A Variable Product is a product that represents a group of similar products that differ only by certain product properties. A Variable Product itself has no price or account and cannot be sold directly—rather, it serves as a starting point. From there, the customer chooses specific properties (such as color, size, or print), which then determines the underlying Item or Stock Item product.
In a typical web shop, you can view different products, and when you click on one, you can choose from various properties—such as color, size, and print. By using Variable Products and Product Properties, it’s now possible to achieve this in the API. In the future, support will be extended to the customer web, and later to Point of Sale, Resource Planner, and Self Service Station.
A Variable Product has its own name, description, and image, which are used to display the product on the customer web.
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