Overview:
Digital Product Grouping
Manager allows grouping of individual products into
families and the display of these groups on catalog
(searchresult.aspx) or product (detail.aspx) pages.
Grouping is controlled through an enhancement to
Merchant Tools allowing grouping at both the SF category
and product level by assigning a parent product to each
group, and associated child products.
The parent product for each group controls the large or
small image, and short or long product description
displayed.
Additional flexibility over product presentation is
enhanced by addition by use of a custom Title Name and
Detail Name for each product. The Title Name
displays for the parent product at the top of each
group, and the Detailed Name displays toward the bottom
for each parent and child assigned to the group, next to
the price.
Product Grouping Manager provides a flexible system for
at a glance product presentation that groups by SF
category for catalog and product pages. Each item
can be displayed with a price and an 'Add to Cart'
button.
Note: Our Multiple Select Shopping Manager is a
similar product, but provides for a single add to cart
button for an entire group of products displayed on a
single page, as well as providing for attribute support.
See our product comparison below or
click here for details.
Feature/Benefits:
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At a Glance Product
Displays |
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Grouping of Products at
a Category or Product level |
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Enhanced SF Merchant
Tools interface provides for easy grouping |
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Product Grouping is
flexible to provide for alternative grouping
presentations. |
Product Comparison:
Grouping Manager vs. Multiple-Select Manager
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Digital Grouping Manager
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Digital Multi-Select Manager |
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Grouping at Category or
Product level |
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Grouping at Product
level |
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Add to Cart button for
each product |
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Add to Cart button for
entire group |
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No support for Wish
List or Email Friend |
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No support for Wish
List or Email Friend |
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Advanced Merchant Tools
administration |
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Advanced Merchant Tools
administration |
Requirements:
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Support
for SF6.4 and 6.5, SE and AE |
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MS SQL database |
Comments:
We have found that the
grouping of products on catalog an product pages
provides an natural product presentation that allows
user to at a glance product options.
Product options must be represented as separate product
items rather than a single product with attributes.
This has an impact on integration with accounting
packages such as QuickBooks, which typically assign
unique SKU numbers to each product option.
Grouping Manager provides a flexible approach toward
product presentation, and a more natural approach for
customer shopping.
Installation
Services and Training:
Many merchants prefer to
have Digital Grouping Manager installed by one of our
trained SF Add-on technicians, and to receive at a least
a walk-through for basic training. Fees for this
service and training start at $49.00 - additional help can
be found for enhancing / tweaking of your site, as
well as installing/integrating advanced dynamic menu systems
and other application enhancements, site makeovers,
usability and marketing.
Site Makeovers:
In many cases, installation
of Digital Grouping Manager is the perfect opportunity to
rethink the navigation and product presentation of a
site and potentially makeover the site in terms of both
look-and-feel as well as function.
Purchase:
Contact us at
sales@digitalbeach.org
for details on purchasing Digital Grouping Manager,
Installation Services, or inquiring about a free
analysis for website usability and marketing. |
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Figure 1
Grouping of two products on single product
page.
Figure 2
Grouping of multiple products and groups
displayed on the same catalog page.
Figure 3
Enhanced SF Merchant Tools Product Detail
allowing for multiple grouping by assigning
parent and child products.
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design
