I’m having a problem tracking inventory for my roasted coffee business. I’ve set up my products with variants for bag size (1 lb, 2 lb, 1/2 lb, etc) and grind (whole bean, ground medium, ground fine, etc.). The problem is, I want to group all variants by bag size for inventory purposes but not the g…

@Sharon_Hepburn @coastalcoffee Shopify native has no concept of inventory pooling, or SKU grouping. For the backend you must use an app to reconcile and sync inventory with such schemes. Automation apps like usemechanic let you script custom business backend logic https://tasks.mechanic.dev/?q=s…

Hi @Sharon_Hepburn - although I don’t have an answer to your question, I wanted to leave this comment because I hope someone else can help. Hopefully my comment raises your post to the attention of others so you can get the answer you’re looking for! I would like to quickly mention that I’m on the …

Hi @Sharon_Hepburn , Interesting problem! Would Bundle Kit meet your needs? Consider the case where you have a product called ‘Coffee Beans’ with a variant called ‘1 lb’ which tracks the inventory of 1 lb coffee beans across grinds. With Bundle Kit, you can create a bundle product called ‘Ground …

Has anyone figured this out? I’m losing my mind trying to find a solution to this. I have my FB pixel set up from Shopify + it’s bringing in each grind setting. I have all grind settings under the same SKU and I’m wondering if there’s a way to create a group sku? Furthermore, is there a way to have…

I decided that it is too expensive to pay for both Shopify and an app to track my inventory. I switched to Square, though I hate their interface. But their inventory tracking has this feature built in.

With all of this being said, how can I allow for a dropdown for a grind preference without creating a new variant? Can this be done with code rather than paying for another app?

How can I create a dropdown for a grind preference without creating a new variant? Can this be done with code rather than paying for another app? Can I hire a Shopify developer to assist with this? I’m nervous I’m going to mess something up!

I’ll leave my solution just in case. I don’t think it’s necessary to make grind coffee as a Variant. It is a free option. So I don’t need to count it in the stock. So I made the option to select the grind through a simple dropdown list, with no linkage to the stock. For example, this video explains …

Grouping Variants in same inventory grouping?

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coastalcoffee October 1, 2021, 9:15pm 9

Can I hire you to do this for me? Inventory doesn’t matter and a line item with a dropdown would solve the issue!

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Grouping Variants in same inventory grouping?

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