can do what I am asaking for - or is it really this limited?

And if it is limited, what can be done to fix it?

I have a customer who is balking at completing the whole damn project over this issue - and I must say I agree with her that it can't be this way.

[kinetic]

this how most online stores do their product options the base product price then any options are + or - a or no change in price

this is how cubecart works as well

Base price then + or - the options prce

widget $10

widget w/ sleeve +$2

widget w/ 2 sleeves +$4

Blue widgets no change

red widgets no change

blue widgets /w sleeve +#2

so a widget with 2 sleeves will equal $14

$10+ $4

you get the idea

this isnt broke or limited in anyway as this is the way most online stores do it whether you realize it or not

a product option is just that an option to a base product whether it be color size or an addon

cubecarts method of creating product options is quite slick as a matter of fact

for your example this is how I would set up the products

Price for 4x4 $14.00

* 4 by 4 in (N/C) total $14

* 6 by 6 in + $8.00 total $22

* 8 by 8 in + $16.00 total $30

[jerseyjoe]

I appreciate the response, but if you looked at the link in my previous message, you'll see that is what I aleady have - and what is not wanted.

That system is not what I would call user-friendly. Why should a customer be required to do mental addition when placing an order? The whole point of online ordering is to facilitate placing an order by making every step simple and explicit. Requiring mental calculations is definitely neither.

It does not make sense when a straightforward dropdown list that prices each item completely, without requiring the customer to add anything, is the most user-friendly method.

Where on the web (other than in CC) are you seeing this method?

[jerseyjoe]

this how most online stores do their product options the base product price then any options are + or - a or no change in price

Can you offer links to online shopping carts that do this other than CC and those others derived from Osc?

Thanks

[kinetic]

www.tigerdirect.com

and my own cafepress store

http://www.cafepress.com/sonicpixels.7037459

thinkgeek.com as well

almost every place Ive shopped online does their product options this way

as for a customer having to do math its a simple thing really

base price + the upcharge or - the down charge or no change

my suggestion for you is to make your different "options" seprate products...

[Guest magyver]

They are seprate products.

It is not a 4x4 with options etc.

Just list the 3 products under the same cat. that way they can buy.

2 - 4x4

1 - 6x6

8 - 8x8

would be easier for client purchases and straight forward