Product bundles
ShopWired’s product bundles feature allows you to group together commonly bought products into a single combined product offering. Product bundles are often used to encourage visitors to purchase more products at a discounted price compared to buying them separately. .
ShopWired's product bundles feature has two primary purposes:
- The feature includes built-in stock management
- When a bundle is purchased, ShopWired will automatically deduct the relevant stock quantities from each product the bundle contains
- The feature provides a quick way for a visitor to add multiple products to their basket at once
To install the app:
- Navigate to Apps
- Locate the Product bundles app
- Select
install this app
Once you've installed the app you'll be able to create product bundles.
What are product bundles?
What are product bundles?
Product bundles are products you create in ShopWired that combine other products from your ShopWired account. The products within a product bundle are called the bundle’s constituent products.
Product bundles are created in the same way that you create standard products, and visitors to your website add product bundles to their basket in the same way as any other product.
Alternatives to the product bundles feature
Alternatives to the product bundles feature
Product variations and other options
Product bundles cannot be assigned constituent products that have product variations.
Where constituent products offer other product options such as product choices or product extras, visitors cannot select those options when adding the product bundle to their basket.
Product bundles in orders
Where an order contains product bundles, the constituent products of the bundle are not itemised as separate lines on the order and instead all form part of the same product (except for stock purposes).
Alternatives to product bundles
If the product bundles feature does not suit your needs, you can use the offers feature in conjunction with a gateway product. This method allows you to simulate a product bundle:
- Create a gateway product which will act as a representative of the bundle on your website. It can be used to advertise the product bundle without using the product bundles feature (this is created in the same way as any other product)
- Create an offer that will apply to the constituent products when they are all added to the visitor's basket
- Customise your website's theme code so that when a visitor adds the gateway product to the basket, it automatically (in the background) adds all the constituent products included in the offer
- The constituent products and their respective quantities can be configured on the gateway product using the custom fields feature
Product bundle stock
Product bundle stock
The stock status of a product bundle is determined by the stock levels of its constituent products:
- All constituent products must be in stock for the bundle to be in stock
- If stock is not tracked for at least one of the constituent products, the product bundle will always be considered in stock
When a product bundle is purchased, ShopWired automatically deducts stock from each constituent product according to their respective quantities within the bundle
Creating a product bundle
Creating a product bundle
Product bundles are created in the same way as standard products. When creating or editing a product:
- Navigate to the Bundles section
- Select the
the product is a bundle/package productoption - Use the settings provided to configure each constituent product:
- Select the product
- Select the quantity
- For example, for a HD TV & Soundbar bundle, select the HD TV product and the Soundbar product, with a quantity of 1 for each
- Use the Bundle/package title setting to configure text that will be displayed when the bundle product is displayed on a constituent product
- Use the Bundle/package image setting to configure the image that will be displayed when the bundle product is displayed on a constituent product
- Set an ALT tag for the image using the Image ALT tag setting
Creating a product bundle using the product import/export system
Creating a product bundle using the product import/export system
Product bundles can be created using the product import/export system using the columns Bundle, Bundle Products, Bundle Title and Bundle Image:
- If the product is a bundle, enter
Yesin theBundlecolumn - Enter the SKU code and quantity of each constituent product, separating them with a comma, in the Bundle Products column
- Enter a separate title for the bundle (optional) in the
Bundle Titlecolumn - Enter the URL for an image for the bundle (optional) in the
Bundle Imagecolumn
| Item ID | Bundle | Bundle Products | Bundle Title | Bundle Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123456 | Yes | SKU123 x 1, SKU124 x 2 | ||
| 123457 | Yes | SKU123 x 1, SKU125 x 1, SKU126 x 3 | Special Offer | http://s3.shopwired.co.uk/1016/bundle_image.png |
| 123458 |
Product bundles on your website
Product bundles on your website
Product bundles are displayed on your website like any standard product:
- They appear in categories and search results
- Customers add product bundles to their basket in the same way as other products
When a website visitor views a product that is a constituent product of a bundle, an advertisement for the bundle will be displayed on the page. The advertisement displays:
- The bundle title (if not configured, the product bundle title is displayed)
- The bundle image (if not configured, the product bundle image is displayed)
- The product bundle price (or sale price)
Product bundles on orders
Product bundles on orders
Where an order contains product bundles, the constituent products of the bundle are not itemised as separate lines on the order and instead all form part of the same product (except for stock purposes).
The feature is not available for product bundles in an order.
Theme installation & Twig variables
Theme installation & Twig variables
If you're using a Version 1 or Version 2 theme on ShopWired (for accounts created prior to 2019) your theme may not automatically display product bundle advertisements on constituent product pages on your website.
If you're using a legacy order invoice PDF theme, the constituent products of a bundle product in an order may not be displayed.
If you require assistance in customising your website's theme or invoice PDF, contact theme support.
Twig variables
product.bundles
Returns an array of bundles that the product is a constituent of.
bundle.title
Returns the title of the bundle product.
bundle.photo_url
Returns the URL of the bundle product image (not the image of the bundle product itself).
bundle.price
Returns the price of the bundle, with VAT or without VAT depending on the visitor’s VAT settings.
bundle.url
Returns the full URL of the bundle product.
product.is_bundle
Returns true if the product is a product bundle.
product.bundle_products
Returns an array of the product bundle's constituent products (with access to the product object)
bundle_product.quantity
Returns the quantity of the constituent product in the product bundle.
