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.

For instance, a customer wants to buy an extra-large, red sweater from a clothing business. That sweater has two product options associated with it: size and color.

Two product options would be created in this example. One would govern all the different sizes offered, the other would govern the different colors. 2CO has a method which allows you to set up options like these.

The number of options you can have for a product is unlimited.

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To create or edit the product options themselves, go to your products list. On your products list page, you will see an ‘Edit Product Options’ link. Clicking it will link you to the ‘edit product options’ page.

Once you find your way to the ‘edit product options’ page, you will see a list of all your product options. This list contains data fields and existing option names, option values, and any surcharges associated with them. It also has the ability for deleting options. To create new product options, fill in the set of data fields near the top of the page. Choose a name for the new option, as well as any values and surcharges.

• Option Name: The name of the option you create. Once you create it, it will appear in your product options list as a link.
• Option Values: These are the values assigned to the option name you create. They 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’.
• Value 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.

For example, you own a clothing business and sell a variety of apparel. The clothing you sell is not made with just one type of material. All the apparel you sell is made with one of three choices: cotton, wool, or silk. You want your customers to be able to choose what material they want their clothes to be fashioned from. You will create a product option to do this. As the option name, you choose ‘Material’ and enter it into the correct field. As for option values, you would set three: cotton, wool, and silk. You decide to add a surcharge for wool and silk, as the base price advertised on your site is for cotton, and we know that wool and silk are more expensive. So, in the corresponding surcharge fields, you enter the appropriate amounts. For cotton, you would enter 0.00 to specify no surcharge. You decide to charge an extra $10.00 for wool. Enter 10.00 to do so. As for silk, well that is expensive, so you decide to charge an additional $25.00 for that. 25.00 should be entered to accomplish this. When you are finished, click on ‘Save Changes’ to save your options. This will effectively add an option called ‘Material’ to your product options list.

The example used here is precisely that, and the values and surcharges displayed are totally arbitrary. The actual number and types of options and values are unlimited. If, instead of material, you want to offer different sizes or colors, so be it. This system allows you to create
product options as unique as you want, and as you see fit.

Editing Existing Product Options

To edit existing product options, click on the name of the one you wish to edit. It will appear in your list as a link. It will lead you to a page with another set of data fields and delete options. Most of the fields will have previously saved data, but two will be empty. To edit an existing value, simply click in the correct field and change it to what you want. To change the name of the option, click that field and enter what you want. To delete a value, check the box next to the relative values. To add a new set of values, enter the suitable option value and surcharge. When you are totally finished adding, editing, or deleting, click on the ‘Save Changes’ button.

Removing Product Options

To delete a product option on the ‘edit product option’ page, check the delete option box next to the corresponding product option. Check any and all options you wish to delete. To finalize your actions, click ‘Save Changes’.

If you created your products using the Product Upload method, you may create product options for them, as well. You must create your product options for each product using the explanation above in this section. Product options are NOT created in the CVS Template.

Associating Product Options With Your Products

To associate or dissociate product options, you must do this from the ‘edit product’ page. This page is found by going to your products list and clicking on an ‘Edit’ link. The ‘Edit’ link you click should be that of whichever product you want to add options to. At the bottom of the ‘edit product’ page, you will see a list of all available options you created. This list appears in the form of a table, with labeled headings. There are four headings:

1. ‘Available’: The options associated (available) with the particular product you are editing will have a check in the box under the ‘Available’ heading. If the box is not checked, that set of options is not available for (associated with) that product. Warning Product Option Association To associate or dissociate a set of options, simply check or uncheck the corresponding
box, as needed.
2. ‘Option’: This denotes the name of the product option.
3. ‘Values’: This displays the values for each option.
4. ‘Surcharge’: This displays the extra charges you may charge to customers for choosing a given product option.

When finished, click the ‘Save Changes’ button at the bottom of the page. This will save your changes.