Bundles and kits

Bundles and kits are groupings of catalog entries. Used for promotional purposes, the catalog entries in bundles and kits are grouped in such a way to attract customers.

Bundle

A bundle is a collection of catalog entries that allow customers to buy multiple merchandise with one click. For example, when a bundle for a computer system is a computer, a monitor, a printer, and a scanner, the bundle components can be sold separately. A bundle's price is composed by its different catalog entries. A bundle cannot be purchased directly.

Prebuilt kit

A prebuilt kit is a collection of catalog entries that cannot be sold separately. For example, a computer prebuilt kit might contain a specific processor, monitor, and hard drive. A prebuilt kit has its own price and can be added to the shopping cart. Once added to the shopping cart, we cannot change the prebuilt kit contents. Viewed in similar ways as a product, a prebuilt kit can have descriptive attributes.

Inventory for a prebuilt kit is independent of the inventory of its component parts. For example, selling a computer prebuilt kit does not affect the inventory of the processor, monitor, and hard drive that the prebuilt kit contains.

Static kit

A static kit is also a group of products that are ordered as a unit. The information about the products that are contained in a static kit is predefined and controlled within WebSphere Commerce. A static kit's components are only tracked when the store uses the ATP inventory model. The individual components within the order cannot be modified and must be fulfilled together. A static kit backorders if any of its components are unavailable.

A static kit has no inventory of its own. When a static kit is purchased, the inventory of its component parts is lowered. For example, if a computer was sold as a static kit and not a prebuilt kit, the inventory amounts for the processor, monitor, and hard drive would be decreased when a computer was sold.

Note: Prebuilt and Static kits are both considered to be a kit (kit and dynamic kit are the two options provided) in Management Center. They differ only in how the inventory is configured and managed. For a prebuilt kit, the inventory must be tracked at the kit level whereas a static kit's inventory must be tracked at each individual child component.

Dynamic kit

A dynamic kit is a group of products that are ordered as a unit and fulfilled together. The information about the products is controlled by an external configurator and supplied at order entry time. Typically, the definition of the products in the kit is not known until the kit is configured, hence the name dynamic kit. For example, you create a dynamic kit that consists of multiple computers, monitors, and keyboards. Shoppers select from the components in the dynamic kit to configure a product, such as a computer system, that they then add to the shopping cart.

The individual components of a dynamic kit cannot be modified in the order, but they can be reconfigured by a configurator. A dynamic kit's components are only tracked when the store uses the ATP inventory model.

Predefined dynamic kit

A predefined dynamic kit is a preconfigured dynamic kit that shoppers can add directly to the shopping cart without additional configuration. For example, if a dynamic kit consists of multiple computers, monitors, and keyboards, the associated predefined dynamic kit is the configured computer system. Dynamic kits support multiple predefined dynamic kits.

Related tasks
Manage kits
Manage bundles