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Product packages

Route: /org/ecom/packages · Permission: Browse & View Product Packages records Module: org_ecom_package


1. What a package is​

A sellable bundle of Inventory products — a thali, a hamper, a starter kit. The products come from Orbit Inventory; the package is the storefront's own idea of how to sell them together.

PackageProduct
Lives ine-CommerceInventory
Made ofProductsItself
Sold asOne lineOne line
Has its own storefront pagePPDP_001PDP_001

2. Where packages appear​


3. The list​

Figure 1 — Product packages.

4. Field reference​

PermissionGates
Browse & View Product Packages recordsThe list
Menu Listing of Product PackagesThe sidebar entry
Create new Product Packages recordsNew package
Edit existing Product Packages recordsEditing
Delete Existing Product Packages recordsDeleting

Creating and editing happen on their own routes — see package editor.


5. The admin contract​

PrerequisiteWithout it
Products in InventoryA package has nothing to contain
A currencyNo price
A published package pageCustomers cannot reach it

6. Downstream​

Packages are sellable like products: they appear in listings, can be preordered (item_kind = package), and can be named in coupon restrictions.


7. Don't confuse this with…​

ThingWhy it differs
Product package (this page)A storefront bundle
Module packagePlatform licensing — unrelated, despite the word
ProductAn Inventory item

8. Troubleshooting​

SymptomCause
Cannot createMissing Create new Product Packages records
A product is not selectableIt does not exist in Inventory, or is not sellable
The package is not on the storefrontIts listing page is not published