I'm keen on the Apple-style configurator available for use on uCommerce - it seems to suit my requirement well. I need to be able to sell artwork with variable pricing, for example based on size, style and whether they are framed or not. There would be a core price for an artwork, which would vary up and down dependent on options.
However with each artwork being different, I'd be looking at the variances to be percentage based on the original core price, rather than fixed dollar amounts like a hard drive on a mac would be for example. This is crucial for the sucess and easy management of the inventory - does anyone have any ideas whether this is possible either out of the box, or with some tweakery? I'm sure I can't be the first person requiring this level of functionality.
Would the percentage be fixed on the variant and vary only based on the parent?
It seems to me that it would be possible provided the percentage sticks with the option and the percentage is fixed for the option regardless of the parent.
If this is the case I would add the percentage to the variant product definition, do a custom IPricingService, which reads the percentage of the variant and looks up the parent the catalog context and does the calculation based on that.
You can get a solution going where the percentage varies between the parent - option combo, but it requires a bit more work to get up and running.
Configurator - can it be used with percentages?
Hi,
I'm keen on the Apple-style configurator available for use on uCommerce - it seems to suit my requirement well. I need to be able to sell artwork with variable pricing, for example based on size, style and whether they are framed or not. There would be a core price for an artwork, which would vary up and down dependent on options.
However with each artwork being different, I'd be looking at the variances to be percentage based on the original core price, rather than fixed dollar amounts like a hard drive on a mac would be for example. This is crucial for the sucess and easy management of the inventory - does anyone have any ideas whether this is possible either out of the box, or with some tweakery? I'm sure I can't be the first person requiring this level of functionality.
Kind regards
Alan
Would the percentage be fixed on the variant and vary only based on the parent?
It seems to me that it would be possible provided the percentage sticks with the option and the percentage is fixed for the option regardless of the parent.
If this is the case I would add the percentage to the variant product definition, do a custom IPricingService, which reads the percentage of the variant and looks up the parent the catalog context and does the calculation based on that.
You can get a solution going where the percentage varies between the parent - option combo, but it requires a bit more work to get up and running.
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