What is a sub-product?
Combined variations of a product are called sub-products, e.g. if the product is a T-shirt, the medium red T-shirt is a sub-product and the large green T-shirt is another sub-product.
Each sub-product can have their own:
Code/SKU
Stock (& settings)
Price
Tax type
Shipping measurements
Availability
Status
Images
Is anything inherited from the product?
Yes. If any of the following information is left blank, it's inherited from the product:
Shipping measurements
Price
Tax type
How do I add a sub-product?
Note, you can only add sub-products if the product already has variations. If not, Create variations and attributes first. You'll find out how to do that here.
Go to Commerce > Products > click Products in the menu on the left.
Click on a product to edit it.
You'll see the Sub-products heading. Click the Add button to the right of this heading.
You'll see a table with all the sub products available (based on combinations of all existing variations). Choose which sub-products you want to create and optionally add a specific code, pricing & stock for each sub product.
Click Add.
How do I edit a sub-product?
Go to Commerce > Products > click Products in the menu on the left.
Click on the product to edit it.
You'll see the sub-products listed under the heading Sub-products.
Click on a sub-product to edit it.
Click the Edit button in the top right to edit the details of the sub product. Here, you can edit numerous details like images, tax type, availability, shipping measurements etc.
Click Update to save.
How do I add an image to a sub-product?
Go to Commerce > Products > click Products in the menu on the left.
Click on the product which has the corresponding sub-products that you want to edit.
You'll see the sub-products listed under the heading Sub-products.
Click on a sub-product to edit it.
Click the Edit button in the top right.
Scroll down to Image
Click Choose file
Click Update at the bottom of the page.
How do I delete a sub-product?
Go to Commerce > Products > click Products in the menu on the left.
Click on the product which has the corresponding sub-products that you want to delete.
You'll see the sub-products listed under the Sub-products heading.
Next to the sub-product, click Delete in the Options column.
Click Delete.