Suggested Add-ons and Required Add-ons – Dumpster Rental Systems

There are two types of Add-ons that can be assigned to items:

1. Suggested Add-ons help increase your overall sales and average order price. Only a single Suggested Add-on list can be attached to an item. They generally include the the text, “People who ordered this have also ordered the following:”. Items of your choice appear below, after an item has already been added to the cart, with the “Add to Cart” option. In Admin > Products > Schedule Profiles, you can set a default "Suggested Add-on" for any item using that Schedule Profile.

2. Required Add-ons force a selection from the customer before an item can be added to the cart. Several Required Add-ons can be chained together on an item. Additionally, you can require a specific number of selections or define a range governing the number of choices.

In this article:

Creating Add-ons
Suggested Add-on Example
Required Add-on Example

Note: Suggested Add-ons and Required Add-on cannot be used simultaneously. If a Required Add-on is assigned to an item, then the Suggested Add-on will not display. Instead, multiple Required Add-ons are used.

Creating Add-ons

Note: Add-ons pull items from your existing inventory. You may need to add the items or selections to Admin > Products > Items prior to building an Add-on. If you would like to create a list of items to sell with a dumpster, such as a dumpster liner, for example, then it must be added to your inventory first. Generally, these item(s) are hidden from customer view by placing them in the “Hidden Category”. They only appear when attached as part of an Add-on.

Navigate to Admin > Products > Addons.
Click “Add New” or edit an existing add-on.
Fill in the fields using the information below.
Click “Submit” to commit your changes.

Field	Description
Name	Used to attach an Add-on to an item. Clear naming conventions help to organize your inventory.
Description	Contains the text visible to your customer before, or above, their selection.
Items	Use the dropdown boxes to select which items appear in the Add-on from items in your existing inventory. Items are listed in alphabetical order. Continue to use the “Add More >>>” button to add more options.
Cost	This box overrides the original cost of the item. When blank, the price of the item is inherited from the Products > Items page. Placing a “20”, for example, in the “Cost” box will set the price of the item to $20, but only within this Add-on (not permanently).
Exclude Parent Item for Required Addons	Only used in rare circumstances. The default should remain set to “No”. When enabled, selecting an “Add-on” will replace the original item selection in the cart.

Suggested Add-on Example

Here is an example of a Suggested Add-on selling gloves and trash bags. When someone orders a dumpster, the recommendations appear at the bottom:

Here is what the Suggested Add-on configuration looks like in the Control Panel:

Once your add-on is created, it needs to be attached; either directly to the item or to the Schedule Profile:

Navigate to Admin > Products > Items.
Click the name of the Item you wish to attach the Add-on to.
Scroll down to find “Suggested Addons”.
Select the “Name” of your Add-on.
Click “Submit” to commit your changes.

As opposed to attaching the add-on to individual items, Suggested Addons can be attached to Schedule Profiles in Admin > Products > Schedule Profiles. All categories and items with that Schedule Profile will automatically show the attached Suggested Addon.

Note: Once completed, we always recommend navigating to your website to test your changes. Click your “Logo” in the top left side of the Control Panel to open your website in a new browser window. This allows you to view and use your website like one of your customers.

Required Add-on Example

Here is an example of a Required Add-ons. In this scenario, I carry 4 different sizes of gloves and the customer must make a selection when that item is added to the Cart.

Here is what the Required Add-on configuration looks like in the Control Panel:

Here is what the Required Add-on inventory items in the Control Panel:

To attach a Required Add-on to an item:

Navigate to Admin > Products > Items.
Click the “Gloves” item to edit it.
Scroll down to find “Required Addons” section.
Select the Required Add-on from the dropdown box.
Type a “1” in the “Qty” box to require one selection for each item ordered.
(Optional) Click “Add More >>” to add another Required Add-on.
Click “Submit” to commit your changes.

Alternatively, you could allow a customer to mix-and-match sizes with a minimum and maximum range. In the following example, the customer may select "0" sizes or up to a combination of "5" different sizes.

Note: You could use "1 - 5", for example, if at least 1 must be selected.

Here is the difference on the customer-facing website:

Note: You can still use Suggested Add-ons for upselling connected to an Item that uses a Required Add-on. You simply assign a Suggested Add-on to each of the Items in the dropdown menu for the Required Add-on.

Once completed, we always recommend navigating to your website to test your changes. Click your “Logo” in the top left side of the Control Panel to open your website in a new browser window. This allows you to view and use your website like one of your customers.

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