Re: same products but different

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1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 17681
interpreted = N
texte = >>I am trying to sell training manuals using webcatalog/merchant. The >>manuals are anywhere from 35 to 75 pages. I will be selling an >>electronic version (pdf format) delivered by merchant. But I would also >>like to offer a hard copy version via UPS or US MAIL for a different >>price. I also would like to make each manual available on a floppy disk >>via us mail for yet a third price. >> >>In each case the manual is the same yet in different formats and prices >>and delivery. >> >>I am chasing my database tail a bit trying to decide if I should use a >>different SKU number for each or if I should use one SKU with three >>different modifiers some how. >> >>Does anyone have any suggestions as to which way might give me less >>hassle down the road?? >> >in Europe a different format, packaging or price implies a different >product, wich implies, from the technical point of view, a different SKU. >If you respect the european law, I am sure you'll be clean with the >american constraints. ;)Be smart:1. Different SKUs for each version 2. Make some part common for versions like 1111-001, where 1111 is a SKU for each manual and 001 is a SKU for PDF. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: same products but different (Christer Olsson 1998)
  2. Re: same products but different (helene 1998)
  3. Re: same products but different (Kenneth Grome 1998)
  4. same products but different (Dan Tryon 1998)
>>I am trying to sell training manuals using webcatalog/merchant. The >>manuals are anywhere from 35 to 75 pages. I will be selling an >>electronic version (pdf format) delivered by merchant. But I would also >>like to offer a hard copy version via UPS or US MAIL for a different >>price. I also would like to make each manual available on a floppy disk >>via us mail for yet a third price. >> >>In each case the manual is the same yet in different formats and prices >>and delivery. >> >>I am chasing my database tail a bit trying to decide if I should use a >>different SKU number for each or if I should use one SKU with three >>different modifiers some how. >> >>Does anyone have any suggestions as to which way might give me less >>hassle down the road?? >> >in Europe a different format, packaging or price implies a different >product, wich implies, from the technical point of view, a different SKU. >If you respect the european law, I am sure you'll be clean with the >american constraints. ;)Be smart:1. Different SKUs for each version 2. Make some part common for versions like 1111-001, where 1111 is a SKU for each manual and 001 is a SKU for PDF. ************************************************************* Christer Olsson Stora Nygatan 21 Phone +46 40 791 50 Art director S-211 37 Malmoe Fax +46 40 97 99 77 Ljusa Ideer AB Sweden http://www.ljusaideer.se Christer Olsson

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