A better way to reference product for inventory counting

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I have a product where one of the “variations” comes with a secondary product.

Variation 1 = Product A

Variation 2 = Product A + Product B

But when it comes to SKU’s you can only reference 1 sku per. So I can’t reference product A’s sku or product B’s sku in the second variation. The second variation unfortunately has to have it’s own unique SKU. The best solution I can find is to split our inventory count, half going to Variation 1 and half going to variation 2. But this is kind of a headache and such a manual way to track inventory. It’d be great if Product A’s inventory could be referenced for both variations.

Is there a way to do this?

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Hi

You would need to bundle the second variation with the relevant SKUs using an app as Shopify doesn’t have built it bundling option.

Our bundle app will let you connect up all your products to correct SKUs and we then update their inventory based on the component stock level. So in your example both variations stock would update if product A sells either individually or from the bundle.

We also have the additional option of unbundling orders made for a bundled product into the component SKUs post purchase. This way the order lines are only for components and can be fulfilled as per normal.

If you need assistance in setting up and testing please get in touch or check our guide:

https://help.channelup.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/900004620086-Bundleup-Guide-for-Shopify

Regards

Tom

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Hi @oona ,

This is Jun from Bundle Kit.

There is a way for Product A’s inventory to be used for the second variation using our app.

In order to do this, create a dummy bundle product first in Shopify.

Under ‘Options’, you can do the following:

Option name 1: Product name

Option values: Variation 1 (Product A), Variation 2 (Product A + Product B)

Using our app, convert this into a bundle. We have step-by-step instructions here: https://help.bundlekit.io/creating-your-first-bundle

The bundle inventory is automatically set based on the available inventories of the bundle item(s), including the inventories of the variants.

Proper quantity will also be taken out of the inventory of each bundle that is being purchased.

Let us know if you have any questions.

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Edit: Nevermind, after deleting and re-adding it’s working properly. It just takes a long time to sync.

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