Adopting existing products
Use pack products your store already sells — keep URLs, SEO, and history.
View as MarkdownMany stores already sell packs — a "4-Pack" variant with its own URL, reviews, and sales history. You don't have to replace it: link it.
Link an existing variant
In the pack editor, on any size row, choose Link existing variant and pick the variant that already represents that pack size. On publish, Cartrella:
- sets the variant's price to the pack price,
- ensures the product is on your Online Store,
- wires the variant into checkout expansion — buying it now delivers the real component items.
What Cartrella will never do to an adopted product: create, rename, re-tag, or archive it. It's your product; Cartrella only makes it expand. Deleting the pack in Cartrella leaves the product exactly as it was.
Inventory on adopted variants
Adopted pack variants should not track their own stock — the components carry the inventory. If the variant currently tracks inventory, untrack it (Product → Variant → uncheck Track quantity) so you don't maintain two stock pools.
When to adopt vs. create
| Situation | Do this |
|---|---|
| Store already sells pack SKUs with history | Adopt them |
| Fresh store, or new pack offerings | Let Cartrella create pack products |
| Both (some sizes exist, some are new) | Mix freely — per size row |
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