Certain items complement each other effectively and it’s advisable to acquire them jointly. Utilize the associated items feature to exhibit the You might also enjoy segment in your online shop as well as to promote additional products in the basket. This functionality aids in promoting specific items and stimulates customers to make additional purchases.
Associated items in your catalog
To include associated items within individual product pages:
- From your shop admin, navigate to Catalog → Products.
- Open the product page where you desire to suggest associated products.
- Open the Related Products tab:
- Click Enable (if you haven't arranged associated products for this item previously).
Now you can select one of the three methods to exhibit your associated items:
Display specific associated products
- Click + Add Products.
- In the popup, mark the items you wish to display as associated.
- Mark the Link back selected items as related to this product option if you desire to link the product with its associated items, thus it appears on their pages as well.
- Click Add Products.
- Click Save.
Display random items from a category
- Click + Add Products.
- In the popup, select the 5 random items from catalog option.
- Click Change the category or the number of products. This way, you can specify the number of items you wish to display as associated and their category:
- Enter the desired quantity of random items in the Number of items field.
- Choose the desired item category from the dropdown.
If you choose All items for the category, your shop will exhibit randomly chosen items from your entire catalog. - Click Apply, then click Add Products.
- Click Save.
Display specific and random items
You may also suggest products as a combination of the first two options. Simply follow the instructions above for each component of specified and randomized item suggestions.
Associated items will then be exhibited in the item details page under You Might Also Like section:
Associated items at checkout
You may also exhibit a list of associated items in the basket page and promote (or upsell) them before your customer finalizes their purchase.
- From your shop admin, navigate to Settings → General → Cart & Checkout.
- Scroll to the Related items block.
- From the dropdown, select On product details page and in cart to exhibit associated items at checkout:
This is how your associated items may appear at checkout:
You can eliminate the You Might Also Like section from checkout if you don't require an order bump there. For that, select "On item details page only" in Settings → General → Cart & Checkout → Related items.