Mandatory purchase in 2s for some products

[Chrismarworth]

I only sell some of my products in multiples of two, others in single units. Is there a way to ensure that someone can only order certain products in multiples of two?

I can use a minimum quantity in the product section of two, but this allows three units to be purchased. There is the facility to add a drop down list instead of unit input and I can edit this to include only even numbers, but this solution is used globally across the store and does not allow single item purchases where necessary.

Any ideas or workarounds would be appreciated.

Thanks

Chris

[webyourbusiness]

make 1 product = 2 qty...

ie, this product is 2 widgets - price = 2 x single widget.

2 products = 4 widgets etc...

or am I being a little too simplistic... I don't see the "problem" here...

[Chrismarworth]

I am feeling my way around this program and I am not sure what you mean, but I will have a route around to see if I can work it out.

Thanks

Chris

[NormanRouxel]

You could copy the product template (Act_ProductLine.html) to a new file Act_ProductLinePairs.html. Edit Act_ProductLinePairs.html and replace the fragment

NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTQUANTITY

with

<select name="Q_NETQUOTEVAR:PRODUCTREFERENCE">
<option value="2">2
<option value="4">4
<option value="6">6
.
.
<option value="24">24
</select>

and use this template for your pair only products. Now the customer can only buy in 2,4,6...24.

However they'll still be able to modify the total in the Cart so the earlier suggestion of describing these items as a "Pack of 2" and pricing the pack at double the unit price may well be best.

[Chrismarworth]

Thank you for your advice Norman, I have decided to adopt this approach.

Regards

Chris