Product Types in Magento 2
In this blog we will understand about various product types available in Magento 2. Before that, let’s understand first, what are Magento products ?
Generally, Magento product can be any salable item that can satisfy all the customer’s needs and the business needs. Magento Adobe commerce supports multiple product types.
By Default, Magento 2 provides 6 various types of products as below :
- Simple Product
- Configurable Product
- Grouped Product
- Virtual Product
- Bundle Product
- Downloadable Product
Now we will understand for each product type one by one as follows :
1) Simple Product :
A simple product is a salable item with a single SKU. Simple product doesn’t have any default options like color, sizes etc.We can add custom options for simple products from backend if required. Single product is a kind of product that is also used with other product types available in Magento 2 like Configurable, Grouped and Bundle Products.
Example :
Here, you can see simple product named Joust Duffle Bag in the below image. This is a simple product, so there are no extra options available like color, size etc.
2) Configurable Product :
A configurable product is a salable product with various customizable options like size, color etc. There is separate single product is created for each variation of options with unique SKU and main configurable product also has unique SKU So we can track product easily in inventory.
Example :
Here, you can see configurable product named Chaz Kangeroo Hoodie in the below image. This is a configurable product with Size and Color Option. Here as you can see configurable product has unique SKU as ‘MHO1’and each variation have separate SKU for example if size is L and Color is Orange then SKU is ‘MH01-L-Orange’.
3) Grouped Product :
A grouped product is a combination of multiple simple products as a group. Group Product can be purchased as group or as single product. Group product doesn’t have any customizable options available, except quantity. We can only change the quantity of product while purchasing product.
Example :
Here, you can see grouped product named Set of Sprite Yoga Straps in the below image. This is a grouped product, so there are no extra options available like color, size etc.
4) Virtual Product :
Virtual Product is a type of product that does not have physical form, so this type of product doesn’t have any weight. Because these products don’t have any weight, this product cannot be downloaded, shipped, or delivered.
Virtual Product can be a store membership, a product subscription, any type of service, or it can be warranties.
5) Bundle Product :
Bundle Product is type of product that contains multiple products that can sold as bundle. In Bundle product there are two types of product used, simple and virtual products with custom options. While purchasing bundle product, customers can customize their products by selecting customise product option from size, weight, price, etc.
In Bundle product customer have to purchase all the items added in bundle product, customer cannot remove any item like grouped product.
Example :
Here, you can see bundle product named Sprite Yoga Companion Kit in the below image. This is bundle product, so customer can choose any custom options as per his requirement and purchase it.
6) Downloadable Product :
Magento 2 Downloadable Product is a type of product that can be downloaded by customer. Downloadable Product can contain any type of file which can contains pc software, applications, music files, videos files, e-books, etc. In Magento 2 when we create downloadable products we can provide free samples(providing sample file is optional), except the actual product so customer can review the free sample files, and then he can purchase these products.
Example :
Here, you can see a downloadable product named Beginner’s Yoga in the below image. This is downloadable product so here customer can watch free sample files named Trailer #1,Trailer #2 and Trailer #3 and then if customer likes sample file then he can purchase actual product.
Conclusion :
We hope above blog will help you to understand product types in Magento 2. If you have any query then you contact us or let us know in comment section.
