<h1>Sell Products in Bulk and Easily Keep Track of Your Total Inventory</h1>
<p>Variation Shared Inventory for WooCommerce allows store owners to collectively manage their product’s stock when selling the same product in various quantities. Sell your items in groups of any amount, and track those groups in the total inventory.</p>
<p>This innovation allows store owners to track their total inventory, even when items are sold in multiple bulk quantity variations, and easily integrate the bulk sale of products.</p>
<h3>Most important features</h3>
<p>Variation shared inventory has easy-to-use methods to allow you to manage inventory for sharing stock among variations. Using it will save you tons of time on managing individual stock values and provide a better shopping experience for your customers which can lead to higher sales. Here’s a list of features:</p>
<ol>
<li><strong>Variation quantity multiplier</strong> – Each variation has its own “<label for="wsvi_multiplier0">Inventory reduction per item sold</label>“</li>
<li><strong>Managed variation stock</strong> – Once the variation is sharing with other variations, its quantity is disabled for better control and to prevent human error</li>
<li><strong>Managed stock values</strong> – Automatically updates stock values for products & variations based on the total available stock</li>
<li><strong>Dedicated stock manager</strong> – Dedicated tab on product edit page for stock management</li>
<li><strong>Overselling prevention – </strong> Cart validation that prevents products from being sold if they exceed the total inventory</li>
<li><strong>Dedicated dashboard – </strong> Dedicated dashboard showing all variation groups and quickly manage stocks</li>
</ol>
<h3>Why Did We Develop This Plugin?</h3>
<p>As a store owner ourselves, we found it very difficult to track inventory when selling different quantities of products. We searched for existing solutions on the market but couldn’t find one that solved the issue in a simple and straightforward way, hence we have developed this plugin ourselves to solve this bulk quantity issue and we hope it can solve yours as well.</p>
<h3>How Do I Set It Up?</h3>
<p>Once this plugin is enabled, in the product data section of the product edit page, there will be a new tab called “Shared Variation Inventory” where you can enable the “Shared Variation Inventory” option for this product. Once you’ve enabled it, in the “Quantity Manager” section, you can group the variations that you want to share inventory for, enter the total stock of this group, and give the group a label. You can create as many groups as you need (e.g. Variations A & B are different quantities of Peach Candy and Variations C & D are different quantities Apple Candy).</p>
<p>The steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Enable the plugin</li>
<li>For all variations you’d like to share inventory for, fill in the “Inventory reduction per item sold” field and turn on the “Manage stock?” option</li>
<li>On the quantity manager section, select the variations you want to group, enter the total quantity and if you’d like a group name as well</li>
<li>You’re all set.</li>
</ol>
<p><img class="alignnone wp-image-18734001401592 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2023-01-09-at-12.43.11-PM.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="317" /></p>
<h3>What Does This Plugin Do?</h3>
<p>This plugin allows you to share the total stock (e.g. 100 units) of a product internally among its variations (e.g. variation A sells by single units, variation B sells in groups of 10 units), and control the total product stock in a centralized section.</p>
<h3>For Example</h3>
<p>Say you have 100 bags of candy for sale, and you want to sell the candy as singles as well as in bulk amounts of 10, you can set it up so that variation A sells by 1 bag and variation B sells by 10 bags (1 box).</p>
<p><strong>Without our plugin:</strong></p>
<p>You would need to split your 100 units and manually allocate and manage stock for the two variations. The problem with this setup is that the variations might sell at different speeds resulting in one of the variations showing up as out of stock while there is still stock left.</p>
<p><strong>With our plugin:</strong></p>
