Good Morning and Happy Friday!
My apologies in advance, but I can’t stop thinking about this problem, so I may cross-post this question in a couple of places.
I recently posted a question about how to use Styles in conjunction with Items, and got some great feedback and thoughts.
Before we go down that road further, I wanted to make sure that we’ve left no rock unturned.
Specifically, here are the challenges we are trying to overcome. And while each is distinct, they all are seeming related to the concept of an Item coming in several different “models” or having different options, etc. Ultimately I think it is about managing a matrix of product models / options.
So any and all thoughts / approaches are greatly appreciated!
And as a note – not all three of these have to be handled in the same manner. If you have an idea on how to approach just one of these, please feel free to share!
- I have a thing that I sell, it is known by a common name, and multiple manufacturers can supply that thing. Additionally, at the time of sale, customers want to choose the manufacturer of the thing (i.e. they like or have a preference for Manufacturer A’s version of the thing better than Manufacturer
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- Alternatively, I have a thing that I sell, it is known by a common name, and multiple manufacturers can supply that thing. Additionally, at the time of sale, customers will order the thing by an Alias that defines which manufacturer they want the thing to come from. They may say “I want Code 2125” which means that thing from Manufacturer A or B. Or they may say “I want Code 5488” which means that thing from Manufacturer C or D.
- I have a thing that I sell, and at the time of sale, customers will order the thing by an Alias that will define how the thing is packaged, or delivered. Ultimately it’s the same thing, but one option may be to have it in a plain bag, and another option may be to have it in a poly bag. Nevertheless, it is the same thing.
While our challenges focus on multiple manufacturers, one can draw a parallel of what we are trying to accomplish if you think about an iPhone.
You have an iPhone 13 and they have several models. Model A2482 works with Sprint and T-Mobile, comes in Grey or Blue or Pink, and has either 256GB or 512GB of memory.
How would you setup M3 to present / sell the different models of an iPhone 13 with the different options for color and memory size?
Regards,
Steve
