pricing by attributes

[robertjohnston]

I understand about the base price and adding plus or minus from the base price to achive the differnt priced items. My question is how do you make the "(+.98)" not show in the listing. If I was a buyer I would think I was paying $.98 for the item. I hope I'm clear enough for a answer!

[The Tavern Wench]

I'm not positive I'm understanding, but I'll give it a shot.

If you want to just remove the + part, you can just take it out of the box and it won't show up.  I generally do this unless it's literally an 'add-on' amount. 

Example:   Unscented Item is priced at 2.99, but if they want it scented it's +$1.00.

If I want to just show different prices for different options, then I mark it to NOT include the base price, remove the + sign and just put the amount in.  OR you can make an option called *Please Select* and mark it as 0.00 (as the base price) and the amounts should add it correctly in the cart.

Example:

Unscented $2.99
Scented  $3.99

Then whichever option they choose should be what shows up in the cart.  Just make sure to add the product price (when listing) as 0.00 and priced by attributes.

I know attributes still drives me nuts.  Half the time when I'm first setting them up I usually have to change it twice (or more) to make it add things up right because I always mess up at least one of the settings. 

Hope that helps answer your question.  If not, let me know!

[robertjohnston]

In guess I have to show what I'm talking about look at the listing below:
http://www.dadsgiftworld....h=2_11&products_id=86
On the lamp (30.00) actual price $33.99
on the mirror (46.00) actual price $49.99
I think it would be confusing to buyers I would just as soon not have the (30.00) not showup on the listing but still work the same way. maybe I should leave the plus sign (+) sign before the (30.00). What do you think?

[The Tavern Wench]

Bob if it was me, I'd seriously consider listing them individually because the Search engines will pick up the titles better.

That being said, I also see why you want to list them as a set.
Here is how I would do it:

I would take out the + sign (like you already have)
Set the attribute price as the actual price (i.e. ball 3.99, bowl 23.99, lamp 33.99, mirror 49.99, etc.)  Set it so the base price dot is purple (no X) and put the price as 0.00 in the listing.  If you do it this way, it will still show 'starting at 3.99'

The it will show up like this (only with the checkboxes instead of a dropdown box) http://www.jdcandlesupply...th=15&products_id=139


Set the sort order for them so they are listed by price lowest to highest (there's a place to do that same place you set the prices).

I really like the way it looks with the checkboxes and I think that will be the least confusing for the buyers.

I would make sure to specify that is 3.99 per ball and you might consider adding an option/attribute to buy the whole set at a slight discount for x amount.