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    Default few products with few attributes - which way to go

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    In reference to
    https://www.zen-cart.com/showthread....ntity-for-them

    Having not many products, and only few of them with size, or color option, would you go with setting up a single product, or 3 distinct products
    e.g.
    Product > box > attributes S, M, L
    or
    Product Small box
    Product Medium box
    Product Large box

    Your input as to why one, or the other solution is appreciated. Thanks.

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    Default Re: few products with few attributes - which way to go

    I would have (and did have for a very long time), separate products instead of using attributes as there was (is) no built-in stock control for product attributes.
    At that time the only add-on option for stock control was Stock by Attributes which WAS a scary dog's dinner of various people's hacks. Now it appears to be properly maintained (always read the thread to get a heads-up of a mod's stability) and there is the commercial option Product Options Stock Manager, which I use.

    Still, they are both additions to core code and the less you add to your shop, the easier are future upgrades.

    But if you expect things to expand from your few products, better to bow to the inevitable now and use attributes with one of those add-ons from the start.
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    Default Re: few products with few attributes - which way to go

    Thank you, will consider the various aspects.
    Hopefully others will drop by, so to see different views, also from a buyer perspective; i.e. maybe I see an item, and don't even think about the possibility to have it in different size/color/etc.

 

 

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