KIT MAKER

Combine several related products into a kit and offer them as a group price. You can also combine unrelated products to establish a bundle offering. The versions 2x-4x contain both the Kit Maker module and the Strike Thru module.

Enter a percentage discount in admin and MIVA Merchant will sum the prices of the individual items, then apply that discount to calculate the new kit price. If you change the price of a kit component, the kit price will be re-calculated when you update the kit assembly in admin AND when the kit product is displayed on the screen=PROD in merchant.

The kit component list can be displayed in the narrative description area on the product screen. You can display it at the beginning or end of the description or leave it off altogether. Each of the kit components is listed as a link to the individual product's screen so that customers can review the full description of each component. Each kit has the option to show or hide the percent savings.

If you want to show the full price as a strike thru you can select in admin to automatically calculate the product cost equal to the original prices of all of the components. Then install the striker.mv module (included with Kit Maker 2x - 4x) and it will display a strike thru for all products where the cost exceeds the price, not just those products which are kits.

Versions 2x - 4x: If using the OpenUI, the code is inserted automatically. If using the MMUI look and feel, two edits are required in the mmui.mv file for Kit Maker and one edit is required if you want to add the Strike Thru capability to your store. If you are using the MMUI and your Merchant version is 4.14-4.24 or newer, please review the paragraph about compiler needs in the install doc linked below.

New in the compiled version is compatibility interface with the OpenUI Tokens and Viking Coders product template module. Place the list of kit components on the product page so that it better fits your desired look. The kit component display can either use the default display (store owner does not need to know html) or the template which allows the store owner to rearrange the kit component display with or without thumbnail images. Normally the kit price is computed with the sum (and discount) from the component prices. However, in the compiled version you have the option to turn off the automatic calculation so that the price can be fixed by the store owner. The weight of the components can also be automatically calculated to establish the weight for the kit.

Limitation: This module does not have inventory management oversight of the individual components for display or decrementing. If your components are such that they may likely be depleted, then you will need to scrutinize sales to determine when to remove the kit from the shelf.

An example of a product assembled using Kit Maker is at 1AA00102.

Online overview and initial setup instructions for our MIVA Merchant modules.

Screen shot showing kit assembly