In a magento store we have a product configured as follows:
Shoe offer (bundled product)
Black shoe ( configurable product )
Size 1 (simple product)
Size 2 (simple product)
So we have a bundled product which consists out of a configurable product who has various simple products.
What we expect to happen is that when someone orders a single Size 2 shoe via the shoe offer that the stock of the 'Size 2' is reduced by one. This doesn't happen. We configured all products to manage stock, so we are wondering if this is possible or that we have to come up with our own solution.
We are using Magento 1.6.0.
Thanks for the help in advance.
We have solved this an other way by removing the configurable product out of the configuration. So the bundle product now directly has the simple products embedded and that way the inventory will be managed correctly.
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Today I've run into a new problem and can´t find a solution.
I've added some simple products and configurable products via MagMI. Everything is fine. Products are shown in the front-end as I want it. But following happens:
simple product 1 has a price of 49€, simple product 2 has a price of 90€.
Both are part of the same configurable product which has a price of 49€. Now, in cart, the single-price of both simples is 49€. (If I print out $_item->getSku() I get the right skus of the simple products, so I think, the products in cart are the correct ones)
How can I fix this?
It would be also helpful if someone could tell me where the subtotal is built exactly - I can't find this.
I would be thankful for all help or hints.
If the simple products are not visible individually then the price shown will be the price of the configurable product. The pricing variations on the associated single products are managed in the Associated Products tab of the configurable item.
Pricing is managed here as a plus/minus relative to the price of the main configurable.
I already know how to create configurable products by following the instructions from here and it works but my question is, is it possible to just add 1 configurable attribute and add it to all product pages instead of creating multiple products for 1 configurable product? It might be tedious if there are a lot of options for 1 product.
You can use a simple product with custom options!
I need to import many products into Magento for a client.
I am not sure to set the type to Simple or Configurable. In the current state, all products are Simple. But I expect that the client will need some of the products to become "Configurable".
I therefore plan to import all products as Configurable. My question is, what is the downside of only using Configurable products? Are there any advantages with Simple products?
Thanks.
If you have different colors or sizes (or other configurable options) you'll need to create simple products for every combination (small/red, medium/red, small/black, medium/black, etc) which you can do from within the configurable product screen, associated products tab. If your product doesn't have any options, it should just be a simple product.
For reference, here is a page detailing the purpose of each product type: http://www.magentocommerce.com/wiki/modules_reference/english/mage_adminhtml/catalog_product/producttype
I also suggest to use Magmi for large Magento imports. http://sourceforge.net/projects/magmi/
You can even have it create your configurable products automatically and it goes MUCH faster than magentos standard import. Like 1000's of products in seconds not hours.
My company has SKU101LG, SKU101MD, and SKU101XL (All simple products)
Therefore SKU101 is my configurable product with the above skus as its 'children' or as magento calls them 'associated products', based on their size attribute.
(You have to create attributes such as size or color under CATALOG > ATTRIBUTES )
An Ipad is a simple product. And Ipad with color options is configurable, and has two OTHER skus (the simple skus for each color) associated to it.
I am building a webshop in magento for an online printing service. The functionality I’m looking to implement is something in the lines of this example.
http://www.digitalroom.com/secure/brochures.html
The price is affected by the configurations you choose, and also there is a discount for ordering larger quantities.
I have made my products as configurable products and set up the pricing for each individual simple product. But magento seems to disregard the pricing of the simple products and solely base the price on the configurable product.
Is this the right way to set this up? Or is there another best practice to set this kind of product up in magento?
If it is the right way, how do I get Magento to act on the pricing structure under the simple products instead of the one under the configuable product.
Use the Simple Configurable Products extension.
a client has imported 1000 items to magento as simple products. many of these SHOULD be configurable products (ie, 4 yellow dresses of different sizes). the psuedo-configurable products all have the same "Style" number, so our 4 yellow dresses would have different SKU values but all 4 would share the Style. is there a way to program magento on the front end to display these 4 simple products as one configurable products? we need to keep them as simple because of the inventory system the store is using.
thanks very much,
I'm sure there is a way to do it - but I haven't heard of one yet, and I keep up on Magento stuff pretty well.
Unfortunately, Magento does not import configurable products through the backend. Typically what you have to do is write your own script utilizing the Magento API, or import all the simple products, and then manually (or again, using the API) create the configurable products assigning the simple products to them.