Introduction

The Product Variants section offers an additional method for store owners to manage products, for example, computers are sold in different colors and suppliers. Both Colour and Supplier are considered as variants of computers.

Product Variants

Figure 1 shows the Product Variants listing page under the admin>Catalog >Product Variants section.

Figure 1 Product Variants listing page

The product variants must be set up individually for each product. They are a great way to offer multiple options to a customer without needing to create many separate but similar products to choose from. There are also many contributions available that make entry of product variants in different ways, especially when there are many variants to add to different products.

• Add/Edit product variant groups

  Figure 2 shows the New Variant Group listing page under the admin>Catalog>Product Variants>New Variant Groups add section.


Figure 2 New Variant Group add listing page

1. Define the name of the variant group. The new variant group will display under the column header of “Variant Groups” in the left dialog box.
2. Select "Save" to implement the action.

• Add/Edit product variants

Figure 3 shows the Supplier listing page under the admin> Catalog>Product Variants>Supplier add section.

Figure 2 Supplier add listing page

1. Define the name of the variant. The new variant will display under the column header of “Entries” in the right dialog box.
2. Select "Save" to implement the action.

• Variants in the back end and front end

After a variant has been set up as described above, it can be added to products, if needed.

1. Select a product under the admin>Catalog>Products.
2. Edit the product, and go to the "Variants" tab. Here, all available variants will be listed, and can then be associated with the product.
3. Once the product is added variants to, it will be modified by them, together with quantity, net price, model and status. Different variants may result in different prices or not

Figure 4 shows the Variants tab of 17" MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A in the Products section and Figure 5 shows variants with this product in the store front.

Figure 4 17" MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A Variants tab listing page

Figure 5 17" MACBOOK PRO MB166LL/A in the Store Front

With products listed in different variants, you can buy any willingly.

• Display entries of a variant group
  To display all variant entries of a variant group, select it and they will display in the right dialog box.
  Refer to the left dialog box operation for the right one.
• Delete variant groups/variants
  Notes:
  When a variant is assigned to certain products, it can’t be deleted here. If you want to delete a variant, you have to make sure no products (under Catalog>Products>Variant tab) are assigned to it first and then turn to this module.
• Refresh the present page
• See Variant Number in the down-right corner
• Hide/Display a column

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