Products, Variations and SKUs, Bundles, Packages, Dynamic Packages and Associations

A Product represents various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including Variations/SKUs, Bundles, Packages and Dynamic Packages.

• Product Entries
  A product entryA product entry typically contains a product name, part number, description and images. typically contains a productA product represents various forms of merchandise that you can display and purchase from the public site, including Products, Variations/SKUs, Bundles, Packages and Dynamic Packages. name, part number, description and images.
• Variations/SKUs
  A variationA variation or SKU (Store Keeping Unit) corresponds to a specific type of product with specific characteristics. For example, a product of Shirts will have an individual variation/SKU which includes size, color and sleeve length. or SKUA variation or SKU (Store Keeping Unit) corresponds to a specific type of product with specific characteristics. For example, a product of Shirts will have an individual variation/SKU which includes size, color and sleeve length. corresponds to a specific type of product with specific characteristics.  For example, a product of Shirts will have an individual variation/SKU which includes size, color and sleeve length.
• Bundles
  a bundleA bundle is a collection of variations and SKUs allowing customers to purchase two or more items at once. is a collection of Variations and SKUs allowing customers to purchase two or more items at once (all pricing is SKU specific and separate, unlike a packageA package is comparable to an individual SKU because the package item must be purchased as a whole (i.e. computer system). which is multiple SKUs put together in a single unified price).
  Refer to "Mixed Cases" on the EPiServer Commerce sample site, for an example of a product bundle.
• Packages
  A package is comparable to an individual SKU because the package item must be purchased as a whole (i.e. computer system).Items can be put within a package and package can have its own unique pricing.
• Dynamic Packages
  A dynamic packageA dynamic package is similar to the package definition above with the added ability to configure the package during checkout. is similar to the package definition above with the added ability to configure the package during checkoutThe procedure of buying one or more products in a webshop. Involves defining shipping and billing addresses, shipping methods and payments..
• Associations
  One or more products can be associated to a product so that they can be displayed advertised on the public site as product accessories, or upselling/cross-selling item.  Associations can be made from any of the individual products (Product Entries, SKUs, Bundles, Packages, and Dynamic Packages).

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