Additional Products / Accessories

Product accessories as one set

A smartphone often comes with headphones, a case and a cable, a tent with a mat and a sleeping bag. The add-on shows them right on the product page as slots of a set: in each slot the customer picks a suitable product, sees the total of the set and adds everything to the cart with one "Add set to cart" button.

Why your store needs it

Customers browse a related products block apart from the purchase decision: each accessory has to be opened, checked for fit and added to the cart.

With the add-on the accessories are arranged on the main product page in slots: "Headphones", "Case", "Cable". A slot shows only suitable products, and the set goes to the cart with one button.

Product page: the "Build a set" block with the main product, slots with a choice of variants, the set total and the "Add set to cart" button.

What the customer sees

• •  Set slots. A slot with a choice has a name, a "from" price and a "Choose from N" button; the products of an "All required" slot are included in the set at once. Without a choice in a required slot the set cannot be added to the cart.
• •  Selection panel. Slot variants open in a side panel: each shows its price and stock, and a long list gets search, sorting by position, price or popularity and a "Show more" button.
• •  Variations and options. A variation group is shown as one card with a size or colour switch, product options are chosen right in the panel, and the price is recalculated.
• •  Total and savings. Under the block are the number of products, the set total and the savings: the sum of the regular discounts of the products. A sticky panel keeps the total and the button in view while scrolling.
• •  Phone and tablet. On a phone the slots scroll in a row, on a tablet and a desktop they form a grid.

The selection panel of the "Game console" slot: price and stock of a variant, product options with a surcharge are chosen right here.

The "Gaming accessories" slot in the "Any" mode: tick the variants you need and press "Done".

The set is built: chosen variants in the slots, the set total and the savings.

Cart and order

• •  One line with contents. In the cart a set is the line of the main product with its contents under it. The quantity changes for the whole set, and an optional product can be removed from it.
• •  Order and documents. The set contents are shown on the order page for the customer and in the control panel, in the invoice and in order e-mails.
• •  Reorder. The reorder button restores the whole set.
• •  Order editor. The set quantity follows the main product; a product whose quantity is changed leaves the set as a separate line.
• •  Stock. Each product of the set is a regular order item: stock, taxes and shipping are counted as for separate products.

Cart: the set in one line, its contents under the main product name.

Customer order page: the set contents under the main product.

How slots are set up

A slot is a place in the set with a name and a list of variants. It can be a template for categories, so it appears for all products of these categories including subcategories, or an own slot of a particular product. A template is switched off for a single product with one button.

• •  Selection mode. "One of N, optional", "One of N, required", "Any", "All required".
• •  Variants from a list. Products are listed by hand, with a quantity per one main product and an order in the panel.
• •  Variants by a rule. Variant categories, feature matches with the main product (the same size, the same model), brands, a price from and to, in stock only, exclusions. A product moved to a category gets into the slot at once.
• •  Check. The "Check" tab shows which variants the slot gives a chosen product right now.
• •  Default choice. A slot opens empty, with the marked variant or with the lowest-priced variant in stock.

A slot with a matching rule: variant categories, feature matches, brands and price.

The slot list in the control panel: category templates and own slots of products.

The "Additional products" tab of a product: its slots in the storefront order.

Multi-Vendor and storefronts

• •  One set, one vendor. An administrator template picks variants only from the vendor of the main product, so a set is never split between orders of different vendors.
• •  Vendor slots. A vendor creates own slots for their products when the setting allows it, and can switch an administrator template off for their product.
• •  "Common Products for Vendors". On a common product page the customer picks the set vendor right in the block and sees their price; slots of the common product work for vendor offers.
• •  Separate payment. Sets work with the "Direct Customer-to-Vendor Payments" add-on and "Cart-Power: Checkout by vendor".
• •  Ultimate and "Warehouses". Slots are set up for each storefront; with "Warehouses" on, variant stock is counted for the shipping region of the customer.

A common product page: the customer picks the set vendor right in the block.

Embedding and data exchange

• •  Placement. The block appears on the product page before the product tabs by itself; for a custom placement in a layout there is a separate block. Quick view shows a "Build a set with this product" link.
• •  Export and import. Slots and their variants are transferred together with options: a slot is found by its code, a product by its code.
• •  REST API. Slots are read and edited through the API (cp_ap_slots) with the same rights as in the control panel.

What the add-on does not promise

• •  The add-on gives no set discount of its own: a set costs the sum of the product prices with all their regular discounts. A set discount can be set up with standard CS-Cart promotions.
• •  One set holds products of one vendor.
• •  A product with a required option of the "Text", "Text area" or "File" type does not get into slots: the selection panel sets only list and checkbox options.
• •  The mobile app and the storefront REST API do not build sets.
• •  Installation and updates require the "Cart-Power: Add-ons Manager" add-on; the license is bound to the store domain.

What's new in version 3.0

• •  A set on the product page: the main product and slots with a choice of variants, the set total and the "Add set to cart" button.
• •  Four slot modes: one optional product, one required, any from the list, all required.
• •  Slot variants from a list or by a matching rule: categories, features with the same value as the main product, brands, a price range, in stock only.
• •  Slot templates for categories with subcategories and own slots of a product; a template can be switched off for a single product.
• •  A variant selection panel with search, sorting by price and loading more; a variation group as one card with a switch, product options chosen right in the panel.
• •  A set in one cart line with its contents; set contents in the order, invoice and e-mails; reorder restores the set.
• •  A sticky panel with the set total; slots in a row on a phone and in a grid on a tablet and a desktop.
• •  Multi-Vendor: a set of one vendor, vendor slots, choosing the set vendor on a common product page, work with "Direct Customer-to-Vendor Payments" and "Cart-Power: Checkout by vendor".
• •  Ultimate: slots per storefront; "Warehouses": stock for the shipping region of the customer.
• •  Import and export of slots with options, REST API, a layout block, a link in quick view.
• •  The order editor keeps the set: its quantity follows the main product.
• •  The add-on no longer gives a set discount of its own: a set costs the sum of the product prices with all their regular discounts.
• •  Requires CS-Cart or Multi-Vendor 4.17.1 or later.

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