App recommendation - products as variants?

Hello,

I’m looking for an app recommendation. I have different POD products that I’d rather display as variants within one product. I’ve tried King Product Options, and it’s pretty good, but the issue is that I don’t want the different products to show up in my catalog. I only want my catalog to show a single product, then, when I click into the product I can select “cup” “pillow” or “hat”. Meaning, I’d like the design to be the product, and then the different mediums it’s printed on to be variants. But, most POD suppliers dont work like that, they generate an individual product for each item. Also, if I create a custom collection, and only include one of the products, the other products don’t appear to be able to be ‘switched to’ since it’s not in the collection.

So with King Product Options, I can successfully create those different options from within a product group, but the problem is that all 3 products still have to show separately in my catalog.

Is there other apps that can handle this? Preferrably on some global level so I can really quickly and easily group products together.

Thanks!

Hi @daboss ,
I’m from BON: Loyalty Rewards Referrals.

Thanks for reaching out to the community. I see that this must be a shared concern for business within POD industry, about displaying different POD products as variants within a single product without showing all individual products in the catalog. I have noted down some recommendations that might support your idea:
1. Variant Option Product Options:
Description: This app allows you to create custom product options and variants. You can display different mediums (like cup, pillow, or hat) as variants under one main product, keeping your catalog clean.

2. Swatch King Combined Listing
Description: This app specializes in converting multiple products into variants of a single product. It helps in grouping products together based on certain attributes like design, making it easier to manage and display products as variants.

3. Infinite Options by ShopPad:
Description: This app enables you to add infinite options to your products. It’s highly customizable and can be used to create complex product options and variants.

4. Product Personalizer by Zepto Apps:
Description: This app is designed for POD products, allowing customers to personalize products with different options and variants.

5. GemPages Flexible Page Builder:
Description: While not solely focused on variants, this page builder allows for extensive customization of product pages. You can create a single product page with multiple selectable variants.

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Thank you, and best of luck with your store!
Lindsey,
BON: Loyalty Rewards Referrals

Hi @daboss ,

The Easify Product Options app can address issues for stores like yours using POD, where multiple products with the same design are listed separately in the collections page. Since POD apps don’t recognize or handle orders with merged products, you can’t use Shopify variants to consolidate them.

The Option URL feature of the app allows you to create cross-product links while keeping them as separate products. You can display just 1 main product in your collection, and use simple techniques to hide the other products from the collection while still keeping them available for purchase.

Here’s an example :hugs: :