Combining Products into a Kit

Apologies if this has been answered elsewhere but I have not found it after spending 4+ hours searching. I have no previous experience of ZenCart.

I want to create a new product which is a group of several products already entered (e.g. 1 x CPU, 1 x Heat-sink & Fan, 1 x Motherboard, 2 x Memory) and offer as a complete set for a discounted price. Also, when this product kit is sold the quantity of each individual item should be reduced by how many of that item is in the kit. Is this possible and if so, how?

Thanks for any help.

Zen Cart 1.3.8a
Database Patch Level: 1.3.8
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Well, this must have been asked so many times that people are now ignoring posts about this without even posting a "Go search the forums, noob" reply. Just in case anyone else needs to know - not a hope with this software.:mellow:

Guess I'll go back to reading "e-Start Your Web Store with Zen Cart" instead of bothering people here.

If you enable PMs and PM me, I'd be happy to respond to your question. I provide solutions for problems like this on a commercial basis.

I NEED EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

Combining serveral products into a kit has helped me a lot to sell more per client.

I made the following experience:

If I add e.g. 5 different products to one of my subcategories, my clients would usually by one or two of them. But if I add (in addition to these 5 separately added products) a 6th product to this subcategory which is not really an individual product but instead a combination / a set of some of these other 5 separate products, my clients very often just buy the whole set and not just one or two of the individual products.

Unfortunately, ZC seems not to be able to handle such sets of products. What I would want is if a client buys the set of products, the stock amounts of the individual products included in the sold set are decreased by one each.

I hardly believe that there is no solution araound for this very important approach to selling more items per client....

Any hint would be greatly appreciated!

Hi guys

I found the perfect solution for what I was looling for at customcartmods.com.

Yes, the module they offer is not for free, but it is well worth its price. Offering sets of products (or bundles) has really proved to be key for my business.

By the way: I have tested several commercial offers and this module seemed to be the simplest and most effective for me!

looking for the same functionality. Any luck finding a solution

flix:

I NEED EXACTLY THE SAME!!!

Combining serveral products into a kit has helped me a lot to sell more per client.

I made the following experience:

If I add e.g. 5 different products to one of my subcategories, my clients would usually by one or two of them. But if I add (in addition to these 5 separately added products) a 6th product to this subcategory which is not really an individual product but instead a combination / a set of some of these other 5 separate products, my clients very often just buy the whole set and not just one or two of the individual products.

Unfortunately, ZC seems not to be able to handle such sets of products. What I would want is if a client buys the set of products, the stock amounts of the individual products included in the sold set are decreased by one each.

I hardly believe that there is no solution araound for this very important approach to selling more items per client....

Any hint would be greatly appreciated!Me too. I have packages that can be sold but need to be able to control the stock. I am posting in the hope that someone will read it when it gets to the top of the pile again.

Something like this?
http://spicewoodfood.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=45

hello
will be possible to combine several products in one kit. If a customer purchases the kit, low the stock in the kit and the stock in the products.
Tanks

I was not able to find it on the internet, so I'm posting here. Here's my situation:

I have three different items in three different categories (let's name them item A, item B and item C). Item A is a kit, which is a combination of items B and C.

What I'm trying to achieve is when customer buys a kit (item A) it's quantity reduces by 1, but I also want the quantity of items B and C to be reduced by 1. Also if customer buys Item B OR item C the the quantity of item A should be reduced by 1.

How can i get this result?

Any help is really appreciated.

Anyone? :(:(:(

Still need help.

evilwalks:

Anyone? :(:(:(
I suspect you have not a reply because no one who has seen your post knows how to do this!

"Kits" are not supported in a stock zen-cart, and I am not aware of an add on that does this.

You may have to have this custom coded!

gilby,
probably you are right. I was not able to find such add on.

I'm also searching for such functionality

http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.php?197375-Linked-products-combination-of-items-NEED-HELP-Please

I need exactly the same (kits). Any updates on this?

I found this online last night. http://www.flipsideservices.com/zenstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5
Very pricey but I am seriously considering it.

polygone:

I found this online last night. http://www.flipsideservices.com/zenstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=5
Very pricey but I am seriously considering it.If their demo is any indication, I would do a Forest Gump and run!
Their demo is a Home Theatre System. The first optional item (the display) is where it starts going south. You'll note that most folks will simply say yes or no to whether or not they want the display. Changing any of the yes or no options doesn't have any effect on the price of the item.
And the display actually won't work until you select the warranty which is gonna confuse folks.
The options on the Bluray/DVD Player don't mention the cost until AFTER you have selected one or the other.
Lastly, there are several here who could create this same result using Zen Cart out of the box.
Take a look at what we did for one client here.

dbltoe:

If their demo is any indication, I would do a Forest Gump and run!
Lastly, there are several here who could create this same result using Zen Cart out of the box.
Take a look at what we did for one client here.

Strange - the demo was working last night but now you can't even select a BlueRay/DVD Player.

Sure, I can add lots of "Priced by Attribute" OPTIONS. But I can't combine separate Products that might be taxable or not....like Government Fees and other types of non-taxable disbursements...rebuilt engine cores, etc.

I need help for this too, any good ideas ???