The article is updated for the new Products page, which is currently being rolled out. View instructions for the previous version.
With variants, offer your customers a group of products consisting of different sizes, flavors, or something else of your choosing. Here are some example variants you could use:
🍕 A pizza variant containing a large, medium, and small pizza.
🥤 A cola variant containing a regular cola and a diet cola.
🍨 An ice cream variant containing chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream.
This article is only relevant if you do not have a POS integration. If you do have a POS, you can create them on there and then sync them to Deliverect.
Interactive tutorial
Individual steps
Step 1. To get started, navigate to your Products page from the sidebar.
Step 2. Click on the + Create button.
Step 3. Choose the Variant Product option.
Step 4. Enter information about your new variant product. We recommend naming it something that easily defines the enclosed variants. Some examples could be "Pasta", "Pizza", and "Cola". Provide some more context by adding an image and description.
Step 5. Click on the Add a variation button.
Step 6. Choose the products you want in your variant. View this article to learn how to create products. You can also add meal deals.
Step 7. Click on the Add button.
Step 8. Click on the Create button.
Additional fields are available after creating the modifier group.
Change the status of the variant. Setting this to inactive will remove your variant from sale.
Add product specifications about the variant. These include tags, allergens, nutritional values, and more. View this article for all possibilities.
Check if this variant is not a physical item. This is useful if the item does not need to be counted when individually packed (only relevant for the Delivery Manager App and not available to all customers). Contact our support team for more details.
Add more variations. Click on the ⋯ button to make changes to the product, customize it only for this variant, or remove it.
Add an existing upsell group or create one.
The new variant product will now be listed on your Products page and is ready to be used in your menus.
Previous version
With variants, offer your customers a group of products consisting of different sizes, flavors, or something else of your choosing. Here are some example variants you could use:
🍕 A pizza variant containing a large, medium, and a small pizza.
🥤 A cola variant containing a regular cola and a diet cola.
🍨 An ice cream variant containing chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream.
Step 1. To get started, navigate to your Products page 1
and click on the +Create 2
button.
Step 2. Choose the Variant Product option.
Step 3. Enter information about your new variant product. We recommend naming it something that easily defines the enclosed variants. Some examples could be "Pasta", "Pizza", and "Cola". Provide some more context by adding an image and description. Click on the Create button once ready.
Step 4. On the next page, add products (create them first if necessary).
Click here to learn how to correctly add/create new products.
Step 5. (optional) If you want to create some upsell opportunities, click on +Add Upsell.
Step 6. A preview of your variant is shown on the right-hand side of the page. All changes are shown instantly.
Step 7. Happy with it? Click on Done to save.
The new variant product will now be listed on your Products page and is ready to be used in your menus. 🎊
Next steps:
• Edit an existing menu to incude your variant product.
• Create a menu.
• Learn how to create a promotional deal/combo.