Create a product with variants
- Access the Holded Store (to get here, click on the grid icon located in the left hand corner)
- Activate the Inventory app
- Click on the Variant Groups button
- Create your first Group
- You'll see the + symbol
- Create a product
- On the right you'll see the tracking and then click on product with variants
Important: You'll need to go to the holded store (grid icon) and activate the Inventory app to be able to generate products with variants
In order to create a product with variants you must first create the variant groups from the Inventory App.
The groups of variants allow us to simplify the management of the products .
A clear example would be when we have a shirt model and we want to differentiate by Size and Colour.
Create the Variant groups
Group of Variants: Type Options
To show you the different options and just have to choose which one you assign to each product you must follow the following steps:
- Enter the Inventory App
- Click Groups of variants and then click on + New group of variants:
- Field: Write the type of variant (for example, Size, Colour)
- Type: Choose "Options"
- Create variants: Write the name & click on the Enter button
Group of Variants: Type Text / Number
In case you prefer to create some "empty fields" to fill for each product you must follow the following steps:
- Enter the Inventory App
- Click Groups of variants and then click on + New group of variants:
- Field: Write the type of variant (the same example: Size, Color)
- Type: Choose "Text / Number "
What are products with variants?
The variants are differences within a specific product, they share all product attributes, along with their weight and price .
An example of variants are the sizes of the a shirt, or the colors of a bicycle of a certain make and model.
All the products will have at least one variant, since de rigour is the variant of a product that the client adds to the "cart" when making a purchase.
How to create and use variants in holded
Once you have created the groups of variants, you must go to Products and then click on New Product or Products and click on Edit Product. You'll be able to see the option to create a Product with variants.
Then create a new product and choose Tracking - Product with Variants . Another field will appear, Group of Variants . Here you can select the group of variants that you have already created.
Group of Variants: Type Options
Our groups of variants can be of the type Text / Number or with Options that we give them. Next I give you an example of Type options, where we can choose between the options that we have created.
- For example: we can create the Size group.
Group of Variants: Type Text / Number
If you choose the Group of Variants: Text / Number several fields will appear. You'll be able to add text to this open text box and you'll be able to differentiate the variants of the product without any restrictions.
- For example: if I created a colour variant, the text/number field would let me enter any colour I would like. This makes it easier for you if you have a lot of different variants that can't be predicted or limited.
Note: In Holded you can create as many variants as your business needs, it will help you organise your products and thus, manage your business better.