How Many SKU's is enough?

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1997


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = > Date: 15 Sep 1997 12:51:19 > From: Kenneth Grome > Subject: Re: Changing price for a SKU based on options (size, etc.) > > > >The basic problem is that the price varies for different sizes. Small, > >Medium and Large have one price and Xtra Large and Double Xtra Large > >have another. > > > >I've considered creating seperate SKU's for each price, but > >would like to avoid that solution as it seems a kludge. > > It is NOT a kludge, it is the proper way to do things. Go into any > retail store and look at any two items that are identical except for > size or color and you will clearly see two different SKU's. > > Size and color are defining factors that make items different, so you > should have a different SKU for every item that has a different size > or color from another item ... > > Sincerely, Ken Grome > WebDNA Solutions > http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.htmlWell, if I create an SKU for each size and color, my inventory balloon from 12 items to prolly over a hundred. Now if the user does a search on shirts, the results page will be huge, with lots of copies of the same shirt with minor variations. From a user interface point of view, I prefer that they make the basic decision at the results page (do I want a sweatshirt or a tee shirt) and go to the details page to decide on size, art, color, etc to specify and customize the tee shirt.-- Larry Lowe webmaster@airspacemag.comAir&Space Magazine http://www.airspacemag.com/Miss America Air Racing http://www.missa.com/Bud Light Air Force http://www.blaf.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: How Many SKU's is enough? (Bob Minor 1997)
  2. How Many SKU's is enough? (Larry Lowe 1997)
> Date: 15 Sep 1997 12:51:19 > From: Kenneth Grome > Subject: Re: Changing price for a SKU based on options (size, etc.) > > > >The basic problem is that the price varies for different sizes. Small, > >Medium and Large have one price and Xtra Large and Double Xtra Large > >have another. > > > >I've considered creating seperate SKU's for each price, but > >would like to avoid that solution as it seems a kludge. > > It is NOT a kludge, it is the proper way to do things. Go into any > retail store and look at any two items that are identical except for > size or color and you will clearly see two different SKU's. > > Size and color are defining factors that make items different, so you > should have a different SKU for every item that has a different size > or color from another item ... > > Sincerely, Ken Grome > WebDNA Solutions > http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.htmlWell, if I create an SKU for each size and color, my inventory balloon from 12 items to prolly over a hundred. Now if the user does a search on shirts, the results page will be huge, with lots of copies of the same shirt with minor variations. From a user interface point of view, I prefer that they make the basic decision at the results page (do I want a sweatshirt or a tee shirt) and go to the details page to decide on size, art, color, etc to specify and customize the tee shirt.-- Larry Lowe webmaster@airspacemag.comAir&Space Magazine http://www.airspacemag.com/Miss America Air Racing http://www.missa.com/Bud Light Air Force http://www.blaf.com/ Larry Lowe

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