If a Product has a 'DownloadableProduct' subtype, then it's downloadable. My understanding (I could be wrong in my approach -- I found it somewhat confusing) is that a specific Product can be the "parent" of multiple ProductVariations that are based on it, but each variation becomes the actual Product once created.
In my situation I have an application for Mac/Win that's available via shipped cd (cd contains both Mac&Win), shipped cd + download, and download only. I ended up with 7 Products: cd-only, cd+download (ConfigurableProduct), cd+download Mac (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct, and "shippable"), cd+download Win (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct, and "shippable"), download-only (ConfigurableProduct), download-only Mac (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct), download-only Win (ProductVariation, DownloadableProduct), And the customer sees three products because the ConfigurableProducts just represent the variations based on them. Maybe there's a better way to do this, but it's what I was able to figure out when I was setting it up. On May 5, 11:19 am, pspierce <[email protected]> wrote: > Could someone at least tell me if the behavior I'm seeing is the > intended behavior? That is, a downloadable product is provided when > its parent product is purchased and doesn't appear to be setup for > sale on its own. > > thanks. > > On May 4, 12:40 pm, pspierce <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The subject isn't exactly what I want but I envision some products are > > download only, some are physical only and some are physical or > > download. If you wanted both, you'd have to buy both a physical and a > > digital. It looks to me like the out-of-the-box scenario is that if a > > product is available for download then you get that product > > automatically when you buy the physical product. It would seem I can > > turn shipping off and that will create a download only product but how > > would I create a scenario where you can purchase either the download > > product, the physical product or both? > > > One other assumption from looking at things, a Product is both the > > parent of all subtypes it represents the physical product. If the > > parent were not also the physical product but rather just the parent > > that all subtypes (e.g. DownloadableProduct) were based off of and the > > physical product were a subtype as well... I believe I could then work > > toward what I'm after. > > > I hope I have been clear. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Satchmo users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Satchmo users" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en.
