[SOLVED] Assembling the product before it goes in the cart

[Herbert Kilby]

Say we had a store that sells tee shirts that have some sort of saying on it; but the completed product is actually produce upon demand. We have the blank shirts and can write anything on them; however, pregenerating the finished product would probably lead to inventory that is hard to move.

 

Here's the logic we are trying to achieve:

 

1. The customer selects the writing that is to go on the shirt

2. The customer next selects the shirt size and color

3. The customer selects the number of shirts of this size and color with this writing on it.

4. The customer places item in the cart.

 

We only want to maintain inventory quantity for each blank shirt by size and color. It would be impossible and impracticle to maintain an inventory quantity for each possible combination since the actual finished shirt does not exist until a customer decides they want one.

 

Since this is outside the scope of most common shopping situations, it is most likely that a custom module would be required. Has anyone either built or attempted to build something along this line? If you know of or could produce a solution to this, please let us know.

Edited June 26, 2012 by Herbert Kilby (see edit history)

[Mike Kranzler]

Hi Herbert,

Have you tried PrestaShop's built-in Combinations Generator? This would allow you to create stock of blank shirts in your various sizes, and then you can add a Text Field to the product page through your Back Office under the Customization tab for that product in your Catalog.

 

I hope this helps.

 

-Mike

[Herbert Kilby]

Sorry for the delay in my response. I have set up the site for use by my son and he seems to be able to do what he wants; I assume the is using the combinations generator.

 

Thanks for your response Mike.

[Mike Kranzler]

Great, I'm glad I could help! I'll go ahead and mark this thread as solved for you. Happy selling!

 

-Mike