How Many SKU's is enough?
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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 balloonfrom 12 items to prolly over a hundred. Now if the user does a searchon shirts, the results page will be huge, with lots of copies of thesame shirt with minor variations. From a user interface point of view,I prefer that they make the basic decision at the results page (do Iwant a sweatshirt or a tee shirt) and go to the details page to decideon size, art, color, etc to specify and customize the tee shirt.-- Larry Lowewebmaster@airspacemag.comAir&Space Magazinehttp://www.airspacemag.com/Miss America Air Racinghttp://www.missa.com/Bud Light Air Forcehttp://www.blaf.com/
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> 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 balloonfrom 12 items to prolly over a hundred. Now if the user does a searchon shirts, the results page will be huge, with lots of copies of thesame shirt with minor variations. From a user interface point of view,I prefer that they make the basic decision at the results page (do Iwant a sweatshirt or a tee shirt) and go to the details page to decideon size, art, color, etc to specify and customize the tee shirt.-- Larry Lowewebmaster@airspacemag.comAir&Space Magazinehttp://www.airspacemag.com/Miss America Air Racinghttp://www.missa.com/Bud Light Air Forcehttp://www.blaf.com/
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