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Managing Product Variants

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Individual option values from different option groups of the product variant type are joined by BuySellDirect.net to form product variants (T-shirts: Blue+S, Blue+M, Blue+L, Blue+XL, etc).

A product's list of variants can be viewed at any moment after the necessary option groups are defined:

1. Open the product for modification.
2. In the 'Product Management' section menu, click the link 'Product Variants'.

The 'Product Variants' dialog box that is displayed at this point allows you to view the product's variants and to adjust their specific properties.

For example, if you set a product's details as follows:

Product details:

    Product name: T-shirt

    SKU: SKU17430

    Price: $14.99

    Weight: 1 lbs

    Quantity in stock: 100

Product options:

    Color: White, Blue

    Size: S, M, L, XL

in the 'Product variants' section you should see something like this:

The column VARIANTS shows all the possible combinations of options that form variants of the product.

Note: If not all of the combinations listed in the 'Product variants' section are actually available, you can use product option exceptions and/or product options validation to disallow customers from ordering the unavailable ones.

The link [+] Filter product variants allows you to reduce the number of product variants displayed on the page.

The fields in the SKU, WEIGHT, QUANTITY IN STOCK and PRICE columns allow you to edit the respective values for each of the listed variants, while the controls of the 'Edit selected images' subsection allow you to manage the product images of specific variants.

When you first enter the 'Product variants' page, the values displayed in the WEIGHT, QUANTITY IN STOCK and PRICE columns equal those of the base product ('Weight', 'Quantity in stock' and 'Price' fields on the 'Product details' page), while the SKU values represent the slightly modified SKU of the base product. You can keep the suggested values or change them according to your needs. If you choose to change any values, be sure to click the Update button to save the changes.

The column IMAGE is intended for icons of product variant images. Initially, this column contains only 'No image available' icons. A 'No image available' icon opposite a specific product variant means that a product image for that product variant has not been defined. If you do not add an image specifically for a product variant, the product image of the base product will be displayed to the customer when the variant is selected. To add an image for a product variant, select the check box next to that variant (or - if you wish to apply the same image to several variants - select the check boxes next to all the variants to which the image needs to be applied), click the Add/Update button in the 'Edit selected images' line and use the 'Image selection' window to select an image to be added. After the selected image appears in the IMAGE column, click on Update to apply. Before the Update button has been clicked, you can cancel the application of the selected image by clicking on Reset. It is also possible to remove the previously added images: unselect the check boxes next to the variants for which the images need to be removed and click the Delete button.

The column DEF allows you to set the product's default variant - a variant whose options are to be shown in the 'Products list' and on the 'Product details' page by default. To set a specific variant as default, select the radio button opposite it and click the Update button.

Note:You can modify wholesale prices for selected product variants. Read more on how to do it in the section "Setting Wholesale Prices For Product Variants".

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