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17 Sep 2010, 8:39 AM
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Can one product affect another product's inventory

Would it be possible to set up several different products so that they, basically, act like one?
Let's say I one of each product, A,B,C, in stock. I would like to set it up so that if someone buys A,then B and C would no longer be in stock as well.
This is because I have a base product which can be modified. So really I only have one item in stock which can be sold three different ways.

Check out what I mean here.
https://www.sawavaughters.com/cart

Thanks for the help.

17 Sep 2010, 9:18 AM
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Re: Can one product affect another product's inventory

Let's say I one of each product, A,B,C, in stock. I would like to set it up so that if someone buys A,then B and C would no longer be in stock as well.
So really I only have one item in stock which can be sold three different ways.
I believe you need to add options as attributes
https://www.zen-cart.com/tutorials/index.php?article=57

And possibly add the 3rd party module "stock by attributes"

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19 Sep 2010, 3:32 PM
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Re: Can one product affect another product's inventory

Thanks kobra.
I'll check that out. It's pretty confusing stuff, but you guys are really great at helping. Thanks.

24 Sep 2010, 3:45 AM
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Re: Can one product affect another product's inventory

So I installed the Stock by Attributes addon, but for the life of me, I just can't really seem to understand how to use it.

I made an attribute for the basic hat, and attached it to each variant. Then using Stock by Attribute, I set them all to use "1" for quantity.

So I thought that if I put 1 of any four choices in my cart, the rest would update as "out of stock", but this doesn't happen. Even the one I put in the cart shows up as "1 in stock" until I try to add it again to the cart. Then I get a warning, but just for that one choice.

Maybe I'm a bit thick, but this add-on seems extremely confusing to me.
Thanks all.

24 Sep 2010, 3:58 AM
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Re: Can one product affect another product's inventory

looked at your product and see no attributes to select from???

http: //www.sawavaughters.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_105&products_id=391

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24 Sep 2010, 4:38 AM
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Re: Can one product affect another product's inventory

Hi Kobra. Thanks for getting back so quick.
It actually does have an attribute, (at the bottom of the page it says "STYLE
PinTuckBrdTrlby") but I set it as read only, because I didn't really want people to be able to change it. I just added the attribute for use with "Stock by Attribute". (Like I said, I'm not really sure how to use it :) )

My understanding was that I could set a stock level across a single attribute. (So I was going to set up an attribute for each basic hat).