What are Product Options?
Product options are variable selections of certain products, such as shoe size or shirt color, offered to customers. When a customer orders a product that is associated with a product option, the option will be presented in a drop down selection box on the first page of the purchase routine.
The product options page in your account provides you with access to view, create, remove and edit your product options. To access the product options page in our new vendor administration panel please login at the following url: https://www.2checkout.com/va/
Once you have logged in, click on the ‘Products’ tab and then select the ‘Options’ sub category.
The product options page provides you with the options name, the option values names and the surcharge for each value. The left side of the table provides you with the ability to delete and edit the options. The product options page also provides you with the ‘Option Locater’ search tool which allows you to search by the option name and option value name.
Creating Product Options
If you would like to create a new option you can click on the ‘Add New Option’ link on the right hand side of the page. From here you must specify the following:
- Option Name: The name of the option you create. This name will identify the product option for your customers on the order review page.
- Value Names: These are the actual choices offered for the given option. For instance, if you have ‘Size’ as an option, the values might be ‘Small’, ‘Medium’, and ‘Large’.
- Surcharge: This is the additional cost you may charge customers to choose a certain option. Surcharges may be specified in whole numbers (5) or as decimals to two places (5.00, 4.99, etc.). You do not have to add surcharges.
There is no limit to the number of option values and you may specify up to 10 at a time by using the option value drop down. When your option values are entered you may click the save changes button to save your current values. This action will also provide you with new option value fields.
Associating Product Options
Once your product option has been created you may associate it with the certain products by selecting the ‘Products’ tab and clicking the ‘Edit’ icon for the product. Your newly created product option will be listed on the right hand side of the page. It can be associated with your product by clicking on the check box next to the option name and then clicking the save changes button.
Editing Product Options
To make changes to your current product options click on the icon located in the ‘Edit’ column. Editing the option will allow you to change any of the current option value and surcharges as well as add new option values and surcharges to the product option. To add additional option values select the number of new values you wish to add from the drop down box located above the option details.
