in the bundles i will have products where the customer can choose their chosen colour and pattern. these products are items which i currently and will continue to sell on their own
for eg
bundle 1
buy product A in green
buy product A in blue
buy product B in red
Fixed price $$
product A is the same, customer can choose 2 of A. B is different product customer can choose 1
i wan to have drop down boxes with colours and patterns customer can choose from
Product a…options to select
Product a … options to select
product b …optin to select
how can i do this and keep track of inventory for free?
I would suggest our bundle app whereby you could set 3 separate options where each one is a product and the selector for them would be colour. What our app lets you do is link up the actual inventory SKUs to each variant so the order will show correct products.
However, if you also need for buyer to select patterns this will go over the Shopify limit of 3 options. In that case consider using an options app as will give you more possibilities but less inventory control:
Our app is able to meet your needs as it is primarily a bundle inventory management system so it will also be able to track the SKUs for variants of each product.
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.