Product Bundles add-on for CS-Cart

Overview

The Product Bundles add-on enables to create a collection of products that is sold as a single unit. You can join several products in one bundle and give the customers a discount for the bundle as a whole. It is a great way to motivate your customers to buy several items instead of only one!

Discounts can be applied to each separate product or to the whole bundle. You can also choose whether it will be a percentage discount or a flat rate discount.

The add-on provides several ways to promote bundles. They can be displayed:

in Product bundles tab on the product details page;
in a block with product bundle showcase;
on a separate page with all available bundles.

Key features

Product bundles sold as a single unit;
Percentage discounts or fixed amount discounts;
Page with a list of all available product bundles;
Search for product bundles;
Blocks with product bundles;
Bundles with product options;
Product bundles can be paid with reward points;
Ability to set the number of bundles in a block;
Bundles get inactive if any product in it is out of stock;
Ability to specify the availability period for product bundles;

What your customers will see

Product details page

If the discount is set as a percentage of the original price, the percentage value is shown to customers.

Page with a list of bundles

Bundle with product options

Search in product bundles

Cart with a product bundle

What you will see in the admin area

The list of bundles

NOTE: If you use Multi-Vendor, select an active vendor from the list of vendors at the top. The + button will not appear under all vendors mode.

The General tab of a product bundle

The Products tab of a bundle

The SEO tab of a product bundle

The Add-ons tab of a product bundle

You can add a bundle when creating an order in the admin panel

User guide

Learn more about the add-on in our User guide.

Compatibility

The add-on is compatible with CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.3.1 and above.

Product Bundles: Overview

Product Bundles: Installation

Product Bundles: How to create a bundle

legend: [!] fixed bug, [~] minor changes, [+] new functionality, [-] deleted functionality

March 2020

Version 4.10.0.4

[!] Bundles did not display correctly on the bundles list page. Fixed.

November 2019

Version 4.10.0.3

[!] Filters for bundles with the expired availability period did not hide. Fixed.

October 2019

Versions 4.10.0.2, 4.5.0.20, 4.8.0.9

[!] The shipping cost was calculated incorrectly when there was a bundle in the cart. Fixed.

September 2019

Version 4.10.0.1

[~] The 4.10.0 branch has been updated.

Versions 4.10.0.1, 4.5.0.19, 4.8.0.8

[!] The number of products in the database was not updated when changing the number of bundles in the cart. Fixed.

July 2019

Version 4.8.0.7

[!] The change in the quantity of bundles in the existing order was not saved. Fixed.

[!] The quantity of product in the bundle could not be changed for products with configured Minimum order quantity parameter. Fixed.

[!] The bundle kept displaying in the order after removal. Fixed.

June 2019

Version 4.5.0.18

[!] The discount wasn't applied to the bundle added to an existing order. Fixed.

[!] On the page with a product bundles list, the discount wasn't applied to bundles which contain products with options. Fixed.

February 2019

Versions 4.5.0.17, 4.8.0.5

[+] SEO names for product bundles have been added.

Versions 4.5.0.16, 4.8.0.4

[!] The add-on had the same hook names as in the standard functionality which caused incorrect display of product bundle page in grid view mode. Fixed.

January 2019

Versions 4.5.0.15, 4.8.0.3

[!] Choice of options for one product bundle affected other product bundles. Fixed.

Version 4.5.0.6

[!] There was an incompatibility with the Product Combinations Table. Fixed.

Version 4.8.0.3

[+] The license and the update option via the upgrade center have been added.

December 2018

Versions 4.5.0.14, 4.8.0.2

[!] There was no ability to buy a bundle if it contained a product with mandatory options. Fixed.

November 2018

Version 4.3.0.7

[!] The Service unavailable error message appeared when viewing the product details page in the stores of versions 4.3.1-4.3.5. Fixed.

October 2018

Version 4.5.0.13

[+] The SEO rule has been added to the bundles page. The page is now available as mysite.com/collections

Version 4.8.0.1

[~] The add-on has been adapted to the Responsive admin panel.

July 2018

V4.5.0.12

[~] The code has been improved for the Multi-Vendor store version.

February 2018

Version 4.5.0.11

[~] Some add-on titles have been changed on the page of adding a bundle to the order.

[!] The bundles prices did not change in the block on the main and search pages when switching the currencies. Fixed.

Versions 4.4.0.9, 4.5.0.7

[!] A script error appeared on the checkout page when purchasing the bundle as a guest. Fixed.

January 2018

Version 4.5.0.10

[+] The search for bundles has been added when adding a bundle on the order page in the admin panel.

[+] A notice of a change in bundle status has been added when disabling the existing in the bundle product.

[+] The ability to update a bundle status manually has been added to the product bundles page.

[~] The displaying discount for the bundle in percent in the storefront has been added if it is set in percentages in the admin panel.

[!] The search worked only when the bundle name and the entered data were the same in the admin panel. Fixed.

Versions 4.4.0.9, 4.5.0.7

[!] A script error appeared on the checkout page when purchasing the bundle as a guest. Fixed.

Versions 4.4.0.10, 4.5.0.10

[!] The bulk bundle removing didn’t work in the Ultimate store version. Fixed.

December 2017

Versions 4.3.0.6

[!] Bugs have been fixed in version 4.3.0.

Version 4.5.0.9

[+] The ability to disable payment by reward points for bundles has been added.

[!] The button for adding a bundle got duplicated when creating a bundle in the order. Fixed.

Versions 4.4.0.9, 4.5.0.9

[+] The ability to limit the number of bundles in the grid block has been added.

November 2017

Version 4.5.0.8

[!] Product bundle did not appear on the homepage. Fixed.

[!] The bundles were in each order when placing an order with products from several vendors. Fixed.

[!] The bundle was deleted when recalculating the bundles total in the cart. Fixed.

[!] The "Add bundle" button did not work when creating and editing an order. Fixed.

October 2017

Verion 4.4.0.8

[!] Product prices were not recalculated when changing quantity in the cart. Fixed.

Versions 4.4.0.8, 4.5.0.7

[+] Selection of product options has been added for product bundles.

[!] Major refactoring has been done.

[!] Bugs have been fixed in version 4.5.0.

August 2017

Versions 4.5.0.5

[+] When a product with the Hidden or Disabled status is added to a bundle, the bundle becomes Disabled.

[+] When a product is added to a bundle, its disabled options are not available in the bundle too.

[+] When the product status changes to the Hidden or Disabled one, the bundle becomes Disabled.

Versions 4.4.0.6

[+] We have also added margins in the Asia theme.

[!] We have removed notices from the search page in the Product Bundles add-on that were showing if the search results gave an empty bundle.

[!] We have fixed an issue with displaying prices without a discount.

[!] We have fixed pagination on the list of product bundles by adding a scroller to the options of the Product Bundles block.

July 2017

Versions 4.3.0.5, 4.4.0.5, 4.5.0.3

[+] Possibility to use options was created.

[+] Search by bundles was created.

Version 4.5.0.4

[+] Availability period became available for bundles.

April 2017

Version 4.5.0.2

[!] Bundles couldn't be added to cart if one of the products was out of stock and the negative inventory was allowed in the CS-Cart settings.

March 2017

Version 4.3.0.5, 4.3.7.2, 4.4.0.4, 4.5.0.1

[!] YouTube: php error at the preview. Fixed.