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I am an artist and I want to use e-junkie to sell my artwork online. However, for each piece of artwork I have various sizes and prices. How would I create a variant for the same piece of artwork but in different sizes at different prices. Example: I have a piece of art called "Tawa". I want to sell the original for one price and various sized prints at different prices.
Original: 36" x 48" $16,000
24" x 18" $2500
12" x 16" $1250

Can I do that or is it not possible with e-junkie? I find the variant options to be extremely confusing so any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

JCD

If you would rather create each size as Variants of a single, common product for each artwork -- rather than simply adding each size as a separate product in Seller Admin to put separate Add to Cart buttons on your site -- then you would need to use "Variants having individual price/weight/stock/SKU".

This means that on the Variants configuration screen for each product, you would need to add a line for every possible combination of options for that product. If your only buyer-selectable option will be Size, this becomes fairly straightforward; you simply need to add a line defining product specs for each size. Each line must have values specified in this certain order, separated by commas:

SKU,Price,Ounces,Stock,Option1Value,Option2Value,Option3Value

You can leave a position empty if it's irrelevant, just retain its separator comma and skip to the next positon. For instance, Variants lines for your example might look like this:

Tawa 36x48,16000.00,,1,36x48 Original,,
Tawa 24x18,2500.00,,50,24x18 Print,,
Tawa 12x16,1250.00,,100,12x16 Print,,

This example would add a dropdown menu to this product's Add to Cart code, allowing buyers to select from: 36x48 Original, 24x18 Print, or 12x16 Print, and then they would click Add to Cart. I presumed you weren't specifying an ounce-weight for each Variant (e.g. perhaps you are shipping in flat-rate tubes), and that you have (50) 24x18 prints and (100) 12x16 prints to sell. The first part of each line, up to the first comma, is just for your own reference, so you can identify at a glance exactly which Variant was ordered.

I came looking for the same solution. And sorry, but this doesn't do as you say. I had already been trying your suggestion, and it simply doesn't do what you think it does. When you save the item it removes the last 2 lines and gives you only the 1st option in the popup menu.

I would like to see a real solution for this. It's a total no-brainer that any shopping cart allows sizes at different costs. While I have been a paying e-Junkie customer for some time, their way of adding variables like this is a freaking train wreck.

Our Variants feature has been working "as advertised" for years now, with a significant number of our 6700+ merchants using it happily, so we'd be glad to help you get it set up correctly to accomplish what you need. Variants lines disappearing suggests that something wasn't configured right, so it simply removed any lines that it couldn't interpret as meaning anything.

At the top of the Variants config screen, you would give a suitable name for up to three menus the buyer would be shown. E.g., the Option1Name could be something like "Size", the Option2Name could be something like "Color", and the Option3Name could be something like "Style". Below that, you would define every possible Variant using the options you offer in those categories. Bear in mind that each line in Variants defines a SPECIFIC COMBINATION of option values, with details for each combination given in this exact order:

SKU,Price,Ounces,Stock,Option1Value,Option2Value,Option3Value

The option menus shown to the buyer take their values from all of the Variants lines for each OptionXValue position. The first menu would show all of the Option1Values from all lines, the second menu shows all of the Option2Values, and the third menu shows all Option3Values. For instance then, let's look at this example line:

Garply MRS,29.99,5.00,32,Medium,Red,Short

For some imaginary product named "Garply", that line defines the specific Variant combination where the buyer chooses a size Medium (first menu), which is Red (second menu), and Short (third menu); that Variant combination costs $29.99, weighs 5 oz. for shipping, and has 32 units in stock for inventory.

Everything up to the first comma on each line is treated as the SKU for that line. E.g., the specific combination above is identified with the unique SKU (stock-keeping unit) code of "Garply MRS". The SKU must be unique for each line and can be anything you want to help you identify exactly which combination was ordered (e.g., if you already have your own stock-numbering system, you could just use that for your SKUs).

If we're not using Inventory Control nor weight-based Shipping calculation, that example line would look like this (note how we've left the Weight and Stock positions empty), and let's add some lines for other sizes while we're at it:

Garply MRS,29.99,,,Medium,Red,Short
Garply LRS,34.99,,,Large,Red,Short
Garply HRS,39.99,,,Huge,Red,Short

Once you configure every possible Variant like this, the Add to Cart button code we provide to you for that product would automatically include the necessary menus for the buyer to select.