When creating a product type, you can select the product mode, the payment mode, and then enable modules that are available based on your selections.

Product mode

• Regular: The regular product mode, by default can be used to create simple products with fixed price, stock and SKU. It can then be extended with various modules such as add-ons to create more complex products
• Variable: The variable product mode can be used to create products that can have many variations of of a single item, each of which may have its own SKU, price, and stock status. Variations are based on one or more attributes like size, color, material, etc. An example could be a T-shirt that comes in various sizes and colors.
• Booking: The booking mode can be used to create bookable products based on Days, Day Ranges and Timeslots. Similar to Regular mode, this can be then extended using add-ons.

Payment mode

• Single payment: Users pay once for products of this type
• Subscription: Users pay on a recurring interval for products of this type
• No payment: Online payments are skipped or handled offsite.

Modules

Different modules are available depending on the selected product mode and payment mode. Modules extend the product type with additional functionality such as Stock, Downloads, Add-ons, Shipping and others. We’ll cover all of these in upcoming articles