5.2 Scenario Two – Similar Product(s) With Different Packaging

 

The scenario is quite similar to Section 5.1 but now you provide an additional framing service. For simplicity, there are four photo sizes and 2 frame types. You either create the catalog such that the same picture is inserted onto 2 pages, one with and one without frame. Alternatively, you can have the same pictures inserted on the same page, one showing with and one without the frame, and then define different combinations for the packaging.

 

Fig 5.2.1 Shopping Cart Setup – Packaging

 

Steps:

 

  1. Click Tools on the menu bar.

  2. Select CD Shopping Cart and click Setup.

  3. At Packaging tab, enter Standard 4R – 4” x 6” for packaging and $4 for price.

  4. Click the button.

  5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for Standard 5R – 5” x 7”, Standard 6R – 6” x 8”, Standard 8R – 8” x 10”, Standard 4R – 4” x 6” with Frame A, Standard 5R – 5” x 7” with Frame A, Standard 6R – 6” x 8” with Frame A, Standard 8R – 8” x 10” with Frame A,  Standard 4R – 4” x 6” with Frame B, Standard 5R – 5” x 7” with Frame B, Standard 6R – 6” x 8” with Frame B, Standard 8R – 8” x 10” with Frame B for packaging and $5, $6, $8, $24, $35, $46, $58, $24, $35, $46 and $58 for price respectively (Fig 5.2.1).

  6. Click the OK button.

  7. You will be prompted with Fig 5.1.2.

  8. Click the Set pages without packaging/price information only check box since none of the pages are set as shopping pages yet.

  9. Click the OK button.

  10. All your pages will be set to shopping pages with the same packaging and price.

 

Now lets assume for whatever reason, some of the pictures will only come in standard sizes but not with frames. This means the packaging for different pages may be different. To complicate matters, half the catalog pages below to this category. To reduce the hassle of changing the packaging of half the shopping pages individually, you should enter the packaging according to the steps above, export the price information into a .csv file, edit it with Notepad or Excel (deleting those packaging that should not be in half of the shopping pages) and import the saved .csv file into the setup.

 

Steps:

 

  1. Click Tools on the menu bar.

  2. Select CD Shopping Cart and click Export Price List.

  3. Save your price list (pricelist.csv) to a desired folder.

  4. Launch Notepad or Excel and open the price list.

  5. Edit the pricelist by deleting irrelevant entries. (Refer to Section 4.8.3)

  6. Save the pricelist.

  7. Click Tools on the menu bar.

  8. Select CD Shopping Cart and click Import Price List.

  9. Your catalog is now set with the packaging for the respective shopping pages.