How can build and purchase a product with other component products using the backend manually?

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I’m selling bicycles. The frontend user can build a complete bicycle on my site using different components like wheels, shocks, breaks, tires, etc… Each component can also be purchased separately. When the components are purchased separately they are more expensive than when used together to build and purchase a complete bike. Currently, when the frontend user builds and purchases a bike, each component used in the build is pulled out of inventory just like if it were purchased separately. Currently, there is a final price per bike no matter what components the user selects, that is less than if the components were purchased separately.

Here is where I’m running into difficulty. I want the ability to go into the backend (if a customer is on the phone with me) and enter the build into the backend manually having it perform the same process as if the user did it on the front end.

Currently, I can build a bike on the backend however it adds up all the component prices separately and does not give them one bundled price. I have to get out a calculator, figure out a discount %, make a coupon, and enter the coupon code to get the price down to the same price as if the user purchased the whole bike on the frontend, It also does not pull the components out of inventory like a frontend purchase.

Thanks, Mojo

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Hi,

This is a specific request to your business, for a quicker resolution you may have to reach out to an expert in the partner directory at https://www.shopify.com/partners/directory who can work on this and provide you a customized solution based on your business requirement.

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I was kinda hoping I would connect to a member who had a similar issue. It doesn’t seem to me that having the ability to enter a purchase manually through the backend and the purchase function the same as if a customer purchased through the front end is that unusual. (Pulling items out of inventory and processing the correct price.) Seems intuitive, but maybe it isn’t.

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hi

what app are you using to build your bikes in the FE? im struggling to pick one that’s great for custom builds without typing the names of half the products myself

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Hi, I hired a shopify developer to custom build the app. According to my research there is no app for this.