First and foremost, I apologize if this is in the wrong place and listed incorrectly. I set out this year to learn how to be more tech savvy and it’s kicking my butt.
In my Shopify store I have a product that consists of part 1 + part 2 = the product. You have to buy both part 1 and 2. I do not want to sell these products individually.
Part 1 has 7 colors
Part 2 has 14 shapes
So, the customer has 98 options total.
I know how to setup and use variants, but here is my problem. I can’t track inventory this way because I only have a limited quantity of part 1 and part 2 that I use to make all the possible variations. I need to set this up in a way so that if I am out of a color of Part 1, you can’t add any combination with part 2. Or vice-verse, If I am out of a shape of part 2, Any combination with part 1 shows out of stock.
See my example because I feel like I am not explaining this clear enough.
Part 1: A B C
Part 2: X Y Z
Products available: AX AY AZ BX BY BZ CX CY CZ
If I sell out of Part 2 X, the new available products become
AY AZ BY BZ CY CZ
ADDITIONALLY
How do I add an option to purchase an additional Part 2 with the purchase of the product for an additional cost.
1. If you only want to set up : “out of a color of Part 1, can’t add any combination with part 2, and vice versa”
=> Use Shopify Bundles app (FREE) to set up your bundle containing part 1 & part 2 product
=> If you don’t want customers to buy individually part 1 & part 2, simply change their status to draft → then customers can’t search or buy it individually while still can buy in a combination.
2. If you want to do both: “out of a color of Part 1, can’t add any combination with part 2, and vice versa” and also “purchase an additional Part 2 with the purchase of the product for an additional cost”
=> This way, you have to remain products’ status as “active” (not draft). Therefore, if you don’t want customers to buy individually part 1 & part 2 to buy, here’s 2 steps:
Hide part 1 and part 2 product from search (remain it’s status as active). Here’s how.
on the FBT widget, when clicking on the part 2 product’s title, customers can be redirected to part 2 product page → to unenable this, simply contact our customer support team and we’ll do some small customizations for you!