How to add Virtual Options to a product

Select a Product

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Select a product to edit on the home screen. More info

Virtual Options

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Virtual Options let you get past the  3 product option 100 variant limit of Shopify options and allow you to create infinite options and values.

  • They support add-on prices with our Advanced Plan.
  • Images can’t be associated with variants (they don’t change when the variant is selected)
  • No inventory control.
  • Can be hidden with conditional logic (Advanced Plan).
  • Can have multi-select options.
  • No SKU policy.

Adding Virtual Options

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Click on to add a product option.

Title

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For Title enter the name you want to give the option. For example size, or color.

Next choose the type of product option you want.

Values

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Under values, enter all the variants you want for the product option with a comma in between each variant.

For example “blue, red, white, grey” or “S, M, L, XL”

Setting up Required Options

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If you check the box marked required the customer has to select one of these options to add the product to the cart.

Setting up Conditional Logic

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If you check the box for conditional it will only show this option if a defined value is selected.

Setting up the preselected variant

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You can also define which option you want to be preselected (selected when the product loads).

  • To do this check the box for Preselect this value
  • Then choose which value you want preselected.
  • You may need to press ok then click edit again to see these options populate.

Multiselect

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If you click the box for Multiselect it will allow the customer to choose multiple variants.

You can choose between allowing your users:

  • no restriction
  • must choose at least
  • must choose at most
  • must choose exactly

Saving Options

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Make sure you save your options by clicking “Save” in the top right of the page.

Click on the “Save and View in my Store” link in the upper right to see the product options live in your store.

Price Add-ons

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