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WP eStore Advanced Variations UI Addon

The standard variation control feature of eStore is very lightweight and works for most users. However, we have seen a few users making mistakes while configuring variations so we have created this addon which has a user friendly interface for creating product variations.

The eStore Advanced Variations UI addon simply replaces the standard “Variations” configuration section in the “Add/Edit” products page with a user-friendly configuration form. You can also manage the inventory of the variations using this addon.

AddOn Price

The eStore Advanced Variations UI Addon is FREE for all customers who purchased WP eStore plugin from us.

Download the Addon

You can download this addon from the addon download area of our customer only support forum.

Installing the Addon

You can install this addon the same way you install any WordPress plugin:

  • Go to the “Add New” plugins screen in your WordPress admin area
  • Click the “upload” tab
  • Browse for the plugin file (eStore-advanced-variations-ui.zip)
  • Click “Install Now” and then activate the plugin

Using the eStore Advanced Variations UI Addon

Use the following documentation to learn how to use this addon.

  • eStore Variations UI addon documentation

Also watch the following video tutorial:

WP eStore Advanced Variations Addon Usage

General Note

Please note that some of these free eStore addons are developed by our users in the community. So they do not have any advanced customization option. The description above explains exactly what this addon does.

Filed Under: eStore AddOn Tagged With: estore variation inventory, estore variation user interface, inventory control for variations, Variation Control, WordPress eStore

How to Use Variation Control in WordPress eStore Plugin

This post explains how you can configure your product to use variation control when using the WP eStore plugin.

variation_control_sc

The “Variation1” and “Variation2” fields can be used To configure a product with Variation. Say for example, you want to sell a T-Shirt which comes in various sizes (small, medium, large, XL). Enter the following in the “Variation1” field of this product when you add it to the database:

Size|Small|Medium|Large|XL

Once you add variation control to the product it will look similar to the following:

Demo T-Shirt
Demo T-Shirt
Price: $20.00
Size :

Feel free to hit the add to cart buttons to see how they appear on the shopping cart when variation control is used.

Now, what if you wanted to add another variation to that product? You can do that too. Say for example, you want to add a color variation to the T-Shirt. Enter the following in the “Variation2” field:

Color|Green|Red|Black

Once you add the second variation to the product it will stack up and look similar to the following:

Demo T-Shirt 2
Demo T-Shirt 2
Price: $25.00
Size :
Color :

Variation Control With Different Prices

What if you want to have different prices for different variations? You can do that too by adding the price increment next to the variation name. Say for example, the shirt comes in Green color which costs $20.00 and you want to charge $5 extra if someone wants to get the Red one and $7.50 extra for the Black one. Add the following to your “Variation” field to achieve this:

Color|Green|Red:5|Black:7.50

Now customers will be charged depending on the variation they choose.

Demo T-Shirt 3
Demo T-Shirt 3
Variation control demo with different prices
Price: $20.00
Color :

You can use both the variation fields to use different prices or any other combinations.

Demo Photo
Demo Photo
A product with variation control. Variation control allows the customer to choose the variation that they want to purchase.
Price: $50.00
Size :
Resolution :

Variation Control for Digital products

The above variation control mechanism can be used for any type of product (digital or non-digital) but if you have a product that requires the digital delivery of different files depending on the customer selection, then you can use the “Digital Product Variation” field to achieve this.

Say for example, you are selling a WordPress theme that comes in 3 different options (Single, Business and Professional) and you have 3 different downloadable files to offer based on user selection. Lets say we have the following details in this situation:

Name of the variation group: License
Variation Names: Single, Business and Professional
Downloadable Files: example.com/single-license.zip (Single Option), example.com/business-license.zip (Business Option), example.com/pro-license.zip (Professional Option)

Enter the content of the following example in the “Digital Product Variation” field (you will need to adjust the name and file URLs for your items):

License|Single::http://yourdomain.com/downloads/somefile.zip|Business::http://yourdomain.com/downloads/somefile2.zip|Professional::http://yourdomain.com/downloads/somefile3.zip

Now customers will receive the corresponding file for the option they select during the purchase (example: the customer who buys the Single License option of this product will receive the “single-license.zip” file).

If you want to charge different amount for different option then you can use the following example:

License|Single::http://yourdomain.com/downloads/somefile.zip|Business::10::http://yourdomain.com/downloads/somefile2.zip|Professional::15::http://yourdomain.com/downloads/somefile3.zip

The product display will look similar to the following:

Digital Product With Variation
Digital Product With Variation
This product demonstrates how you can configure a digital product with variation control that delivers different file based on the user's selection
Price: $50.00
License :

If the base price of this product (with single license) is $50, then a customer will be charged $60 for the business option and $65 for the professional option.

Collecting Customer Input

Sometimes you may need to collect input from your customer for a particular product (eg. to engrave something). Simply check the “Collect Customer Input” option for that product and it will allow the customer to enter some text similar to the following (you can also customize the label of the instruction field):

Demo Engraving
Demo Engraving
A product that requires instructions from customer. The customer can add text in the "Instruction" text box below
Price: $10.00
Instructions:

Variation Configuration UI

If you are creating lots of variations then it maybe useful for you to use eStore’s variation UI addon. You can also do inventory control per variation when you use the advanced variation control UI addon.

Limitations:

I understand that some of you would like to show the total amount beside the variation text and not the incremental amount but that’s not how variation control usually works. It may work if you have one variation but what do you do when you have multiple variations that needs to stack? Adding the amount is the only way to handle this.

This is exactly why sites like www.apple.com, www.dell.com etc uses incremental variations rather than the total fixed amount next to the variation text (this is a standard practice).

Also, with WP eStore you can have a maximum of four variations (including the digital variation) per product.

Filed Under: Installation and Usage Tagged With: Usage, Variation Control, WordPress eStore

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