Obtaining the product with the best value of money, features and durability are the things every shopper has been concerned about. This happens not only for retails, online shopping, or wholesale operations. As there are various options of products, sales platforms, and even sellers available for the same product the users have the option to compare them on various attributes to attain the best one as per their need.
Nowadays with the digitalization era, online shopping has been increased and paved the way for vast opportunities for both the seller as well as the customers. The comparison options are also available on these websites to obtain the best among the products. The Odoo platform allows the user to create, configure the operations of the company website using the website builder and management tool available. The website module of Odoo along with its supporting applications will allow the users to create, design, manage and control the operations of an eCommerce as well as a company website.
The platform allows the user to use the advanced tools of operations such as product comparison, wish list, add accessory products, alternative and optional products, and many more tools which can be configured at the back end of the website operations.
This blog will point on how product comparison tools can be configured in the eCommerce operations of the Company using the Odoo platform.
Benefits of using the product comparison tool:
Before describing how to configure the product comparison tool in the eCommerce website operations of Odoo here are some of the benefits of using them.
- Allows customers to assign the preferences based on color, performance, features, and various other attributes described
- Add as much as a product to the comparison menu
- Can be done with a simple operation of clicking an icon available under each product description
- Easily remove one product as well as replace it with another one
- Menu icon visible throughout the eCommerce website
A product Comparison tool allows the customer to choose the best products available based on the attributes described by the seller. The customers can choose from the product listing based on various attributes such as height, color, material use, price, warranty, and many more basic aspects of product selection known to a common customer.
Configuring Product Comparison Tool for the eCommerce Website
To be able to use the product comparison tool in the company eCommerce website by the customers the user soul initially configures it in the back end. In the website module, under the settings menu, the user should navigate to the Products tab under which he/she can see the product comparison tool option which should be enabled. Do not forget to save the settings menu to be able to use it in further operations.
On enabling the product comparison tool as the customers logged in to the e-commerce website in the sop menu the comparison option will be depicted under each product and the user can simply add the product to the comparison menu by selecting it. The option is visible under each product and the user can add multiple products to the comparison menu.
As the products are being added to customers can view the sample window of the comparison tool depicted in the products window. Additionally, the customers can delete the products from the comparison window straight away by selecting the delete option. If the customer wants to navigate to the compare window the user can simply select it by selecting the compare option.
In the comparison window, the user can view the detailed description of the products being added, and the comparison is based on the pictures provided. Moreover, the customers can add the product straight away from the cart by selecting the add to cart option available.
Furthermore, the customers can add multiple products to the cart from the comparison window and remove them from the cart if unsatisfied directly from the cart window. The product comparison tool of the Odoo platform is an intelligent optional tool that can be accessed by the customers of the eCommerce website while shopping among similar products being described by the company.
The product comparison tool along with the various additional featured tools such as wish list menu, optional products, accessory products, alternative products, and many more can be functional tools the scan be configured will allow the user to provide a user-friendly experience of the company website to the customers.