Overriding Default Price, Weight, and Choices
Each of the topics in this section for adding options discusses the Default Price and Default Weight fields. These 2 fields are located in different places depending on the type of option used. For Select and Radio options, they appear on the Choice records for that option. Because the other option types (Text, Textarea, and Checkbox) do not have more than one choice, the Default Price and Default Weight fields appear on the Options themselves.
These fields can be altered from their defaults at the point where you assign them to the product (either on a Product or Category record).
- Open the record where the choices are assigned (either Product or Category)
- Alter fields
The process to change the defaults is slightly different depending on the option type.
For Select and Radio options
The section for a select option inside the
Product Options section looks like this:

To custom the price or weight of any choice:
a. Click the
custom radio button. The following will appear:

b. Click anywhere in side the Price or Weight column corresponding to the choice you wish to alter. You will see a field like this:

c. Enter the new value
d. If you wish to change the way the choice alters the product price, click the Operator. It will change from a + to a - as you click it.
For all other option types
The section for options that don't have choices looks like this:
a. Click anywhere on the price or weight, OR click the pen icon. You will see a field like this:

b. Enter the new value
c. If you wish to change the way the choice alters the product price, click the Operator. It will change from a + to a - as you click it.
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If you wish to remove the customization, click the X, and the choice will revert back to defaults. |
- Click
This only applies to Select and Radio options. Imagine this scenario:
Suppose you sell t-shirts, and most come in small, medium, and large. You created a "size" option for this, and added it to the t-shirts category. This option now appears for all t-shirts in the category. Now, if you have a particular t-shirt that is not available in small, you can override the choices on this product's record as follows.
- Open the product record
- Add the "size" option to the product. Use the instructions in the Assigning to a Product topic as a guide.
- Click the custom field to customize the options. You should see something like this:
- Uncheck the checkbox for the small choice
- For the "Combine with options from primary category?" field at the bottom of the Product Options section, select no.
- Click
This only applies to Select and Radio options
- Open the record were the option is assigned (product or category)
- Click the custom radio button for the option you want to alter
- Find the choice row you wish to reposition, and click one of the position arrows
to move it up or down as needed.
- Click
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