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mainefitness ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 12-March-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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We sell items (for example Hex Dumbbells) that are all the same, except for the size. Each size is a different weight. Can I set the different options to be different weights? I don't want to add each size dumbbell as an individual item, as one picture and description can suffice. Shipping costs vary greatly between a 2 lb dumbbell and a 100 lb dumbbell. Barring assigning separate weights for different options, can I change the shipping costs of products/options individually? Thanks.
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Greg Dinger ![]() Certified ProductCart Developers ![]() ![]() Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238 |
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This was posted earlier this week. Does that help? |
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mainefitness ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 12-March-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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That's a bit different, that's custom shipping prices per SKU, I'm looking for custom weight or shipping for each option on the same item.
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Hamish ![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56 |
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Hi,
Off the top of my head using BTO will do the job. Each individual dumbell could be sub-products of a product "dumbbells" - so they could share an image & description. But each individual dumbbell would have it's own price,weight,SKU which would match your needs. It would also allow you to have tick or number boxes next to each individual dumbell so that the customer could pick any combination they needed on a single page. |
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sdalan ![]() Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: 10-August-2006 Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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You can easily do this using the apparel add-on. When you manage the "sub products" you can specify weight (pounds and ounces) for each one. You can test it out on the Product Cart Demo with Apparel Add-On.
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Hamish ![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56 |
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Hi,
Sdalan is, I'm sure, correct. If it doesn't match exactly what you need then you could take a look at : http://www.greybearddesign.com/productcart/color-size-matrix / - Which was developed by Greg, a V experianced PC developer and active forum member. His add-on means you can keep the matrix view very neat & I think it would match your needs very well. |
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Greg Dinger ![]() Certified ProductCart Developers ![]() ![]() Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238 |
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Interesting idea Hamish, and thanks for the kind words. Not quite sure if the matrix will work for this however. http://www.mainefitness.net/shop/productcart/pc/viewCategori es.asp?idCategory=30 I'd need to know more before proposing my mod as a solution, as much as I would like to see it in further use. But the matrix is not intended to be used in an instance where only one dimension works. sdalan is correct, however, in stating that the Apparel mod supports individual shipping weights per subproduct. Great catch sdalan. mainefitness, am I correct in my belief that these products would only have a single product option, as opposed to a 2-dimensional set of options like color/size on clothing? A revision of the matrix to support a single dimemsion is possible, and would potentially be a great interface for merchants selling products where the shopper would want to select multiple sizes of that same item, such as these weight products. It's just a matter of budget in that case, and whether it's worth it to the merchant to upgrade to the Apparel mod, my mod, plus revisions.
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Hamish ![]() Admin Group ![]() Joined: 12-October-2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 56 |
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Hi Greg,
The apparel add-on is certainly a more economic approach and should suit this site well. It was "purchase quantities for multiple color/size combinations in a single step" that grabbed my attention about your mod. I suspect people buying dumbells often want to buy a variety & gyms would want more than 1 of any particular weight. Wouldn't it work for an n * 1 array? - I know that's a bit of a "cheat" where the second dimension of the array would just be something like "Hex Dumbell" or "Grey". |
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Greg Dinger ![]() Certified ProductCart Developers ![]() ![]() Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238 |
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Done the way you propose the second dimension attribute takes on a name, and that name gets passed to the viewcart.asp product description and beyond. Say you name the 1st option "weight" and the 2nd option "qty". And to be specific here, we are only adding that 2nd option to accomodate the needs of a grid. It needs, as we are discussing, 2 dimensions even if that results in a single column of quantity input form fields. So in this example http://tinyurl.com/4z2w6z we have sizes (weights) down the left, and the qty input boxes adjacent to it. That's great until we get to the viewcart.asp page and we get "Solid Hex Dumbbells (1lb - Qty)" in the product description. The reference to "Qty" looks awful, and will be carried forward throughout the system: order confirmation, checkout, order history, invoice, and so on... I'm open to suggestions. Further ideas on how to overcome that obstacle? |
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mainefitness ![]() Newbie ![]() Joined: 12-March-2008 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 0 |
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We've fixed it! Ok, we took the lazy way out, and charge shipping separately, and calculate it special for each order. At 1-2 orders per month currently, it works for now.
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