How can I link product variants to avoid overselling on Shopify?

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Hi there,
Sorry for the bad English.
I have a product that comes in different sizes, colors and quantities.

For example I am selling a wallet that have the following variants

  1. Small, Medium and Large
  2. Black, White and Pink
  3. Pack of 1,2 and 4 [Customers get discount if the choose to get 2 or 4]

the problem I am facing is with the variant no.3 as you have notice the variant 3 is the same product. Now I cant add quantities to this variants as it essentially the same item, that would create a problem of oversell.

My question is how can I link variant no.3 to 1 and 2. in order to avoid problem of oversell.

Thank you

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Hi

This is a common scenario for our users who set up our bundle app. The way it works is you bundle each of variants with the components SKU. So in your case you would use the same SKU for different variants. We then run a scheduled update to calculate how many quantities of the bundle can be made which is based on the component quantity. This means when one variation sells the other variations that are linked to same SKU are also updated post purchase.

Regards

Tom