Creating a SKU Bundle

The standard catalog includes a SKU link item type, which you can use to create SKU bundles. SKU bundles are SKUs composed of several other SKUs. Bundles allow a group of items to be purchased as a single item, although it is treated as multiple items in order fulfillment. They differ from configurable SKUs in that the component SKUs of a bundle are always the same.

Creating a SKU bundle is a three-part process:

  1. Create the individual SKUs that the SKU bundle is composed of.

  2. Create SKU links from the SKUs. A SKU link is an item type that consists of an individual SKU and a quantity.

  3. Create a SKU whose Bundle links property consists of one or more SKU links.

For example, suppose you want to create a SKU bundle that consists of six #2 pencils and a pencil case:

  1. Create a SKU that represents a #2 pencil, and create another SKU that represents a pencil case.

  2. Create a SKU link that represents six of the #2 pencil SKUs, and create another SKU link that represents one of the pencil case SKUs.

  3. Create a SKU bundle by creating a SKU that consists of these two SKU links.

Creating a SKU Link

To create a SKU link:

  1. Select the Catalog Management>Catalog Elements window.

  2. Click the New Item button in the upper right. The New Item dialog box displays.

  3. Select SKU Link from the “Item type” drop-down menu.

  4. Select the item field in the table and click the ... button. A dialog box opens for selecting a SKU.

  5. Click the List button to see a list of available SKUs. Select a SKU from the list and click OK.

  6. Fill in the displayName and quantity fields (required).

  7. Fill in any of the optional fields you want and click OK.

Creating a SKU from SKU Links

Once you have created one or more SKU links, you can create a SKU that combines the links:

  1. Create a SKU, as described in Creating a SKU earlier in this chapter.

  2. Select the Bundle links field and click the ... button. A dialog box opens for specifying SKU links.

  3. Click Add. The New Item dialog box displays.

  4. Click List to display a list of SKU links.

  5. Select the SKU links from the list. You can select multiple SKU links from the list by holding down the Ctrl key while selecting items.

  6. Click OK to close the New Item dialog box, then click OK to close the Bundle links window.

 
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