Hi,
I would like to treat “Accessories” as a way of creating a “Configurable product”.
I like the “Accessories” way since customers can see the full accessory product description and photos rather than just a drop down list in form of “Selection”. This will increase the customer’s desire to purchase an accessory.
However an additional incentive for purchasing an accessory is that when customers purchase an accessory with a “master” product, the price of that acessory is much lower than if they just buy the same product directly. Accessory products also have the “Free shipping” flag set.
I can set all this up in OXID right now, except for this:
Due to the lower price and free shipping of the “Accessory” products when used to make “Configurable products” versus their normal price + shipping when the same products are purchased on their own, I need to find a way to prevent the “Accessories” being bought on their own.
Right now, OXID allows the “Accessories” to be placed in the cart/basket without the “master” product being in the cart. This shop logic is not really correct as then the product is not an accessory to anything and thus the current “Acessory” setting is just another “Cross sell” with a different heading.
Actually, is this behaviour a bug since it really does not make sense?
What I would like to happen and what i think the logic should be is:
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“Accessories” can be purchased only with a “master” product where the “Accessories” are assigned. It should be impossible to buy “Accessories” on their own.
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“Accessories” can be added to the cart only if the “master” product is in the cart already, otherwise an error message is displayed
…is there an easy way to do this?
Alternatively, does OXID provide a better way of offering “Configurable products”?
V.
