Use case: configurable products
Sell a product the buyer puts together.
Some products come in many versions. A size, a material, a finish, a part. The buyer picks, and the store has to know what the picks add up to. Specify is built for that.
Why this is hard to sell online
A web shop shows one version of a product at a time. A product with many options has too many versions to list.
So the shop lists a few. The rest turn into emails. Or the buyer picks options that do not fit. You find out after the order.
The price is hard too. It depends on every pick at once.
What Specify does for it today
Each of these is in the platform now.
Options and limits you set
You set the options in your admin. A size can be a range with a unit, like centimetres.
Rules for what goes together
You write rules for picks that do not go together. The buyer reads your own words, not a blank error. A size outside your range is turned down, and the page says the limit.
A price from your own rules
The price is worked out from your price rules. Some products need a person to price them. Then the shop asks you for a price and shows no number.
Into the cart and through checkout
A product the buyer puts together goes in the cart like any other. The order keeps every pick they made.
Orders you want to check first
A rule can mark a pick for your review. The order is still placed. You see which rule marked it.
More than the page shows
You can keep options off the page. A buyer who asks for one can send it as a request. You decide the answer.
What it does not do yet
A buyer of these products may expect the things below. Specify does not have them today.
- A 3D view of a product. The one 3D view is for houses.
- A configurator search engines can use. They read each question and answer. The tool itself is drawn in the browser.
- Signing in at checkout. Buyers check out as guests, with their email.
- Shipping priced by weight or by carrier. Each market you sell to has one flat rate.
- Return labels and credit notes. A shipped order is paid back only when the buyer reports a problem.
Try it with one of your own products
Set up one product with its options and rules. Then order it the way a buyer would.
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