<p>You can simply put down 100 as the total stock. On your storefront, the product page would show that there are 100 units available for variation A and 10 units available for variation B. Then, if 50 units of variation A are sold, your total product stock becomes 50, which updates the stock of variation A to 50 and the stock of variation B to 5.</p>
<p>Our Variation Shared Inventory for WooCommerce plugin also prevents your products from being oversold. In the above example where the total product stock is 100, your customer can’t checkout with 51 units of variation A and 5 units of variation B as it would total to more than 100 total units.</p>
<h3 class="p-rich_text_section">What You Can Do With It</h3>
<p>The Variation Shared Inventory for WooCommerce plugin automatically synchronizes the inventory for variations that share the same total stock, effectively managing your stock for you. When you manually change the total stock of a product, it will automatically update stock quantity of each variation in that group as well.</p>
<p>Here is a few example of what can you do with it:</p>
<ol>
<li>Selling products in bulk at a discount, e.g. 1 chocolate bar for $2, 10 chocolate bars for $15.</li>
<li>Selling white label products, e.g. 100 customizable t-shirts, set up as variations for solid white, solid black, or graphic t-shirt.</li>
<li>Selling weight based products, e.g. 10kg of premium coffee beans, set up with variations for 100g, 250g, 500g, etc.</li>
</ol>
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<h3>Solutions for Selling Products In Bulk</h3>
<p>If you want to sell products in different quantities (e.g. in single or in bulk), there are a few ways of doing it:</p>
<ol>
<li>Setup one variation per quantity you want to sell<br />
<strong>Pros</strong>: It is easier for customer to browse as well as for you to manage.<br />
<strong>Cons</strong>: N/A<br />
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: We recommend this solution.</li>
<li>Setup one product per quantity<br />
<strong>Pros</strong>: On the product list page (e.g. shop page or category landing page), the customer can see all available options right away.<br />
<strong>Cons</strong>: Most customers are interested in your product first and pricing/quantity options after.<br />
<strong>Conclusion</strong>: We do not recommend this option (unless you have unique business requirements).</li>
</ol>
<h3>Different Approaches to Bulk Selling and Why We Chose the Method We Did</h3>
<p>There are a few different approaches for sharing stock among products or variations:</p>
<ol>
<li>A centralized stock page for all sharing products & variations<br />
There are plugins that provide a dedicated page for all the products & variations that are sharing stock, but the problem is that, it is overly complicated. When a store manager would like to make changes to a product, they would normally go to product edit page to make their changes. By adding another dashboard that they have to use to make changes, the process becomes very inefficient and inconvenient.</li>
<li>Using a common product attribute to share stock between products<br />
This solution sounds good at first, but when you have a large catalog (e.g. 100+ products), attributes often need to be reused, which this method does not support.</li>
<li>Using a variable product to manage shared stock<br />
This is our solution, and we believe that compared to the other shared stock solutions out there, it is the easiest solution to setup & manage by far.</li>
</ol>
<h3>It Works Well With</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/product-batch-expiration-tracking-for-woocommerce/">Product Batch & Expiration Tracking for WooCommerce</a>Variation Shared Inventory for WooCommerce is an inventory management system that allows a group of variations to share a single quantity.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>Minimum PHP version: 7.0</p>
<h3 class="p-rich_text_section">Get started</h3>
<ul class="p-rich_text_list p-rich_text_list__bullet" data-stringify-type="unordered-list" data-indent="0">
<li>Purchase this extension</li>
<li>Download, install, and activate the extension, in your WooCommerce store</li>
<li>Review our <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/variation-shared-inventory-for-woocommerce/">documentation</a> for any additional information</li>
</ul>
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Variation Shared Inventory

