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Virtual products In Magento 2

Updated 3 months and 6 days ago

  • Product/Service that does not needs to be shipped on website
  • Typically for a software license, memberships, warranties and subscriptions.
  • No files to be downloaded (No set of files).
  • No Shipping.
  • Very similar to adding a simple product.
  • No Shipping details needs to be entered at checkout.

  Steps on how to create a virtual product 

  • Choose Product Type
    Navigation :- Catalog->Products->Choose Product Type as Virtual Product

New Virtual Product Creation Page

  • Choose Attribute Set from the dropdown.

  • Enter all the Mandatory details Product Name, SKU, Price and Click on save, Virtual Product Will be created successfully.

  • At the top left corner Store View appears.

  • Choose the store view where the product need to be available.

Basic Settings

  • Set Tax Class to None /Taxable Goods
  • Stock Status to In Stock/Out Of Stock
  • Quantity Enter the product quantity
  • Visibility:- Select Visibility - Not Visible Individually (Product will not be visible in frontend), Catalog(Product appears only  in Catalog Page), Search (Product appears only in Search Page), Catalog/Search (Product appears in both the Catalog,Search Page)
  • Category :-
  1. Existing Category - Choose the category from dropdown
  2. For New Category - Click on New Category Button Then Category Creation Form appear.

Content Tab:- Enter the Description and Short Description of the Product
Configuration Tab:- Configurable products allow customers to choose options (Ex: shirt color). You need to create a simple product for each configuration (Ex: a product for each color).
Product Reviews:- List of all the customer created reviews will appear in the grid.
Image:-

  • There is a drag and drop option / upload Image.
  • Once the Image is uploaded need to select Image Role (Base, Small, Thumbnail, Swatch).
  • Based on the selected Role Image appear in frontend for that particular product.

Video:-

  • Click on Add Video Button then form appears
  • Give the URL,Video Title,Role and click on save
  • Video is uploaded successfully

Search Engine Optimization
URL Key :-
URL Key is auto generated based on product title or else we can change it if needed.
Meta Title:-  The Title that appears at the Top of the Window .By default meta title is updated based on product title or else we can change it if needed.
Meta Keyword:- Appears  based on product title or else we can change it if needed.
Meta Description:- Appears based on product title or else we can change it if needed.It is used for better search results.


Related Products :-
Related products are shown to customers in addition to the item the customer is looking at.
Cross Sells :- These "impulse-buy" products appear next to the shopping cart as cross-sells to the items already in the shopping cart.
Up Sells :- High Quality Alternative Product to the Current Product.
Customizable Options:- Customizable options to a product is an easy way to offer customers a selection of options with a variety of text, selection, and date input types. 
Product in  Website:- Select the Website where product should be Available.
Design:- 
Ability to apply different Themes.

Schedule Design Update:- Ability to make temporary changes to the appearance of the Product page.

Gift Options:-

  • Gift Options can be set at the product level to allow a gift message to be included during checkout.
  • By default Allow Gift Message is set to No.to override default configuration Unselect Use Config Settings.

Publish Product

  • Set the Product status to Enable
  • And give the Product quantity
  • Click on Save product will be saved and be in same product page
  • On click Save & New ->Product will be saved and New Product Form will be opened
  • On click Save & Duplicate->Product will be saved and that same product will be duplicated
  • On click Save & Close ->Product will be saved and it will be redirecting to Product Grid

Frontend:- As we selected visibility as Catalog,Search -Product appears in both category and search page.

Product Detail Page

 Downloadable products In Magento

  • Product that can be downloaded.
  • The products that can be sold are  software, Music, Themes, Movies, e-Books
  • Also you can offer customer a preview of what they are downloading so that they can make a decision to buy.
  • Steps on how to create a downloadable product.

Choose Product Type
Navigation :-
Catalog->Products->Choose Product Type as downloadable Product.


New Downloadable Product Creation Page:-

  • Choose Attribute Set as Downloadable from the dropdown,You can also Choose Existing Attribute Set or else create New Attribute Set.
  • Enter all the Mandatory details Product Name,SKU,Price and click on save  Downloadable Product Will be created successfully.

