Kit Products

Overview

Sellercloud supports the creation of kits. A kit is comprised of products called Components or Children. The combination of these products is sold as a single item. Kits can consist of multiple units of a single product or a group of different products.

Kit Types

You can select any two products In a kit’s properties and sell them as a bundled kit. The kit feature can bind the inventory counts of multiple components and ensure there will be no risk of overselling the parent SKU or the child components.

The Inventory Relationship between Kit Parent and Components depends on the Kit Type selected. Make sure you review the three types of kit relationships below before you create and configure your kit products.

You can also set a default dependency for kits after they are created by navigating to Settings > Client Settings > General Client Settings > Kit > Default Product Kit Type (you can also search the settings for it). Set the default dependency to the one you will use most often.

All Component Kit

All Component means that the kit will only be available for sale when all of the components are available. This configuration is often used when all components are necessary to create the final product.

The inventory of the parent is matched with the component with the least available units. The Aggregate quantity of that SKU, divided by the number of units of that component necessary for the kit, makes up the Kit Available Inventory.

With this Kit Type the components maintain their individual inventory count but share it with the parent. This means that if the inventory of a component runs out, the inventory of the entire kit becomes zero as well.

Main Component Kit

If you chose the Main Component configuration, the kit will be available as long as the designated main component is available. This configuration is often used when there is one product that is necessary to create the final product and the rest are supplemental or can be replaced by similar SKUs.

The Inventory Quantity of the parent is drawn only from the Main Component. The main component maintains its individual inventory count but shares it with the parent. This means that if the inventory of the main component runs out, the inventory of the entire kit will become zero as well.

Independent Kit

For Independent Kits, the inventory quantity of the parent is “independent” of the components. This means that the Inventory Quantity of the parent is not drawn from the components. The kit’s independence is maintained during sales as well. Sales of the kit will not reduce the inventory of components, and sales of components will not affect the inventory of the kits.

This kit type is the only one for which the Inventory Available Quantity isn’t calculated automatically and the only kit that has Physical Quantity. Independent kits need to be Assembled in order to have any inventory at all. By assembling, you subtract the necessary units from the components and add units to the parent. Please see the Assemble & Disassemble Independent Kits section below for further information.

Create Kits

You can create kits individually or in bulk.

Individually

1. Navigate to Inventory > Manage Inventory > Search for the SKU you want to make your Kit Parent
2. Open the Product Properties Page of the SKU > Toolbox > Kit Properties > Click Add Products to Kit
3. In the new window that opened, search for the SKUs you want to sell as the Components > Select the products from the grid > Add how many units of that SKU will be necessary to make up that kit
4. You can click the checkbox of MainItem in case you are creating a Main Component Kit
5. Click Add Selected to Kit > Close Window
6. When you go back to the Kit Properties Page you will see the selected components are there and you will be able to configure your Kit Type

With a File Import

1. Navigate to Inventory > Import Product Info
2. Go to Import Kit
3. Click Download Template. There are 10 columns on the template. The top row displays the name of the field. The second row explains the field. The third row tells us whether the field is required or not. The next two rows are sample entries. Before filling in, you will need to delete all rows apart from the first one.
   1. ParentSKU— SKU of the actual kit itself. Duplicate the value in a new row for each component you want in the same kit.
   2. ChildSKU— The component SKU. You need a separate row for each component in a kit
   3. QTY— Number of units of this component in the kit
   4. Sequence— Order in which components are listed on invoices (accepts values: 1, 2, 3)
   5. IsMainItem— values True or False
4. Enter product information
5. Save your file
6. You can create a parent product if one does not exist in the system. There are columns under which to create an SKU and Parent Product Name. Before importing the file, check the Create Parent Product check box.
7. Click Choose File > Import Kits

Remove a Kit Relationship

You can break a Kit Relationship (Unkit) either individually or in bulk with a file import. Unkitting will not remove or delete any products and it will not update any existing POs or Orders.

Individually

When breaking a Kit relationship manually, you are able either Unkit the product fully, or remove only some of the components.

1. Navigate to Inventory > Filter your Products > Open the Product Properties Page of the Kit Parent
2. Click Toolbox > Kit Properties
3. On the Kit Properties Page, you will see a table with all the components with a Delete Button next to each of them
4. Click Delete: if you only delete one component, the rest of the kit will remain, while the removed child will become its own SKU. If you Delete all components, the parent will no longer be a Kit and all SKUs will be separate products.

With a File Import

Unkitting Products with a file import is very similar to how you Bulk Import Kits to create them, but with one key difference:

1. Navigate to Inventory > Import Product Info > Import Kits
2. Download the Template > Fill in the Information > Save
3. Go back to Sellercloud > Click Choose File > Select your updated template from your PC
4. Click the checkbox for Break Kit if no child SKU is available in file
5. Click Import Kits

Assemble & Disassemble Independent Kits

In order to move inventory from your components to your Independent Kit parents or vice versa, you need to Assemble or Disassemble your kits. You can do this either individually for one kit, or with a file import.

