Relational variants

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hi

is it possible in cs-cart multivendor to have relational variants e.g as in other ecom stores. An example can be size and colour for a product

size; S,M,L
Colour; Black, White, Blue

So vendors are able to create a relationship between the two and have the following combinations

S, Black
S, White
S, Blue
M, Black etc

2

Hi!

Haven’t you tried the Product Variations add-on for this task?

3

This doesnt look for relational variations but just one variant for each product

The key element is having two (plus) variants per product that have a relationship with each other within cs-cart

4

No, I’m afraid there is no such feature at the moment. Could you please describe why it might be useful so that I can pass it on to the product managers for their consideration?

5

Products typically have one then one variant and it is a recurring vendor requirment

e.g a shirt is not just black or white it is also S,M,L etc

Are we able to develop this within cs-cart ourselves given the architecture

6

Thank you for the explanation.

Surely it will be possible to develop such a feature. All that matters is the amount of resources needed to implement it.

7

I might be missing a key point in the comment above, but I’m still not quite sure why product variations wouldn’t work in that case. They were designed to work for cases like “products of different colors and sizes”.

  • Set up “Color” and “Size” as Features.
  • Set their purpose to “Variations as separate products” (for “Color”) and “Variations as one product” (for “Size”).
  • Set both “Color” and “Size” for a product. Once you save it, you’ll be able to create related products with different “Color + Size” combinations automatically. Or you can group existing products that have “Color” and “Size” specified.
  • Products of different colors appear as separate products in the catalog (because they have a different image), whereas products of different sizes are merged into one catalog position (you’d only see the size selector on the product page).
  • Technically, each variant (combination of feature variants) is a separate product. That way a “Small Blue T-Shirt” can have its own quantity, price, etc. But the presentation can be different for features like “Color” or “Size”.
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@riwaya are you talking about like this standard behaviour I have linked below, this is Using one size “option” for all though.
but you can also do as above with different size “features” which creates lots more “varaitions”

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