How bundle price sync and compare-at price work in Simple Bundles 2.0

How sync bundle price based on the value of its contents works

In Simple Bundles, the price of a bundle can either be manually set in the bundle editor or automatically adjusted based on the total value of its individual contents or child products. This feature is enabled by selecting the Sync bundle price based on the value of its contents option in your bundle editor.

Below, we walk through an example with a Simple Bundle type. However, the way the price is distributed proportionally based on the original price of the bundle contents applies to both the Simple Bundle type and the Infinite Options bundle type.

Discounted bundle pricing example

Discounting the bundle price allows you to provide your customers with better value for their money by offering discounted bundles while increasing your average order value (AOV).

Let's go through an example: if you have a bundle worth $100 and decide to offer a 20% discount, the price adjustment is propagated to each child item within the bundle.

Here's how it works:

• Assume the bundle includes two products, both originally priced at $50, making the total bundle price $100.
• If you decide to offer a 20% discount on the bundle, the price adjustment is applied to each child item.
• Consequently, the new price for each item becomes $40 (i.e., $50 - 20%), reducing the total price for the bundle to $80.

This calculation is done automatically when the Sync bundle price based on the value of its contents option is enabled.

Note: Due to Shopify platform limitations, compare-at prices only appear on product and collection pages. They are not shown in the cart or during checkout, where only the final sale price is displayed.

Viewing the bundle price and breakdown

After the calculations, the customer will see the total discounted price for the bundle in their shopping cart. On your end, as the vendor, you can view the breakdown of the bundle in your Orders page. You'll see the two child products listed separately, each priced at $40, rather than the bundle product itself.

This method ensures that the customer sees the total bundle price, while you are able to see the price breakdown per product within the bundle.

How the compare-at price works

The compare-at price feature lets you show customers how much they save when purchasing a bundle. When enabled, your storefront displays the original combined value of items with a strikethrough next to the discounted bundle price.

For Simple Bundles, this is managed via a checkbox option inside the app's bundle builder and syncs directly to Shopify.

How to enable compare-at price

1. Navigate to the bundle you want to update (or create a new one) inside the app's bundle builder.
2. Locate and check the "Update bundle compare at price in Shopify" option.
3. Select whether the compare-at price value should be based on the combined total price or the combined compare-at price of the individual items.
4. Save the bundle. The compare-at price will be pushed to Shopify and will appear on your storefront.

Once you check and save this option, the checkbox will temporarily disappear from the bundle builder. This is expected behavior. It will reappear when you next edit the bundle, or if you manually delete the compare-at price inside Shopify Admin.

Price basis options

When enabling compare-at pricing, select one of two methods for calculating the displayed original price:

Note: You cannot bulk-enable the checkbox via CSV import. However, you can bulk update the actual compare-at price values by editing the bundle_variant_compare_at_price column in the app's CSV export/import tool, or by using Shopify's native bulk editor.