Properties of Options and Option Variants¶

Name—the name of the option that only appears in the Administration panel to help you distinguish between multiple options that have the same storefront name.

Storefront name—the name of the product option as it appears on the storefront.

For example, if you sell fridges and microwave ovens, you probably have 2 separate options called Gift wrapping on the storefront (with different surcharges). Without the main names (such as Gift wrapping for fridges and Gift wrapping for microwaves) they’d look the same in the administration panel, and it’d be hard to guess which of these options to apply to your newly-created product.

Position—the position of the product option relatively to other options in the list.

Storefront (available only in CS-Cart)—the storefront, which the option belongs to.

Vendor (vendors are available only in Multi-Vendor)—the vendor in whose list of options this option will be displayed, and who will be able to apply it to his products.

Type—the type of the product option: Select box, Radio group, Check box, Text, Text area, or File. Depending on the type, options may have additional properties.

Description—the description of the product option as it appears on the storefront under the question mark sign next to the option name.

Comment—the comment to be displayed below the option on the storefront.

Required—if you tick this checkbox, customers will have to select/enter the variant of this option.

Missing variants handling—this setting determines what happens when all the variants of the option are disabled or not specified at all:

• Display message—the option will appear on the product page, but will be marked as not available. If the option is mandatory (see the previous setting), customers will not be able to add the product to cart.
• Hide option completely—the option will be hidden; even if the option is mandatory (see the previous setting), customers will still be able to add the product to cart.

Position—the position of the variant relatively to other variants in the list.

Name—the name of the option variant. For example, if the option is titled Size, the variants to the option can be Small, Medium, Large, etc.

Modifier/Type—a positive or negative value that will be added to or subtracted from the original product price. The modifier can be either an absolute value or a percentage.

Weight modifier/Type—a positive or negative value that will be added to or subtracted from the original product weight. The modifier can be either an absolute value or a percentage.

Status—the status of the variant (Active or Disabled).

Icon—a thumbnail to represent the option variant. You can also specify alternative text for this thumbnail, it’s good for SEO.

These icons are shown on the product details page on the storefront.

Earned point modifier/Type—a positive or negative value that will be added to or subtracted from the original number of reward points that customers receive when they buy the product. The modifier can be either an absolute value or a percentage.