Individually

In order to Assemble your Kit:

1. Navigate to Inventory > Search for your Kit Parent > Open the Product Page
2. Go to Toolbox > Kit Assemblies. This option only displays when a kit is Independent.
3. Now click Assemble Kit and the kit components that were selected on the kit properties page will display.
4. Enter Quantity. Next to the field, you will see (X max). Where X is the maximum amount of kits you are able to assemble with the available quantity of the components.
5. Choose an Assemble to Warehouse. This is the warehouse where the kit inventory will be added To.
6. Choose a From Warehouse for each component. This is where the component inventory will be deducted From
7. Hit Save

After saving, you will be returned to the Kit Assemblies page of your SKU. There you will find the record of the quantity you just assembled and you can come back to that page any time. The inventory movement from the assembly will also be noted on the respective Inventory Movement pages of the components and parent.

With a File Import

 You can easily import multiple kit assemblies with one file:

1. Navigate to Inventory > Import Product Info > Import Assemble Kits
2. Click Download Template 
3. Fill in the Template. There are mandatory 4 fields:
   1. KitParent – The SKU of the Independent Kit Parent you want to assemble
   2. QtytoAssemble – the number of kits you are trying to assemble. Please make sure you have enough units of each component
   3. AssembleFromWarehouse – the warehouse from which the component inventory will be deducted
   4. AssembleToWarehouse – the warehouse in which the kit inventory will be added
4. Save your file and go back to Sellercloud
5. Choose File
6. Select the filled-in template from your device and click Assemble Kits

Importing the file will create a Queued job where you can track the progress of your assemblies and see any errors that may occur.

Send Kits to FBA

Only Independent can be Fulfilled by Amazon and added to FBA Inbound Shipments.

There are client settings that can help you streamline the process. Go to Settings > Client Settings > Press Ctrl+F on your keyboard in order to search for and enable the settings you want to use:

• Auto Assemble Kit when adding to FBA and WFS Shipments – when enabled, Sellercloud will automatically check if there is enough quantity in the components and assemble the kits. They will be assembled into the Ship To Warehouse in the FBA Shipment
• Enable Validate Inventory for FBA Shipments
• Auto Assemble Kit On Update Of Shipment
• Auto Assemble Kit When Importing FBA and WFS Shipment

Additionally, enable these settings to auto-disassemble when removing/adjusting a kit from the shipment or canceling the shipment altogether:

• Auto Dis-Assemble Kit when removing from FBA and WFS Shipments
• Auto Dis-Assemble Kit when cancelling FBA and WFS shipment
• Auto Dis-Assemble only if it was assembled for shipment
• Auto Dis-Assemble Kit When Removing From FBA And WFS Shipments

Related Settings

Below you can learn more about the different settings related to kits and how they affect your kit products.

Kit Cost Calculation Client Settings

• Show total cost on Manage Inventory using — Allows you to choose the value on which the kit cost will be calculated:
  • Site Cost
  • Average Cost
  • LastCost (the last cost of the item in the latest PO received)
    When using Average Cost or Last Cost, if a component has a cost of $0, Sellercloud will pull the value from the Site Cost. If you want components with an Average Cost of $0 (a gift component, for example), then Sellercloud recommends setting Average Cost adjustment to $0.01 in order to avoid using the Site Cost as default.
• Enable ALL Kits Cost Calculation Once a Day — Recalculates the kit costs once a day (usually at out-of-office hours).
• Enable Kit cost calculation for independent kits too — Allows cost calculation for Independent kits. (requires Enable ALL Kits Cost calculation Once a day to be enabled).

Invoice Client Settings

Normally, when printing out kits, the Kit Parent is displayed, followed by its components. When processing a kit order with a dependency on All components or Main component(s), component information including SKU, Product Name, and quantity will display on the invoice. However, the invoice is printed differently for All Component and for Main Component(s) based on which setting below is enabled:

• Format Kit Items as regular items while printing Invoice — Prints the items as regular items (non-kit items).
• Hide Kit components when printing order invoice — Shows the kit parent name and hides the kit components from the order invoice.
• Hide Kit Parent when adding kit items as Regular Items — Prints out the kit components and hides the kit parent.

Weight-related Client Settings

• Set Kit Items weight to Kit Parent — Kit Parent’s Ship Weight and Product Weight are calculated based on the kit components’ weight.
• Enable Kit Weight Calculation Once a Day — A service will automatically detect any Kit Parent whose Ship or Product Weight does not equal the total weight of all components and will update the Kit Parent to match that weight.
  • Example:  Kit Parent SKU A has Components SKU B (5 lb weight) and SKU C (10 lb weight). Kit Parent (SKU A) will have 15 lb weight (assuming the component count is 1. Otherwise, multiply the component weight by the component count).