Overview

With Product Experience Manager (EP PXM), you can create and manage bundles. A bundle is a purchasable product, comprising of two or more products that you want to sell together. For example, a consumer electronics and video game company, Playtend Games can sell a Playtend video game console as a bundle that includes the console, controller, and game. The price of the bundle might be different from the total of the individual products. A bundle must contain at least two items, either the same items or different items.

You must not assign a product to a bundle if the product is in draft status as this invalidates the bundle.

You can have:

• Dynamic bundles. Dynamic bundles allow your shoppers to choose their own options in a bundle. See Dynamic Bundles.
• Bundles of bundles. Your bundle consists of child bundles. See Bundles of Bundles.

You can create multiple components within a bundle. Each component must have at least one or more options. Each option is a product and a quantity.

For example, Playtend Games can create a bundle where the total bundle price is calculated based on the options that the buyers choose. Shoppers can select a base console option, two games options, and a controller option as in the following example:

1. Select one of the following options in the gaming console component:

   • Gaming Console 512 MB Storage. Regular price is $500, selling for $475.
   • Gaming Console 1 GB Storage. Regular price is $750, selling for $725.

2. Select one of the following options in the game component:

   • Option 1:

     • Playtend Roboselect Game, selling for $50
     • Playtend Burndown Game, selling for $45
     • Playtend Invaders Game, selling for $50

   • Option2:

     • Playtend Doomsday Game, selling for $35
     • Playtend Happyday Game, selling for $35
     • Playtend Birthday Game, selling for $40

3. Select one of the following options in the controllers component:

   • Red Controller, selling for $40
   • Blue Controller, selling for $40
   • Green Controller, selling for $40
   • Invaders Controller, selling for $75

If the shopper chooses the following options for their bundle, the total is $885:

• Gaming Console 1 GB Storage ($725)
• Playtend Burndown Game ($45)
• Playtend Birthday Game ($40)
• Invaders Controller ($75)

Bundles can have:

• Fixed pricing - enables you to assign a fixed price for all products in a bundle.
• Automatic/cumulative pricing - the price of a bundle is generated automatically based on the sum of the component products.

For more information, see Bundle Pricing.

You can create bundles using:

• PXM Bundles API.
• Commerce Manager.