With the number of configurations you mention (i.e. hundreds) I recommend you also look at custom products. Configurable products are great, but they require that you generate and store in your database an "actualized" SKU for each combination you're selling. Custom products, on the other hand, are actualized by the customer at order time.
The problem you may run into with configurable products comes when you have lots of products with lots of options. You can end up with many thousands of options, and then you end up having to tweak the admin so that it will "keep up" with so much data. While the satchmo admin is perfectly capable of dealing with many thousands of SKUs with some work on your part tweaking it, it's not geared for that kind of load ootb. Hope that helps, --Stuart On Jan 31, 2012 12:33 PM, "g" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am about to start on a project for which I will need to create an > online store front. The store is to sell "configurable products". > I.e. the end product is custom configured by the user and we ship as > ordered. There are only a few base product product types, but each > base product has around 100 or so configurations, and the customer > needs to be able to easily assemble what they want. I.e. there are > several colors/finishes and other options per product. > > I have looked through the docs, but I am new to Satchmo and could not > find the right information or examples. I was hoping that someone > could give me some pointers or push me in the right direction. > > Will this project be a good match for Satchmo? Django is my framework > of choice and I have been wanting to give Satchmo a try for awhile > now, however I do not want to make a poor choice just because I want > to try out Satchmo. Other than that I am rather excited to finally > have a reason to work with Satchmo (if it is a good fit). > > Can anyone point me towards some Satchmo sites selling configurable > products that I could look at? I saw the "Store Gallery" but the ones > I saw were not selling configurable products. Feel free to send a > link directly to me instead of the list for privacy (I think google > groups will show my email right?). > > Thanks > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
