Preliminary Remarks
If a single product is to be sold repeatedly, for example a weekly e-paper, it is not necessary to create a separate offer for each issue. Instead, an existing single product can be used and overwritten with external data. In such a case, the individual product becomes a "skeleton offer". There is no separate offer type with the name "skeleton offer".
The offer creation in the Merchant Backend corresponds to that of single products. It is recommended:
to create new offers that are to be used exclusively as skeleton offers.
to clearly indicate in the internal information of the offer that it is an offer for use as a skeleton offer.
Technical implementation
The Frisbii Media PHP integration can be customized to overwrite an existing offer with individual data when calling up the checkout. The following data, among others, can then be overwritten:
Title in the checkout
The title at item level defines the title that is displayed to the customer in the checkout.Title on PDF files and in the Merchant Backend
The title at product level defines the title that is saved in the Frisbii Media data and used for invoicing.Price and currency for the offer
If desired, an alternative price or currency can be provided.Access rights
To gain access to a specific topic, a special access right must be defined.Product ID
In order to be able to evaluate sales of skeleton offers in a targeted manner , an individual product ID can be transferred.
Skeleton offers in the Wordpress Connector
To overwrite an existing offer with individual data when calling up the checkout, a corresponding function is also available when using the Wordpress Connector.