  • On click save at the top left corner Store View appears.

  • Choose the store view where the product need to be available.

Basic Settings

  • Set Tax Class to None /Taxable Goods
  • Stock Status to In Stock/Out Of Stock
  • Quantity Enter the product quantity
  • Visibility:- Select Visibility - Not Visible Individually (Product will not be visible in frontend), Catalog(Product appears only  in Catalog Page), Search (Product appears only in Search Page), Catalog/Search (Product appears in both the Catalog,Search Page).
  • Category :-
  1. Existing Category - Choose the category from dropdown
  2. For New Category - Click on New Category Button Then Category Creation Form appear.

Content Tab:- Enter the Description and Short Description of the Product
Configuration Tab:- Configurable products allow customers to choose options (Ex: shirt color). You need to create a simple product for each configuration (Ex: a product for each color).
Product Reviews:- List of all the customer created reviews will appear in the grid.
Image:-

  • There is a drag and drop option / upload Image.
  • Once the Image is uploaded need to select Image Role (Base, Small, Thumbnail, Swatch).
  • Based on the selected Role Image appear in frontend for that particular product.

Video:-

  • Click on Add Video Button then form appears
  • Give the URL,Video Title,Role and click on save
  • Video is uploaded successfully

Search Engine Optimization
URL Key :-
URL Key is auto generated based on product title or else we can change it if needed.
Meta Title:-  The Title that appears at the Top of the Window .By default meta title is updated based on product title or else we can change it if needed.
Meta Keyword:- Appears  based on product title or else we can change it if needed.
Meta Description:- Appears based on product title or else we can change it if needed.It is used for better search results.

Related Products :- Related products are shown to customers in addition to the item the customer is looking at.
Cross Sells :- These "impulse-buy" products appear next to the shopping cart as cross-sells to the items already in the shopping cart.
Up Sells :- High Quality Alternative Product to the Current Product.
Customizable Options:- Customizable options to a product is an easy way to offer customers a selection of options with a variety of text, selection, and date input types. 
Product in  Website:- Select the Website where product should be Available.
Design:- 
Ability to apply different Themes.

Schedule Design Update:- Ability to make temporary changes to the appearance of the Product page.

Gift Options:-

  • Gift Options can be set at the product level to allow a gift message to be included during checkout.
  • By default Allow Gift Message is set to No.to override default configuration Unselect Use Config Settings.

                         Downloadable Information

  • Select Is this downloadable Product? Checkbox then some fields appear.

  • Links :- Enter the Title that you want to use as a heading for the download links.
  • If applicable, mark the Links can be purchased separately checkbox.
  • Now click on Add Link and do the following
  • Enter the Title and Price.
  • For both File and Sample files, choose one of the following methods of distribution for the downloads.
  1.  Upload File  To upload the the distribution file to the server, choose “Upload File.” Then, browse to the file and select it for upload.
  2. URL  To access the distribution file from a URL, choose “URL”  Then, enter the full URL to the download file.
  • Select Shareable as Yes/No/Use Config
  1. Yes :- Link will be sent to the customer by email, which customers can share with others.
  2. No :- Customer need to log in to the link to access the Download link
  • Use Config  Uses the method that is specified in the Downloadable Product Options configuration.
  1. To limit downloads per customer, enter the number of Max. Downloads.
  2. To allow unlimited downloads, mark the Unlimited checkbox.
  3. Repeat above steps to add multiple Links.

Samples Section

  • In the Samples section, enter the Title that you want to use as a heading for the samples.
  • To complete the information for each sample, click on  Add Link .
  • Enter the Title of Individual Product
  • Upload the file or give the URL
  • To change the order of the samples, grab the Change Order, and drag the sample to a new position.

Publish Product

  • Set the Product status to Enable
  • And give the Product quantity
  • Click on Save product will be saved and be in same product page
  • On click Save & New ->Product will be saved and New Product Form will be opened
  • On click Save & Duplicate->Product will be saved and that same product will be duplicated
  • On click Save & Close ->Product will be saved and it will be redirecting to Product Grid

Frontend:- As we selected visibility as Catalog,Search -Product appears in both category and search page.

Product Detail Page


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