When selling items such as spirit wear t-shirts, school hoodies, or event tickets with specific time slots, you often need purchasers to select specific options before adding an item to their cart. In Edlio Pay (OSP), you manage this using Product Variations.
When to Use Product Variations
Use variations whenever a single item has multiple mutually exclusive selections:
Apparel Sizing: Youth Small, Youth Medium, Adult Small, Adult Medium, Adult Large, XL, 2XL.
Color Choices: Navy Blue, Heather Grey, White.
Event Sessions: Friday 7:00 PM, Saturday 2:00 PM, Saturday 7:00 PM.
Setting Up Product Variations
Navigate to Product Management > Manage Products and open the item you want to edit (or click Add Product).
Click on the Variations tab at the top of the product screen.
Check the box to Enable Variations for this product.
Define your variation title (e.g., "Select Size" or "Choose Color").
Add variation options by entering the option label and clicking Add for each value:
Enter size or color name (e.g., Adult Medium).
Price Adjustment: If an extended size costs more (e.g., 2XL adds $2.00), enter the positive dollar difference in the adjustment field.
Set the Display Order to ensure sizes appear logically (Small through XXL) rather than alphabetically.
Click Save Product.
⚠️ Price Adjustment Note: The price adjustment field represents the difference added to the base price, not the total price. For example, if a t-shirt base price is $15.00 and 2XL costs $18.00, enter 3.00 as the adjustment amount.