A business term needed!

[ihatebusy]

When i sell an item, my customers can buy different items from different categories(or different colors, types etc), how can i describe this function in business term??
Mixed lot?
Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Christine Hough]

I would sell a voucher or token which can be redeemed for a variety of things.

Is this what you mean?

For example with us Schools can buy Hoftokens from me at quantity discounts. (it gives them a discount and helps with accounting for them as there is a single invoice rather than a lot of little ones.

They can then spend these tokens (which each have a nominal value) on different products as they want according to the standard price.

So if they buy enough they may end up paying say 7 p per Hoftokens but they can be spent with a value of 10p on our normal price list.

The more Hoftokens they pre-purchase the greater the discount. And of course there is a threshold below which they cannot pre-buy at a discount.

 

[123Simples]

I don't know - how about Similar Items

 

[Christine Hough]

The confusion is .. you say you are selling 'an item' but the customer is buying 'several items from different catalogues.

Do they they buy them all at the same time... then its a shopping cart and you list everything in it. It does not matter that they come from different catalogues.

Or do they buy one thing from you which they can later use to buy different things.. then its a pre pay voucher.

Using the term 'mixed lot' is a bit lazy and imprecise.

 

[matt seymour]

Unless I am mistaken - and I probably am - the OP seems to be describing a single item that has different variations such as colour or size and is looking for a term for that.

Given the confusion the original question seems to be causing, I can see why he/she is asking for advice on this subject!

 

[Spearmint]

I too could be getting the wrong end of the stick but is the OP after such words as variables, variants, variations, or customers preferences, specifications, or requirements.

Other terms could be choices, characteristics, details, product options.

If these aren't suitable try googling for an online thesaurus, with some of the above words and they may give you the word/term that you're looking for.

 

[matt seymour]

I too could be getting the wrong end of the stick but is the OP after such words as variables, variants, variations, or customers preferences, specifications, or requirements.

Other terms could be choices, characteristics, details, product options.

If these aren't suitable try googling for an online thesaurus, with some of the above words and they may give you the word/term that you're looking for.

That's what I think they are after too.

Hopefully the OP will appear shortly to put us out of our misery.

 

[ihatebusy]

I made a mistake...
What i was trying to say is, when i sell SOME items (i have a b2c website selling gadgets, we allow buyers to buy products in bulk), i need my buyers know that they can buy from different categories: they can buy iPhone case+HTC battery+blackberry covers.
Like the description of an iPhone case below, the last term is Mixed order.


Material:High quality PU leather
Size:13*7.8cm
Type:mobile phone bag
Rope:17 cm
Mixed Order:Support

Is mixed order correct?

Can i insert a link here? it's not a spam.
http://www.aliexpress.com/product-f...-leather-handbags-for-iphone-wholesalers.html

in 'Item specifics' area you can see this term, is it correct term?

 

[Edna236]

The more Hoftokens they pre-purchase the greater the discount.

 

[123Simples]

No in that link you have provided the Mixed Order: Support makes absolutely no sense whatsoever - even less as it is headed Item Specifics so the Mixed Order line is completely redundant.

If you take a look at Amazon for example under any of their sales links under Product Details it then has a link saying you also may be interested in. In your case it would probably be RELATED ITEMS