Product options
Options are the choices a customer makes before buying — size, colour, gift wrapping, pizza toppings. You can also make a choice change the price.
Whatever the customer picks appears in the order details, in your shop’s notifications, and on the invoice.
The four types
| Type | Use it for | Choose |
|---|---|---|
| Drop-Down List | Many choices in little space | One value |
| Radio Buttons | A few choices you want visible at once — colour, gift wrapping | One value |
| Size | Sizes | One value |
| Checkboxes | Extras, where several can apply — pizza toppings | Several at once |
The first three all pick one value. Only checkboxes allow more than one.
Adding an option
Open the product
Under CMS › Products, click the name of the product.
Open the Options tab
Select the Options tab and click Add Product Option.
Name it and choose a type
Fill in Option name, then pick one of the four Option types.
Add the values
Enter the first value, then click +Add Value for each of the others.
Set price modifiers, if any
If a choice costs more or less than the base product, click Add price modifier.
Set a default, if you want one
Value added automatically picks one option by default on the product page.
Save
Click Add Option.
How price modifiers work
This is the part people get wrong.
A price modifier is not the price of the option. It is the amount added to, or taken off, the product’s base price.
A real example. A T-shirt costs €50. You want Medium at €52 and Large at €55. The modifiers are +2 and +5, not 52 and 55.
Put the full price in and you will be selling €102 T-shirts.
Editing and reordering
Both live in the same place: CMS › Products, click the product, open the Options tab, then click the three dots next to an option.
- Edit — change the option
- Change Order — opens the reorder screen. Drag the six-dot handle to move options up or down. This is the order customers see them in on the product page.