• Overview
• Types of Product Groups:
• Sell Items Individually Parent is Info Only:
• Sell Items in Kit with Parent:
• Sell Parent Track Inventory Transparently
• Child Product Settings
• How Product Groups and Kits Interact with each Other
• Internal Fields

Overview

AmeriCommerce Product Groups are a powerful feature that makes it possible to logically group like products onto a single product page and/or create kits of items to be purchased together. There's three types of product groups, and each is designed with a specific use-case in mind. This article contains a detailed explanation of each group type, its use cases, and settings.

Creating Product Groups

In order to create a product group, login to your store's dashboard, and

1. Navigate to Catalog > Products > Edit Product > Grouping
2. Select a group type from the Product Group Type drop-down
3. Save
4. Use the Search for a product to add as part of this group drop-down to being adding products to the group. 

If you're not sure which type of group you should use, continue reading about types of Product Groups below. 

Types of Product Groups

As mentioned aboved, there's three types of product groups available:

• Sell Items Individualy Parent is Info Only - A logic grouping of like items that share a description and product image displayed on a parent item page this is informational only.
• Sell Items In Kit With Parent - Allows the group's child items to be purchased both as part of a group and as a standalone item. 
• Sell Parent Track Item Inventory Transparently - The child item is automatically added to the cart when the parent item is added to cart. If you sell shaving razor supplies and also want to create a "gift-box" product that includes several existing items, this is a good choice.

Sell Items Individually Parent is Info Only

Details

• Child items visible on parent page? Yes
• Child items visible in searches and on category pages? No
• Child items can be required? No
• Parent can be added to cart? No
• Child item pages redirect to parent? Yes
• Child items can be purchased separately? Yes, but from the parent page

Use-case Example:

• You're selling a product called "Awesome Shirts". You want each size to be a separate product
• You want customers to add them to cart from a single page.
• If a customers search for "Awesome Shirts", they will only see the parent in the results (not all the child sizes).
• Customer can add multiple quantities of each size with one click of the add to cart button

Sell Items Items in Kit With Parent

Details

• Child items visible on parent page? Yes (if not required)
• Child items visible in searches and category pages? Yes
• Parent can be added to cart? Yes
• Child items can be optional? Yes
• Child items can be required? Yes
• Child items have their own product page? Yes
• Child items can be purchased individually? Yes
• Parent always added to cart on parent page? Yes
• Adding same Kit is separate line items on cart? Yes

Use-case Examples:

• You want to sell a bed, two nightstands and a dresser as a kit
• You need the ability to charge a a price that is different than the sum of the child items purchased separately
• You still want to offer the items individually, but also offer customers the option of buying the kit
• You need the ability to offer optional items as well, like a lamp.

Creating with API 

• Set IsKit's value to true on the parent product.
• Set DoNotSellParent to false on parent product

Sell Parent Track Item Inventory Transparently

Details

• Child items visible on parent page? No
• Child items visible on search and category pages? Yes
• Parent can be added to cart? Yes
• Child items can be purchased individually? Yes
• Child items are visible when kit added to cart? No
• Is Required items are currently HIDDEN on the product detail page of the parent, there is not currently a seperate "HideChildOnParentProductDisplayPage" flag, please request this if needed.
• Once in the cart, it can only be removed by removing the parent item that it is attached to.

Use-case Examples

• You sell shaving razor supplies and would like to offer customers a razor "Holiday Gift Box" that includes a selection of popular items.
• You want to track inventory on the supplies
• You want to be able to control how many of each supply are added to the cart for the gift box. 
• You want the customer to see only the Gift Box product in the cart when checking out. 

Child Product Settings

Once you select a Product Group Type and add a product to the group, you'll be able to configure the group settings for each child product that you add. Different settings will be available depending on the type of group selected. Below are descriptions of the settings for each type.

Sill items Individually Parent is Info Only

Exclude Price - Excludes the price of the child from the price of the items added to cart. 

Sort Order - Sets the order of the child item in relation to the other child items in the kit, ascending.