Here you will learn how to create and manage product options and values via your administration panel.
Insert Option
Insert Standard Option-This inserts an option to the standard options section of the product. When clicking the field for the option name you will be presented with a list of all available existing options in the system, make sure what you need is not already here before creating something new. To add a completely new option simply type what you want in the field, if there is a similar existing option but you want to change the name, this action is performed in the Global Product Options section.
Insert Additional Option-This inserts an option to the additional options section of the product. Additional options can be hidden or displayed on the cart by default. When clicking the field for the option name you will be presented with a list of all available existing options in the system, make sure what you need is not already here before creating something new. To add a completely new option simply type what you want in the field, if there is a similar existing option but you want to change the name, this action is performed in the Global Product Options section.
Insert Value
For an option to be created, there must be at least one value present. Values are the choices within an option. IE Coating would be an option and the values would be Uncounted or UV 2 Sides. How the price of a value is calculated by the calculation drop-down on the option.
When adding values make sure to add a No option which should usually be ranked 1 in the order of values and the price should be 0.
When creating new values it is best practice to add the price at the time of creation. if you have storefronts under your HUB, when a value is created it is copied to all of your storefronts, if you leave the price blank it will convert that product to quotable at the storefront level and require you to reset the store's pricing.
Leaving price blank, if the price is left blank that option becomes quotable, so if you want to offer pricing on the store for certain quantities and you want certain quantities to be quoted, the quantities you want to be quoted you would leave the price blank. This function works for any value under any option.
Flat Value: A flat number is added to the total cost
Cost Per Piece: The calculation depends on the cost per piece. (i.e: .50 adds .50 cents per product)
Area Calculation: The order multiplies by the AREA of the product.
Volume Calculation: The order multiplies by the VOLUME of the product. (this is the same as area calculation but intended for products that have 3 dimensions)
Percent of Base: The product is marked up by a certain percent of the base product cost. This can also be negative to offer discounts/reduce costs.
Percent of Total: The product is marked up by a certain percent of the total product cost. This can only be used once per product.
Cost per M: The amount is divided by 1000 and then multiplied by the quantity.
Cost Per Piece - Number of Pages: This automatically generates a set number of values (from a number set by the system administration), it'll ask you in a pop-up. Any higher and it'll ask you to request a custom quote). Those values are used to calculate the multiplier for a multi-page order. The cost determined by the rest of the setup options. Cost Per Piece - Number of Pages is usually just for the Number of Pages option.
Calculation Drop Down
Flat Number-This calculates the price imputed as a flat number so if 20 is added, it will add $20 to the product cost when selected.
Cost Per Piece-This multiplies the amount imputed by the quantity so if you put .50 and someone orders a quantity of 100, it would add $50 to the cost of the product when selected. (.50*100=$50)
Cost Per M-This divides the cost by 1000 and multiplies by the quantity so you if you put 25 and someone orders 500, it would ad $12.50 to the cost of the product when selected. (25/1000*500=$12.50)
Area Calculation-This multiplies the cost buy the width and height of the product dimensions, so if you input 4 and someone is ordering three 3x6 banners the cost would be $216 (3*6*4*3=$216)
Percent of Base-Base is the quantity option, so this adds the percentage of the cost inputted for quantity so if you have a cost of 50 for quantity and the percent is set to 50 it would add $25 to the cost of the product when selected. (50*50%=$25) Percents can also be negative numbers to reduce cost.
Percent of Total-This up charges or discounts the product by percentage of all options selected, this form of calculation can only be used once on a product.
Set-Up-You can add a set-up fee to any option value. A set-up fee will always be a flat number, so it 25 is add as set-up it will add $25 to the cost of the product when selected.
Enable/Disable Values-When values are disabled they are not available on any stores, if all values within an option are disabled the option is also disabled.
Show/Hide Value-When values are hidden they are not displayed on the main store or any Auto-push storefronts, if an option is enabled but not displayed Manual Push storefronts can display the option
Delete-You can delete an entire option or just a value within an option. be careful when deleting options, if you delete an option that has been used within an order and that customer goes back to place a re-order they will not be able to.