Composite Product

A Composite Product is a single product with multiple image nodes and/or text nodes.  Also called “Multinode Products”. Examples could include greeting cards, graduation announcements, collages, etc.

Building a Composite Product

  1. Navigate to the price list product screen (Price Lists>Products). 
  2. Use the drop-down selection for Add Price List Item to select Composite Product. 
  3. Required: In the Product Name field, enter the name of your product (Ex: “3 - Pose Collage")
  4. Choose a Product Category, if necessary, using the drop-down selection. See our Product Category help file for more information. 
  5. You can set a date for this product to become active or inactive using the Start At and End At date fields.
  6. You can upload a graphic to this product by clicking Choose File and selecting the image (.jpg or .png). 
  7. Required: Set a price for this product in the Retail Price field.
  8. In the Description field, you can add any descriptive text for this product (Ex. “Your choice of 3 poses on a lovely greeting card!”)
  9. If you'd like to add a pop-up option to better display the graphic and any additional descriptive text, you can add a Sample Image and Description. 
  10. If you wish to make this composite product available only in packages or as a package add-on, tick the Do not sell a-la-carte checkbox. 
  11. If this item is fulfilled by one of our integrated labs, please reach out to the Simplephoto Support team to ensure the appropriate lab product association is in place. If you are self-fulfilling this item, see our Lab Product help file to determine if a lab product is needed. 
  12. Click Add.

Adding Composite Product Image Nodes

Once you add the basic Composite Product information from above, you will be prompted to add each applicable image node. Remember, an image node is essentially a prompt for customers to select a new image for the composite product as a whole.

  1. Enter an Image Node Name for the first node/slot of the composite. This name usually corresponds to the position of the pose on the composite. If the first pose is at the top of the composite, the Image Node Name might be "Top."
  2. If this item is fulfilled by one of our integrated labs, please reach out to the Simplephoto Support team to ensure the appropriate lab product association is in place. If you are self-fulfilling this item, see our Lab Product help file to determine if a lab product is needed. 
  3. If you would like multiple Image Nodes to be labeled the same (Ex. "Pose"), enter a number in the Number of selections required field. 
  4. Tick the additional checkboxes and add a description as applicable.
  5. Click Add Another to create additional Image Nodes. Click Finish when complete. 

Composite Product Example

Image Nodes: 
Top (1 selection)
Bottom Left (1 selection)
Bottom Right (1 selection) 

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When previewed with a gallery the composite will appear as follows:

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Adding a Composite to a Package

Once your Composite Product is created using the instructions above, click Products next to the package and click Add Composite. You will now see an option to add any pre-built composites to the package.

Additional Notes

  • If Do not sell a-la-carte is selected inside of the composite, the composite will be available to add as a package product or package add-on, but the composite product will not appear by itself in the price list.
  • Composite package product poses are limited to the maximum number of poses set inside the Edit Package screen.
  • Limitation: If the checkbox is ticked next to Pose limitations apply to Addon products inside the Edit Package screen, these pose limitations do not apply to composite package add-ons.

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