TWT - Please Consider before Final 4.0 Release

[Pooch]

I'm very impressed with 4.0. However, some important features should be implemented into the Product OPTIONS tool. This is a major shortcoming, yet so vital for almost any business that has variety in their product line. In fact, this is such a short-coming and potential overlook that I'm almost in regret of my purchase. So, I hope the following areas can be quickly corrected before the final 4.0 release.

1) The Options module does not include the ability to change the SKU upon an "options" selection. Example: I have a product that comes in 9 different flavors, each with their own SKU. Now, It's not very feasable to clone this item 9 different times and force the customer to search through the catalog to see all the different flavors. So, it should be selectable, and the SKU should change with each selection.

2) The Options module does not allow me to enter a LIST and OUR PRICE for options. This is bad because if I have different sizes for like-items, which means BOTH the list and catalog price will increase. Simply entering the "difference" won't adjust the LIST price correctly. And, "No", I'm not about to shut off the List price as my prices are impressively lower, which helps my sales angle.

Bottom line, anyone in the retail industry KNOWS the Options module isn't useful as a real-world tool. This post is not intended to insult the TWT team. You guys are intellegent and 4.0 can be MUCH more effective to probably 99% of all online stores, with fixes to the above issues.

Thanks TWT for all your hardword thus far!!!!:D

[Fingerstyle]

I completely agree. This is a MUST! Every single item and variation of an item must have its own separate part number. We need this particularly for inventory calculating. If we use a single SKU, how will we know how many of each flavors to purchase for stock? I also believe we should have an optional field to enter a separate stocking location for each SKU which tells us the physical location of each SKU in our stock. I believe this was discussed before. Proper inventory management software will sort the packing list by stocking location. We need both a SKU for each product (and options) as well as a stocking location. You can make these optional fields for those who don’t see the importance.

[afpasi]

The ability to add a different sku and absolute pricing (as opposed to difference in pricing) to each option is a must for me as well. And if I had it my way, I'd have more option fields as well, as opposed to a single text field. Most of my products have a table with many different options, like:

Main product: Gloves

sku description size colour price sale
1234 glove, nitrile S blue 10.95 9.95
1235 glove, latex M green 10.95 9.95
1236 glove, rubber L black 11.95 10.95


And these 'columns' vary for each product. I have some products that have 12 columns and about 24 rows. Impossible to implement with the current system. An expanded Options system would be of great help.