Pricing, Promotions, and Search
This table describes the pricing promotions and search setting options for each product type.
Pricing, Promotions, and Search
| Pricing | Promotions | Search | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Product | Single price unless configured for options. Option prices are configured as part of the product option. | Any standard product can have an associated promotion. | If the search preference Show Orderable Products
Only is selected, only orderable products appear in
the search results. Otherwise all products appear in the search
results. Note: This search preference applies to all other
product types as well.
|
| Base Product |
Base products can't be purchased. However, if you are showing a base product, the price for the base product is calculated as the price of all variants. The calculated price is usually a price range. |
If you configure a base product as a discounted product, the discount applies to all variation products of the base product. Base products can't be used as bonus products because they are not orderable. However, they can be used for choice of bonus product promotions. |
The base product only appears in search results if no slicing is used. In this case, it uses the information and images of the default variation. If none of a base product's variants in the current search result is orderable, the base product does not appear in search results |
| Variation Group |
A variation group price is calculated as the price for all variants that are represented within a group. This calculation applies even if the base product has an entry in the price book. This calculation is usually a price range. |
Variation groups | Variation group only appears in search results if no slicing is used and the variation group is assigned to the category. |
| Variation Product | Separate prices for all variation products. Option prices are configured as part of the product option. | Variation products can have individual promotions that are managed separately. | If slicing is used, the variation product appears in the search results. |
| Product Set | A product set has one price for the product set and separate prices for each of the products in the set. The product set price is always the sum of the product prices that make up the set, You can't set a product set price. If any of the individual products have a promotional price, the promotional price is used in the calculation of the product set price. | A product set can't have promotions, because it isn't orderable, but the products within it can have promotions. | If none of the products in the product set, as represented in the search results, are orderable, a product set doesn't appear in search results. |
| Product Bundle | One price for the bundle. Individual products within the bundle don't have prices. | A product bundle has its own promotions, but the products within it can't. | A product bundle depends on its availability status to determine whether it appears in search results. |