Adding different model numbers on same product

[atljar]

I am in process of setting up an automotive store.

Several of our products have the same item manufacture, description and same photo, but different part numbers and prices for different varations.

For example, if I am selling springs, there are different rates of springs that lower a car different amounts.

Is there a way to have something like this in zencart, where you have a generic description and photo, but then different item names/numbers/prices?

Ex of what I mean....
http://thunderracing.com/catalog/?ac...&vid=4&pcid=91

[Ajeh]

Those sure look like different products to me ...

[atljar]

I am talking about just the top Eibach Spring section I listed above, not the rest of the springs listed. Techically they are different parts, but they all use the same image/description.

However, I dont want the user to have to sift through the products to find what they are looking for by looking at basically the same product 3 or 4 different times.

IMO, it is much cleaner and simplistic to have one description/picture with the final options listed, than to have the exact same item description/picture listed over and over again.

Possible to do?

[Ajeh]

You would need to do quite a bit of custom coding to be able to have something like that ...

You want multiple products that share a single description ... but you do not want to copy as duplicate products as then they'd have to see the descriptions ...

This can be written ... but it would be a pretty large job to do it ...

[atljar]

Yes thats correct :) Any takers? lol

[Ajeh]

Are you rich?

[atljar]

Am I using freeware software? :)

[Ajeh]

Got clients who sell a $1,000,000+ a year ... they use Zen Cart ...

They also customize their sites to do what they need so they pay the bucks to get there ...

Zen Cart is a fabulous as is e-commerce solution ... great for those that need to customize ... works for mom & pop as well as the rich & famous ...

That is the beauty of Zen Cart ...

And one day, we may even make a living for having designed it ... if folks remember just why their sites work so grand ...

<insert rattle tin coffee cup here>

[DrByte]

Or you could set them up as attributes to the main product, allowing you to alter the price etc as needed. You lose the fine-detail control over model number and inventory tracking, but they would all appear as subitems to the main product. Probably not quite what you're after, but similar.

[IntelCos]

Hmmm, in many cases we too would like to see such a feature via attribs.

One product with various formats require such a feature at times to control and reorder.

This feature would be a great assect towards wholesale as well,,,but not rich nor making the 1mil mark, maybe one day,,,oh well, just have to wait it out and see if such a feature ever comes avail one day.