A bundle is one product that is made of other products you already sell. A gift set, a starter kit, a six-pack of single items. The bundle has its own name, price and SKU, and when it sells, stock comes off the products inside it.
The end result
A Coffee Lover's Gift Set at $36.00 made of one bag of House Blend Coffee Beans 12 oz and two Ceramic Mugs 12 oz. Selling one set takes one bag and two mugs out of stock. The set itself has no stock count.
Before you start
Create each component as its own product first, with inventory tracking turned on and a count. In this example the beans are tracked with 24 on hand.
Step 1 – Create the bundle product
In the left sidebar click Shop+, stay on Products and click the + icon in the toolbar. Fill in the Title, External Title, Description and Product Type, set Publication Status to Active and turn on the channels you sell on. Choose a Category and enter the Price of the whole set. Add a SKU if the set has its own barcode.
Step 2 – Turn on the Bundle switch
Scroll to the Bundle section near the bottom of the form, above Inventory Management, and turn on This product is a bundle of other products. A components table appears with the note: stock comes off these products when the bundle sells, and the bundle itself is not counted.
Step 3 – Add the components
Click + Add component. In the Product column choose a product, and in Qty per bundle enter how many of it go into one set. Repeat for each component. Use Remove to take a row out.
Step 4 – Leave inventory tracking off on the bundle
Because the bundle is not counted, leave Track inventory for this product off on the bundle itself. Its availability comes from its components.
Step 5 – Save and sell
Click Save Product. The bundle appears in the Products list and at the register like any other product, at the price you set.
Pricing a bundle
The bundle price is whatever you enter. It is not calculated from the components. In the example the items bought separately would be $14.00 plus two mugs at $14.00 each, $42.00 in total, and the set sells for $36.00. Pricing the set a little under the separate total is the usual way to encourage the larger purchase.
Good uses for bundles
Gift sets and baskets: several different products sold as one.
Multi-packs: six of the same single item at a pack price. One component with a quantity of 6.
Starter kits: the items a new customer needs, at one price.
Seasonal sets: create the bundle for the season and set it to Draft or Archive afterwards. The component products are not affected.
Things to know
A bundle with no components behaves like an ordinary product.
A component can be in many bundles and still be sold on its own.
Modifier groups can be attached to a bundle the same way as any product, for example Gift Options.
If you need labor and overhead in the cost, or want to assemble sets in advance and count them, use a Kit / Bundle BOM in the Inventory Hub instead. See "Creating a Bill of Materials (BOM)".
Common questions
How do I sell a gift set made of items I also sell separately? Create a product for the set, turn on the Bundle switch and add each item as a component.
Does the bundle need its own stock count? No. Stock comes off the components.
How do I sell a six-pack of an item I sell singly? Create a bundle with that item as the only component and a quantity of 6.
Can I change what is in a bundle later? Yes. Open the product, change the components and click Update Product.