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Furniture - Parent-child codes

Written by Carla | Dec 27, 2024 12:33:20 AM

You may have noticed some furniture codes showing up with no cost or sale pricing on the portal. This is because this product is not sold as the ‘parent’ it is sold as the ‘child’.

For the Furniture category especially, we create codes under what we call a 'parent-child' set-up where a main (parent) code represents a whole range of products based on standard module and brand. The ‘Child’ code is the breakdown selection/choice that the customer chooses ie colour, sizing, with accessories etc

As a simple example, a coffee table might come in different colours, so in setting up the code:

  • the PARENT code will be the coffee table (no price)
  • the CHILD codes will then be the breakdown in colour options it comes in.

The ‘parent-child’ set-up then allows your customer to choose what item and what colour/size option they would like. Once choices have been identified on the site, the correct price will then appear.

**Note that there will be different ‘CHILD’ codes assigned to each colour / size variation**

For more information on these PARENT-CHILD set-ups, please log a ticket