<p>Variation Shared Inventory for WooCommerce is an inventory management system that allows a group of variations to share a single quantity.</p>

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<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Header-Tab-Manager-updated.png"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-7222222" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Header-Tab-Manager-updated.png" alt="Showcase product information by adding custom tabs" width="620" height="215" /></a></p>
<h2>Completely Customize Product Tabs with WooCommerce Tab Manager</h2>
<p>As a WooCommerce store owner, we know you love your products. In fact, you love them so much you probably want to tell your customers <em>everything</em> about them, from dimensions to shipping and manufacturing details. We get it! But you probably want a really polished way to do it on your product pages, right? Tab Manager helps you create professional, informative product pages using easy-to-manage product tabs.</p>
<p>Tab Manager gives you complete control over your product page tabs, allowing you to easily create new tabs for products, share tabs among multiple products, reorder tabs using a visual drag-and-drop interface, and more. No more messing with filters, template files, or modifying your theme; you’ll be able to create custom tabs from the convenience of the WordPress dashboard. <strong>Even most 3<sup>rd</sup> party tabs added by other plugins will be detected</strong>, allowing you to hide or order them alongside your own tabs.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-tabs-list.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-163383" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-tabs-list.png" alt="WooCommerce Tab Manager - Tab List" width="950" height="486" /></a></p>
<h3>What Can Tab Manger Do?</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Core tabs</strong> – re-order, remove, or rename the core Description, Additional Information, and Reviews tabs</li>
<li><strong>3<sup>rd</sup> Party tabs</strong> – most tabs added by 3<sup>rd</sup> party plugins will be automatically detected, and will be sortable</li>
<li><strong>Global tabs</strong> – create tabs that can be added to more than one product, allowing for easy content sharing and saving you time!</li>
<li>Global tabs can also be restricted to display only on certain product categories <strong><sup>NEW</sup></strong></li>
<li><strong>Product level tabs</strong> – create tabs that are customized to a specific product.</li>
<li>Create a <strong>default tab layout</strong> (re-order as you wish!) that can be applied to all products</li>
<li>Override the default layout on a <strong>per-product basis</strong> to customize tabs for a single product.</li>
<li>Add any number of custom product tabs and order them</li>
<li>Include tab content in site search results <strong><sup>NEW</sup></strong></li>
</ul>
<figure id="attachment_156920" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-156920" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-custom-tab-example.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-156920" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-custom-tab-example.png" alt="WooCommerce Tab Manager frontend" width="550" height="547" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-156920" class="wp-caption-text">Example of a custom tab</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Default Tab Layout</h3>
<p>Manage the default tabs for all products in your store (which can be overridden on a per-product basis)! You can re-order tabs, rename them, remove core tabs, and add your own global tabs.</p>
<figure id="attachment_152554" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-152554" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-admin-default.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-152554" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-admin-default.png" alt="WooCommerce Tab Manager Default Tab Layout" width="550" height="366" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-152554" class="wp-caption-text">Default Tab Layout</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Per-Category Global Tabs – NEW</h3>
<p>Need to add global tabs, but only for certain product categories? You can determine which global tabs should show up on which categories, even if the global tab is part of your default layout.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-global-tab-categories.png"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-163385" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-global-tab-categories.png" alt="WooCommerce Tab Manager: Global tab categories" width="950" height="481" /></a></p>
<p>Or, just leave your category selector blank to let global tabs show for any product.</p>
<h3>Overriding Product Layout</h3>
<p>If a product needs a unique tab layout, or a customized tab, you can override the default tab layout. This lets you re-order tabs for the product, remove tabs from the default layout, add global tabs, or add a customized tab for this product.</p>
<figure id="attachment_152556" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-152556" style="width: 550px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-manage-product-tabs.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-152556" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-manage-product-tabs.png" alt="WooCommerce Tab Manager Add Custom Product Tabs" width="550" height="456" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-152556" class="wp-caption-text">Add Custom Tabs Under Product Data</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Keep Tab Content in Your Search Results</h3>
<p>Any product-specific tabs you add will mostly likely contain content. If a customer searches for a keyword in that content, the product will show up as a search result. You can also make global tabs searchable, which is helpful if a global tab is only used on certain products.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-global-tab.png"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-159143" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/woocommerce-tab-manager-global-tab.png" alt="WooCommerce Tab Manager make tab searchable" width="550" height="218" /></a></p>
<p>This is even compatible with the popular, free <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/">Relevanssi plugin</a> to keep tab content in your search index.</p>
<h3>Embed Forms & Information in Tabs</h3>
<p>You can use separate tabs to display <strong>embedded information</strong>, such as videos, images, and more. Shortcodes will be expanded in tab content so you can embed information from other popular plugins like <strong>Gravity Forms</strong> for pre-sales forms, embed YouTube product explainer videos, or use other shortcodes to modify content display.</p>
<h3>How to Get Started (in 5 minutes or less)</h3>
<ol>
<li>Buy this extension 🙂</li>
<li>Download and install into your WooCommerce store</li>
<li>Start adding tabs under Product Data, or add global tabs under WooCommerce > Tab Manager</li>
<li>That’s it! Sit back and enjoy superbly managed tabs!</li>
</ol>
<p><em>Need any more reason to buy? When you purchase a SkyVerge-developed extension, you’re getting the highest quality extensions for your WooCommerce store. Gain peace of mind by knowing that when you purchase our products, your store’s performance is as important to us as it is to you.</em></p>

Tab Manager

<p>Gives you complete control over your product page tabs, create local and global tabs using a visual drag-and-drop interface, and more.</p>

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