Assign the supplier to the virtual product as you'd need that for the invoicing/shipping workflow. Virtual product is just like a regular product with isVirtual flag set to Y, it still has SupplierProduct entity relationship so you need to associate your supplierPartyId with variant product as well. I didn't use the SupplierProductFeature table for any kind of association.
Regards, Mandeep On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 6:36 PM, sachin garg <sachingarg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Mandeep, > > I started working on your suggestion. > Lets say a product has got variants (may come in 4 colors). So, I created a > virtual product and created 4 variants for it. Now I want to associate two > suppliers with this product as you suggested. I have a related query: > Shall I assign a supplier to virtual product or variant product? If I > assign to virtual then how can I configure which supplier provides which > variant? There is a table supplier_product_feature but I am not sure how to > configure and make use of the same. > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 10:28 PM, sachin garg <sachingarg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I just wanted to clarify if there is a defined way already in ofbiz for > > achieving marketplace config. I understand now that probably i will have > to > > tweak the code to achieve my objective. Thanks for giving some hint in > this > > direction ;) > > > > On Oct 12, 2016 10:01 PM, "Mandeep Sidhu" <mandeep1985s...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> I've a full fledged seller marketplace implemented over this :) > >> https://seller.simbacart.com/sellercentral/c/home I am pretty sure it > >> works, you'd have to extend SupplierProduct to track inventory though. > >> For the pricing you need to configure appropriate SECAs to do auto > >> adjustments, if you are looking at 100% OOTB solution I am afraid that's > >> not the luxury you have here. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mandeep > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 9:18 AM, sachin garg <sachingarg...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi Mandeep, > >> > > >> > Making use of SupplierTab won't be logically correct. Example: In a > >> > marketplace, the price range of the item is determined by the minimum > >> and > >> > maximum price listed by the vendors against the same product. But > >> pricing > >> > in ofbiz doesn't depend on supplier pricing as different suppliers are > >> > supposed to feed inventory to same vendor. If pricing from suppliers > >> > increase then vendor will have to adjust the product pricing manually. > >> But > >> > in marketplace, the price must go up and down automatically. > >> > > >> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 8:02 PM, Mandeep Sidhu < > >> mandeep1985s...@gmail.com> > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Use SupplierProduct tab instead, add each supplier with their own > SKU > >> and > >> > > pricing. Also, make sure the product's inventory type is set to > >> > > Dropshipment only, you would have to build couple of new ECAs to > take > >> > care > >> > > of billing and email notifications. Additionally, some modification > is > >> > > required to the Dropshipment workflow if you want to support split > >> > > shipment. > >> > > > >> > > Thanks, > >> > > Mandeep > >> > > > >> > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:34 AM, sachin garg < > sachingarg...@gmail.com > >> > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > Hi, > >> > > > > >> > > > I am trying to implement a market place using ofbiz on the lines > of > >> > > Amazon. > >> > > > I am not sure how to configure multiple sellers for the same > >> product? I > >> > > > thought of creating each product as a virtual product and the > >> variants > >> > > > shall come from any seller. But then I will have to add a feature > >> > > category > >> > > > (say seller) and list down all the possible sellers to the virtual > >> > > product > >> > > > as "selectable". Is there a better way of doing it using ofbiz? > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >
