How to create an option group ๐Ÿค”

To create an option group, follow the below steps: 

User Authority to create a group option, follow the below steps:

  • Owner โœ…

  • Manager โœ…

  • Operator โŽ


1- Go to "Menu" and then "Items"

2- Select the item that you want to create an option group for

3- In "Modifiers" section, scroll down till "Option Groups"

4- Click on "Create Group" and fill the needed information:

Group Name

Fill the "Group Name" in English & Arabic

Link group to variant

  • Click on the dropdown sign under "Link group to variant" and select the itemโ€™s variants that you want the option to appear when they are selected 

    For example: You have an item called Chicken Sandwich comes with 2 variants Small and Large. You can select the option group to appear for the variant Small only (so when customers chooses the small size for this item, the option group will appear while disappear for large) or apply the group for the Large only (so when customers chooses the variant large, the option group will appear while it will disappear for small), or you can mark it for all the variants which will apply this option group on all variants when the customers select any of them


Set Options Limit

  • If you want to allow your customer to choose the same option more than once, activate "Allow customers to select a single option multiple times" โœ…

Free Options

Free Options allows you set the number of free options for each variant
  • If you set the number of "Free Options" to 0, it means the feature is de-activated and there are no free options to offer 
  • If you set a specific number under "Free Options", it means the feature is activated and this number will be the number of the free options the customer would not be charged for and the system automatically will select the cheapest options to be for free
For Example: If you have an options group of 4 options in it along with their prices, and you set the number of the free options to be 2;  the system will consider the cheapest 2 options as free and customers will not be charged for them

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 Exclude Option

You can use this to control whether you want an option to appear or not when a specific variant is selected by your customers. If you marked the option โœ… under "Exclude" it will make this option disappear from the website and customers will no longer see this option to add

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This feature applies on different items as well. If you want some options to appear while selecting an item while have them to disappear while selecting other items, you can exclude the options

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Minimum & Maximum Selection

And for Minimum & Maximum Selection, add the required numbers:

  • If you set the "Minimum Selection" = 0, this means that adding the option will be optional not mandatory, so customer will be able to checkout with the item without selecting any option

  • If you set the "Minimum Selection" = 1 or more, then it will be a must and your customers cannot checkout until they select the number of options you set

  • In "Maximum Selection" it is (Optional) to fill and it means that your customers cannot select more than the number you have set

 

5- Under "Group Option", fill the name of the option in English & Arabic and their prices and then click on "Save"

 


To watch a short video of how to create a group option